[5] Pronouns

He, she, we, I, they, it, this, that are pronouns.

Pronouns start a sentence

He rears gerbils.
She loves hamster.
We keep cats.

Pronouns end a sentence

At the end of a sentence, a pronoun that refers to a person
changes its form. ‘He’ changes to ‘him’ , ‘she’ , to ‘her’ , ‘I’ to
‘me’ , ‘they’ to ‘them’ . (This is true except for the pronoun ‘it’ .)

Little Aaron’s aunt adores him.
We believe her.
I think my teacher likes me.

SKILLS 1

Discovering and understanding pronouns

Self can be added to a pronoun

We do so when we want

to draw attention to the person.
The prefect himself broke the rule.
The foreman himself was unable to
fix the leaking pipe.

to draw attention to the action.
We pointed the room ourselves.
My mother sewed the curtains herself.
Tom drew the pictures himself.

SKILLS 2

Learning to add self to a pronoun to draw
attention to a person or action

More on pronouns

This, that, these, those are used to point out or explain something.

‘This’ and ‘these’ are for near items while ‘that’ and ‘those’
are for items further away.

This is little green. Pakistan Malaysia
These are all right.

That is from Pakistan.
Those are from Malaysia.

Mine, yours, his, hers, ours, their show possession.
‘They are use at the end of a sentence.

This book is mine. This pen is yours. This pencil is his.

Who, what, which ask simple questions.

Who is that? ? ?
What is it you want?
Which is better?

SKILLS 3

Understanding and learning to use pronouns