Possessive adjective/Pronouns & Reflective Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns & Possessive Adjectives

Possessive Adjectives

Possesive Adjectives

Possessive adjectives are used to show that someone owns or possesses something.

Example:

"Mr. Jamil likes Mr. Jamil's books"

It sounds strange to use "Mr. Jamil" twice in a sentence. A possessive adjective solves the problem.

"Mr. Jamil likes his books"

Practice

Choose the correct possessive adjective

Multiple Choice

1. The possessive adjective for "I" is...

• his

• me

• my

• her

Multiple Choice

2. The possessive adjective for "he" is...

• his

• him

• her

• he's

Multiple Choice

3. The possessive adjective for "They" is...

• they're

• us

• their

• theirs

Possessive Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns are words used to indicate that something belongs to someone or has a direct relationship with someone else.

Possessive Pronouns must be used without the noun

Example:

My phone is dead. Pass me your phone. (possessive adjective)

My phone is dead. Pass me yours. (possessive pronoun)

Practice

Choose the correct possessive pronoun

Multiple Choice

1. I bought this house. This house is...

• my

• mine

• me

• hers

Multiple Choice

2. She bought that house. It's...

• hers

• her

• his

• mine

Multiple Choice

3. They bought that house. It's...

• they're

• theirs

• their

• them

Reflective Pronouns

Reflective Pronouns

A reflexive pronoun shows that the subject does the action and the subject is the same person who receives it.

In contrast to the object pronouns, where the subject and the receiver of the action are different, the reflexive pronouns show that the subject and the receiver of the action are the same.

Example: Subject-Object Pronouns

Daniella visits her grandmother every month.

*here, the subject (Daniella) and receiver (her grandmother) of the action are different.

Example: Reflective Pronouns

I was singing to myself

* here, the subject and the receiver of the action (I & myself) are the same.

For Example:

Miriam loves herself.

In the previous example, "Miriam" is the subject. She does the action. But... who receives the action?

Exactly. Miriam.

Multiple Choice

1. Choose the correct answer.

• She gave him a present for his birthday.

• She gave his a present for his birthday.

• She gave he a present for his birthday.

In the previous example, "she" was the subject and "him" was the object or receiver of the action.

That is the subject-object pronouns

Multiple Choice

2. choose the correct answer:

• She talks to her when she has problems.

• she talks to herself when she has problems.

• She talks to she when she has problems.

"she" is the subject doing the action of "talk" and "herself" is the same person but receiving the action.

That is a reflexive pronoun.

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