Grammar in Focus

1. Pronouns
A. Personal pronouns
     Personal pronouns refer to specific people or things.
     Personal pronouns can be used as the subject and object of a sentense. Look at the table below.
   
   

			Personal Pronouns
Number	Person	Gender	Subject	Object
Singular	1st 2nd 3rd	Male/female Male/female Male Female neuter	I You He She it	Me You Him Her it
Plural	1st 2nd 3rd	Male/female Male/female Male/female/neuter	We You They	Us You Them

Example :

• Subject pronoun : I like cooies
  Object pronoun  : My mother taught me.
• Subject pronoun : Do you like traveling ?
  Object pronoun  : I will help you.
• Subject pronoun : He come late
  Object pronoun  : Should i tell him ?
• Subject pronoun : She is beautiful.
  Object pronoun  : I usually go whit her.
• Subject pronoun : It doesn't work.
  Object pronoun  : Can the mechanic repair it ?
• Subject pronoun : We will leave tomorrow.
  Object pronoun  : Chandra will guide us.
• Subject pronoun : Do you need a table for two ?
  Object pronoun  : Did sigit and chandra beat you at doubles ?
• Subject pronoun : They played doubles.
  Object pronoun  : Sigit and Chandra beat them.

 B. Possesive pronouns
     Possesive pronouns are used to refer to a specific person/people ot thing/things.

     

     

Number	Person	Gender	Possesive Pronouns
Singular	1st 2nd 3rd	Male/female Male/female Male Female	Mine Yours His hers
Plural	1st 2nd 3rd	Male/female Male/female Male/female/neuter	Ours Yours theirs

Example :

• Don't take the book on the desk. The book is mine.
• I looked everywhere for your pen. I found Tiara's,but I couldn't find yours.
• All the reports are good,but his was the best.
• Linda found her purse,but Ratih couldn't find hers.
• Your food is delicious.Ours is terrible.
• I don't like this family's garden,but I like yours.
• Adi and Reza don't like your motorbike.Do you like theirs ?

C. Reflexive pronouns

     We use Reflexive pronouns when we want to refer back to the subject of the sentence or clause.  

     Reflexive pronouns end in ''-self''' (singular) or '-selves-' (plural)

Number	Person	Gender	Reflexive Pronouns
Singular	1st 2nd 3rd	Male/female Male/female Male Female	Myself Yourself Himself herself
Plural	1st 2nd 3rd	Male/female Male/female Male/female/neuter	Ourselves Yourselves themselves

Example :

• I saw myself in the mirror.
• You can finish it by yourself.
• Fathir sent himself a copy.
• Maya sent herself a copy.
• My cat hurt itself.
• We can do it ourselves.
• Can you help yourselves ?
• Thet cannot look after themselves.