Subject pronoun
Object pronoun
Possessive adjective
Possessive pronoun
Reflexive pronoun
I
me
my
mine
myself
You
you
your
yours
yourself/yourselves
We
us
our
ours
ourselves
They
them
their
theirs
themselves
He
him
his
his
himself
She
her
her
hers
herself
It
it
its
its
itself
Examples of usage
You know my
sister. She is here.
Give me a red
pen, please.
It is our son Jack and
his friend Tom.
Exercise 1. Input subject and object pronouns
1. Bruce and Tom enjoy the festival very much.
______________________________________
2. Mary and I are ready to visit my parents.
This idea is mine and
that one – hers.
I need you to do it
yourself.
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Personal Pronouns
Exercise 3. Use the correct reflexive pronoun
1. I look in the mirror and don’t recognize ________.
2. If you want to do it right, ask no one to help, do it ________.
3. He is a good student, he can pass this test ________.
______________________________________
3. Why does Robert call his mother so often?
4. Paul and Anna, you are sick, take care of ________!
5. My mother doesn’t like to buy presents ________.
______________________________________
6. My young sisters enjoy preparing cakes ________.
4. Sara wants to visit me and my sister tonight.
______________________________________
5. My and Sara’s kid, Tom watches cartoons
______________________________________
6. Don’t, Robert, lie to me and my brother!
______________________________________
Exercise 4. Choose the best option for the sentence
1. I don’t want to talk today, please, don’t call _______.
a. me
b. my
c. mine
d. I
2. This bunch of flowers is _______! Take it, please.
a. her
b. you
c. yours
d. your
3. Mary wants Philip to congratulate _______ tomorrow.
Exercise 2. Possessive adjective or pronoun?
This is my/mine plan and I think it is much better
than your/yours.
Our/ours car is a fast one, but it is not as
comfortable as their/theirs.
Believe me, it is her/hers fault not my/mine.
I can give you my/mine book to read if you give
me your/yours magazine instead.
She says that the kitten is her/hers, but I know that
it is her/hers friends’.
It is our/ours job to make your/yours life easier
using our/ours best inventions.
a. hers
b. her
c. she
d. his
4. If there is no proper postcard in the shop, do it _______.
a. himself
b. yourself c. itself
d. herself
5. It is very interesting to help my uncle in _______ garden.
a. him
b. ours
c. her
d. his
6. Bob and Pamela have a son. _______ son is an engineer.
a. us
b. our
c. their
d. theirs
7. We are your parents! Don’t talk like that about _______!
a. me
b. us
c. our
d. ourselves
8. Those people ruin our photo! Tell _______ to smile!
a. them
b. us
c. him
d. themselves
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Exercise 1. Input subject and object pronouns
1. Bruce and Tom enjoy the festival very much.
They enjoy it.
Exercise 3. Use the correct reflexive pronoun
1. I look in the mirror and don’t recognize myself.
2. If you want to do it right, ask no one to help, do it yourself.
2. Mary and I are ready to visit my parents.
3. He is a good student, he can pass this himself.
We are ready to visit them.
4. Paul and Anna, you are sick, take care of yourselves!
3. Why does Robert call his mother so often?
5. My mother doesn’t like to buy presents herself.
Why does he call her so often?
6. My young sisters enjoy preparing cakes themselves.
4. Sara wants to visit me and my sister tonight.
She wants to visit us tonight.
Exercise 4. Choose the best option for the sentence
5. My and Sara’s kid, Tom, watches cartoons
1. I don’t want to talk today, please, don’t call _______.
He watches them.
a. me
b. my
c. mine
d. I
2. This bunch of flowers is _______! Take it, please.
6. Don’t, Robert, lie to me and my brother!
Don’t you lie to us!
a. her
b. you
c. yours
d. your
3. Mary wants Philip to congratulate _______ tomorrow.
Exercise 2. Possessive adjective or pronoun?
This is my/mine plan and I think it is much better
than your/yours.
Our/ours car is a fast one, but it is not as
comfortable as their/theirs.
Believe me, it is her/hers fault not my/mine.
I can give you my/mine book to read if you give
me your/yours magazine instead.
She says that the kitten is her/hers, but I know that
it is her/hers friends’.
It is our/ours job to make your/yours life easier
using our/ours best inventions.
a. hers
b. her
c. she
d. his
4. If there is no proper postcard in the shop, do it _______.
a. himself
b. yourself c. itself
d. herself
5. It is very interesting to help my uncle in _______ garden.
a. him
b. ours
c. her
d. his
6. Bob and Pamela have a son. _______ son is an engineer.
a. us
b. our
c. their
d. theirs
7. We are your parents! Don’t talk like that about _______!
a. me
b. us
c. our
d. ourselves
8. Those people ruin our photo! Tell _______ to smile!
a. them
b. us
c. him
d. themselves