pronouns and possessive adjectives

Today's lesson is one of the most important. We will study pronouns and possessive adjectives which is considered one of the English essentials that it is necessary to know it well so that we can use it properly in forming sentence and expressing ourselves and other.

In this article we will review all pronouns and possessive adjectives with several examples .

First : Pronouns

 
There are Two types of pronouns in English and the use of both is different from the other .
First kind is ( Subject pronouns ) which replace the noun, but second kind is ( Object pronouns ) which also replace the noun but indirectly and we'll explain each of them by examples .

*Subject pronouns

Example	Usage	Pronoun
I love Egypt very much	Singular	I
He is my best friend	Singular ( male )	He
She is a biology teacher	Singular ( Female )	She
It is my beautiful room	Singular	It
You are my dear son	Singular	You
We have been friends for a long time	Plural	We
They are naughty kids	Plural	They

*Object pronouns

Example	Usage	Pronoun
They betrayed me	Singular	Me
Your mother will grieve from you	Singular - Plural	You
She knows him well	Singular ( male )	Him
I watched her from the window buying vegetables	Singular ( female )	Her
Samira was very angry so she pushed it	Singular	It
God helps us all the time	Plural	Us
I can't give them up in this situation	Plural	Them

That's why we have explained each of the ( object pronouns – subject pronouns ) and we go to know the difference between them in usage and now we are moving to the second part of the lesson .

Second ( Adjectives and possessive pronouns )

There are some people mixing between ( Adjectives and possessive pronouns ), but in fact there is a radical difference between them both in their location of the sentence and usage .
Adjectives are always accompanying the name described either possessive can come to replace the adjective .
The bottom line is, We can't combine them in one sentence and we'll explain by examples .

*Possessive adjectives

Example	Usage	Adjective
My new dress is so beautiful	Singular	My
Your home is very unique	Singular - plural	Your
He calls his mom every day	Singular ( male )	His
Salma brushed her hair	Singular ( female )	Her
Its house is old	Singular	Its
My friends and I clean our house	Plural	Our
Their dog is dangerous	Plural	Their

*Possessive pronouns

 

Example	Usage	Pronoun
This book is mine	Singular	Mine
Are these apples yours ?	Singular - plural	Yours
Is this Blue shirt his ?	Singular ( male )	His
This villa is hers	Singular ( female )	Hers
Its tower is very old	Singular	Its
That fantastic farm is ours	plural	Ours
This building has been theirs for five years	Plural	Theirs

And so we go to the end of our lesson today and explained all pronouns and possessive in English .