Object pronoun

The seven basic pronouns have one form when they are used as subjects and another form when they are used as objects.

Subjects are what the sentence is about. (See more about Subject Pronouns)
Objects are what is affected by the action of the subject.

• I like orange juice. (I is the subject).
• I read books. (Books is the object as it is receiving the action).

Pronouns

Subject pronoun	Object pronoun
I	Me
You	You
He	Him
She	Her
It	It
We	Us
You (plural)	You
They	Them

Object pronouns are used instead of nouns, usually because we already know what the object is. It makes the sentenceeasier to read and understand and avoids repetition. We normally use object pronouns after a verb or a preposition.

Examples:

I like horses	Subject pronoun
Horses don't like me	Object pronoun
We talk to our neighbour	Subject pronoun
She talks to us	Object pronoun
They listen to the teacher	Subject pronoun
Listen to me carefully	Object pronoun
You speak very quickly	Subject pronoun
We watch them on TV	Object pronoun

Examples:

1. We gave them the money. (Les dimos el dinero)
2. He knows me well. (Él me conoce bien)
3. She see them on the bus. (Ella los ve en el bus)
4. He teaches us Math. (Él los ve en el autobús)
5. Whatis the matter with her today? (¿Qué es lo que le pasa hoy?)
6. I explain the lesson to you every day? (Les explico la lección todos los días)
7. We will divide the money between us. (Dividiremos el dinero entre nosotros)
8. She sent me a lot of presents. (Ella me envió muchos regalos)

Object pronoun

Possessive adjectives

¿What are possessive adjectives?

Possessive adjectives - my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their - modify the noun following it in order to show possession.

Examples:

• I'll get my bag.
• Is this your luggage?

Possessive adjectives are often confused with possessive pronouns.

Examples

• Your bike is blue. (your is an adjective which modifies bike)
• Mine is yellow. (mine is a pronoun which functions as the subject of the verb is)

Possessive adjectives

Subject pronoun	Possessive adjectives
I	me
You	your
He	his
She	her
It	its
We	our
You (plural)	your
They	their

Examples

• Why didn't you clean your room? (your modifiers the noun room)
• Mary doesn't like her dress. (her modifies the noun dress)
• The chameleon can change its color. (its modifies the noun color)

Her hair is long.	His hair is short

Things to remember:

1. Possessive adjectives are different from possessive pronouns.

• This is your (possessive adjectives) book and this is mine (possessive pronoun)

2. its, their are possessive adjectives

• Its color is beautiful.
• Their car is in their garage.

Possessive adjectives

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