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1. Personal subject pronouns:
• the subject of a sentence
•
go before the main verb
• e.g. “she” in: “She
had a cup of tea at eight o’clock this morning.”
2. Personal object pronouns:

the object of a sentence (what the subject is
talking about)

go after the
main verb
 e.g. “him” in: “I saw him
for a few minutes before he left.”
3. Possessive adjectives:
• describe possession
•
go before a
noun
•
e.g. “my” in: “Can you pass my
bag please?”
4. Possessive pronouns:
o describe possession

o replace a noun
o
e.g. “hers” in: “Whose book is that?” “It’s hers
.”


mine
yours
his
hers
its
theirs
ours
my
your
his
her
its
their
our
me
you
him
her
it
them
us
I
you
he

she
it
they
we
“I said to her – it’s not your
husband who’s the problem,
it’s mine!”