Pronouns

What are pronouns?

They stand in for other words

Pronouns in the 1st person and are singular

I, me, my, and mine

Pronouns in the 1st person that are plural

We, us, our, and ours

Pronouns in the 2nd person that are singular

You, your, and yours

Pronouns in the 2nd person that are plural

You, your, and yours

Pronouns that relate to other people/3rd person and that are singular

She/her/hers, He/him/his, They/them/theirs, and It/its

Pronouns that relate to other people/3rd person and are plural

They, them, their, and theirs

And 2nd person singular and plural depends on _________

Context

Possession means

Having stuff

My (noun format)

Mine

Our (Noun format)

Ours

Yours (noun format)

Yours

Her (noun format)

Hers

His (noun format)

His

Its (noun format)

Its

Their (Noun format)

Theirs

There’s no apostrophes in

possessive pronouns outside of possessive nouns

What is the word my doing in the following sentence “That is my book”

My is modifying book

What is the word mine doing in the following sentence “That book is mine”

It’s getting connected to “book” by the word to

What is me as a reflective pronoun

Myself

What is us as a reflexive pronoun

Ourselves

What is you reflexive pronoun (singular)

Yourself

What is you reflexive pronoun (plural)

Yourselves

What is it as a reflexive pronoun

Itself

What is her as a reflexive pronoun

Herself

What is him as a reflexive pronoun

Himself

What is them as a reflexive pronoun

Themselves

Can reflexive pronouns be a subject of a sentence

No

When are you able to use a reflexive pronouns in a sentence?

When the subject and the object of the sentence are the same thing