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Pronouns and possessives
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Words that replace names
- Pronouns can refer back to a person or thing when the listener knows who or what you mean.
- Anna is nice. She is my friend.
- Possessives say who something belongs to: my, your, her…
Tom says, “Tom lost Tom’s pen.” Tom needs a pronoun.
Subject pronouns
- I, you, he, she, it, we, they are subject forms. In the simple statements here, they come before the verb: She is ready. In Is she ready?, is comes first.
- He is tall. We like music. They are here.
- Use it for a thing and often for an animal; he or she can refer to a known pet. They can refer to several people or to one person whose gender is unknown: Someone left a bag. They may come back. Use the pronoun that fits the intended person.
Anna uses she. Choose the pronoun for Anna in: ___ is my friend.
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The context supplies she as Anna’s pronoun. The name alone does not establish which pronoun a person uses.
Possessive adjectives
- my, your, his, her, its, our, their — they go before a noun.
- This is my bag. Her name is Lucy.
- Careful: its is the possessive form. It’s can mean it is or it has, depending on what follows.
Subject pronoun or possessive?
Classify the marked word in each full example: subject pronoun or possessive determiner introducing a noun phrase.
Complete with a possessive: This is ___ book. (I)
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I → my: “This is my book.”
Choose the possessive: The dog wags ___ tail.
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The possessive is its: its tail. It’s is a contraction of it is or it has and does not fit this noun phrase.
Translate into English: 这是我的包。
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I → my: “This is my bag.”
Putting them together
- A subject pronoun can be used in a statement about a state as well as an action: She is ready. The forms my, her, our introduce a noun phrase: my new bag, her name, our school. They can show relationships, not just ownership.
- She loves her cat. We do our homework.
Common mistakes
- Anna uses she: Anna is kind. She is a teacher. Choose the reference from the context; do not guess solely from a name.
- ❌ Me is tired. → ✓ I am tired. — the subject word is I.
- ❌ This is she book. → ✓ This is her book. — use her before a noun.
- ❌ My friend he is tall. → ✓ My friend is tall. — this is the straightforward statement practised here. Conversation can use a topic followed by a pronoun, as in My friend — he is very tall.
Match the pronoun to its possessive word.
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The possessive goes before a noun: my book, his bag, her name, their house.
In this example, the speaker refers to their father as he. Complete: My father is a doctor. ___ is very busy.
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He follows the reference explicitly supplied in this example. Use a pronoun whose reference is clear rather than guessing solely from a name or a job.
- Subject forms: I, you, he, she, it, we, they. Compare She is ready with Is she ready?
- Possessive determiners my, your, his, her, its, our, their introduce a noun phrase, possibly with an adjective: my new bag. Mine, yours, hers can stand without that noun: This bag is mine.
- Its is possessive; it’s can mean it is or it has.
- Tomorrow, describe a different person and their bag, then check who each pronoun refers to. Next: this, that, these and those.
- Usage reference checked 20 October 2026: British Council: pronouns and possessives. Independent language and learner review remain pending.
Write one sentence about a family member, using a possessive (my, his, her…). For example: “My sister …”.
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Example: “My brother is ten years old.”