Pronouns

Pronouns

Multiple Choice

Maria, Victor and ______ live in an apartment near the office to reduce living expenses.

• me

• I

Multiple Choice

Where's Amanda? Have you seen ______ ?

• her

• she

• hers

Subject Pronouns

They are the ones which do the actions.

*We are the new programmers in the IT department.

*My sister is a lawyer. She works for an important firm.

These pronouns go always before the verbs.

Object pronouns

They are affected by the actions

*Many workers are having meetings with their UNION. The new manager fired them to reduce costs.

*You need to tell me who is in charge of the office.

*This letter isn't for him.

They appear after verbs and prepositions.

Multiple Choice

We don't see ______ neighbours much. They're not at home very often.

• our

• ours

Multiple Choice

A: 'I can't find my phone. Can I use ______?'

B: 'Yes, of course.'

• your

• yours

Possessive adjectives

They show who the things belong to.

*I couldn't find our tickets for the conference. Have you seen them?

*My manager went on vacations last week.

*Their files are being analized by the security department.

They appear before the nouns to show who they belong to.

Possessive Pronouns

They show who the things belong to but do not mention the thing, person, etc. These have to be mentioned or introduced before or be given by the context.

*A: I couldn't find our tickets for the conference. Have you seen them?

B: No, I can give you one of mine(my tickets).

*My manager went on vacations last week. But hers didn't.

*A: Their files are being analized by the security department.

B: Oh do you know Emily? Hers were analized too.

Multiple Choice

Where are my keys? Where did I put ______?

• they

• them

• their

• theirs

Multiple Choice

This book belongs to Ben. Can you give it to ______?

• he

• him

• his

Multiple Choice

Did your sister pass ______ exams?

• she

• her

• hers

Multiple Choice

Last night I went out for a meal with a friend of ______.

• I

• me

• my

• mine

Multiple Choice

Maria and I likes music ______ play the piano together.

• We

• us

• our

• ours