Grammar: Personal and Possessive Pronouns

  Person Subject, pronoun Object pronoun Possessive adjective Possessive pronoun Reflexive, pronoun
    Singular I me my mine myself
you you your yours yourself
he she it him her it his her its his hers its himself herself itself
Plural we us our ours ourselves
you you your yours yourselves
they them their theirs themselves

 

1.2 Choose the correct pronoun.

a) 1.She gives me her/hers phone number and I gave her my/mine. 2.They take you home in their/theirs car. 3.We show them our/ours documents. 4.Is that book your/yours? 5.Here are his notes. Can you see their/them? 6.This isn’t my/mine bag. My/Mine is brown. 7.Can we use your/yours CD-player? Our/ours is broken.

b) 1.They love their/them daughter. 2.Here’s her/she computer. She uses him/his/it every day. 3.Do you like us/our new house? 4.Look at the map. This is Scotland. It/Its capital is Edinburgh. 5.They don’t often visit us/our. 6.Can you see their/them children? – No, I can’t see their/them. 7.Do you want to watch the film? – No, I don’t like him/it. 8.Where’s John? Find him/his at once. 9.Take your/you watch and give them/it to we/us. 10.Where are her/me glasses? She usually wears it/them at work. 11.The cat looks at my/me with his/its yellow eyes.

 

 

1.3 Fill in the gaps choosing suitable reflexive pronouns.

1.She felt so unhappy that she threw … on the bed and cried. 2.Look at … in the mirror: your face is all dirty. 3.Hurry up, children! Put away your toys. You must do it … . 4.After the shower he dried … on a big and soft towel. 5.It was a wonderful day and we really enjoyed … . 6.I know that I’ll never let … ask her such a question. 7.They have nobody to thank but … .

Fill in the correct pronoun.

Dear Jane,

thank you for … last letter. I really enjoyed reading … . Have … sisters started … new school yet? I’m sure … will enjoy … very much if they settle in and make new friends. Mary asked me for … new address, so I gave … to … . I hope … don’t mind. Also I saw Anne last week. She said … would phone you this week to invite you to … birthday party. Please write to … soon.

Love,

Rachel

Grammar: Verb to be – быть, являться, находиться, существовать

  Present Simple Past Simple Future Simple
I am was   will   ‘ll   be  
He, She, It is was
We, You, They are were

 

Saying Hello Are You British?

– Hello, Mary! – Are you British or American?

– Hello, Pat. – I’m British.

– How are you? – But your wife isn’t British.

– Fine, thanks. And you? She is Canadian I think.

– I’m fine. Let’s go to – No, she is neither British

the movie today . nor Canadian.

– Yes, all right. And what – But her English is so good.

about your brother Tom? – Yes, her English isn’t bad,

– I’m sorry, he is busy. she’s Swiss.

– So, see you soon.

– Bye, Mary.