PERSONAL, POSSESSIVE AND RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS
Study the forms and the use of personal, possessive and reciprocal pronouns.
| Personal | ||||
| Subjective | Objective | Possessive Proper | Possessive Absolute | Reciprocal |
| case | case | |||
| I | me | my | mine | myself |
| you | you | your | yours | yourself |
| he, she, it | him, her, it | his, her, its | his, hers, its | himself, |
| herself, | ||||
| itself | ||||
| we | us | our | ours | ourselves |
| you | you | your | yours | yourselves |
| they | them | their | theirs | themselves |
Note: Possessive proper pronouns are used before a noun as an attribute. Possessive absolute pronouns are mainly used as a predicative. They are never followed by a noun. Possessive absolute pronouns are typically used in phrases like a friend of mine, that house of theirs, that brother of yours, etc.
It 's not my book, it's yours.
It isn 't her car, hers is brown.
Which coats are theirs?
A friend of mine is coming to see me.
We went to a party last night and enjoyed ourselves
very much.
Can you do it yourself:'
Choose the correct pronoun.
1 Bob is one of (our, us, ours) best pupils. 2. It isn't (my, mine) bag. I've left (my, me, mine) at home. 3. I've just waxed the floor. Don't walk on (itself, it, its) yet. 4. Let (they, them, their) read the story again. 5. Will you tell (we, us, our) about Great Britain? 6. Is this Mary's scarf? No, it is (me, my, mine).7. (Your, you, yours) house is not far from (our, us, ours). 8. Whose cigarettes are these? They may be (our, ours) cigarettes. Oh, yes, they are (our, ours). 9. (Our, ours) car is faster than (their, theirs). 10. A friend of (you, yours, your) came to see (we, us, ours) yesterday. 11. We know (they, them, theirs) very well and both Peter and Nell know (we, us, ours). 12. You can do it without (mine, my, me) help but not without (they, their, theirs). 13. He couldn't lend me the dictionary because it wasn't (he, him, his). 14. She is writing a letter to an old friend of (her, hers, she). 15. This suitcase isn't (us, our, ours). There's somebody's name on it. 16. This is not (my, mine, me) car. (My, Mine, Me) is a 1980 model.
17. Could you help me sort out these things? I cannot tell which are (your, you, yours) and which are (we, our, ours).
18. ( You, your, yours) ticket is on the table and where is (her, she, hers p. 19. She first looked at the title of the story and then at (her, she, hers). 20. Can I borrow (your, yours, you) umbrella? - I'm sorry, it isn't (me, my, mine). 21. I'm sorry, but he's busy. Do you mind waiting for (he, him, his)? 22. Who told you about it? - A friend of (you, your, yours). 23. Don't ask for help. Do it (you, yourself). 24. Did he enjo\ (him, his, himself) at the party? 25. Jill had lived by (itself, herself, her) before (her, hers) marriage, but now she was happy with her husband in (their, theirs) new house which (her, hers) husband had built (him, himself, itself).
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Complete using personal, possessive and reciprocal pronouns.
A. 1. There can be no doubt that Shakespeare ... wrote this play. 2. We were in the park on ... own. 3. My roommate and I have to share a bookshelf. She keeps... books on the top two shelves, and I keep ... on the bottom two shelves. 4. Just between you and ..., I think Tom is going to lose ... job. 5. Our house is almost the same as our neighbours' house. The only difference is that... is grey and ... is white. 6. Jason has only ... to blame for the mistake he made.
7. Your cassette player sounds better than .... 8. My washing machine can switch ... off. 9. The children arranged the party by ... . 10. Mrs Collins is better now. I saw ... down town yesterday. 11. Romeo and Juliet killed ....
B. Last summer, six months after the wedding, Jill bought ... a land-rover and she had a two weeks holiday in Mexico with her friend Annie. They travelled by ... all over the country, camping by the roadside. One night they became frightened. They told ... that it was silly, but they kept hearing a noise. After that they stayed in hotels. Jill's husband was very pleased when she got home. He hadn't enjoyed ... at all without....
4.2. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS SOME/ANY/NO 4.2.1. Study the use of the pronouns some, any, no.
There is some butter in the fridge. Is there any butter in the fridge? Some people like to get up early. You can get any book you like. There is no money left.
Note 1- Although the basic meaning of some/any is 'a mall amount of something', some may have the meaning of 'какой-то, какая-то' and any - the meaning of'любой'. Some man wants to see you, Harry. Come at any time you like.
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Note 2: Although some is mainly used in affirmative sentences and any in interrogative and negative sentences, in conversational speech some can be found in questions, too, (Wouldyou like some tea?) and any can be found in affirmative sentences (in the meaning of ' любой '). See the example above.
Any is also used with hardly (I have hardly any money left.) and with the preposition without when without any means with no. (He star ted his car without any difficulty.)
4.2.2. Complete the following sentences with some/any/no.
1. I'll lend you ... tie except the red one. 2. I haven't got... money on me. 3. Do you learn ... foreign languages? 4. ... peple don't need an alarm clock in the morning. 5. Both the girls have ... relatives here. 6. John gave me ... good advice, but I didn't take ... notice. 7.1 didn't get... letters yesterday. 8.... books are lying on the table, but there are... magazines there. 9. We haven't got ... time left. 10. I asked all the students in the class, but none of them answered ... of the questions. 11. He couldn't find ... books on geography at the local library. 12.... time ago I read about it in a magazine. 13. He wants ... more pudding. You can take it away. 14. There isn't... milk in the fridge but there is ... cream. 15. Most people like Tom but... don't. 16.... people are early risers. 17. What book shall I take?- ... you like. IS.The race will be held in ... weather. 19.1 went to the manager to get ... information. 20. Go and ask him for ... paper. I haven't got ... in my desk. 21. There isn't ... white bread at the baker's. 22. Have ... more jam. It's very good indeed. - No, thank you. I don't want... . 23. ... time ago I came across this photo in an old magazine. 24. There aren't... matches left. We must buy ... .25. Tomorrow there'll be a little free time to do ... shopping, but today there isn't... moment to spare for ... other business. 26. I'll sort out these old letters and throw ... away. 27. In ... countries military service is compulsory. 28. Phone me ... time you like tomorrow. I'll be at home all day. 29.1 like ... water sports, but not all of them. 30.... news is good news.
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4.3. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS SOME/ANY + ONE/ BODY/THING/WHERE
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