1. SUBJECT PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS © Beni Suárez Prado (2012-2013)

2. Subject pronouns I YOU HE SHE IT WE YOU THEY We use them instead of nouns in the subject position. (Se utilizan en lugar de los sustantivos en la función de sujeto) My mother She has got brown hair They always go before the verb. (Siempre van delante del verbo) We are students of English He is Pep’s best friend.

3. POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES They indicate possession (indican posesión) They haven’t got genre or number (no tienen ni género ni número) They always go before a noun (siempre van delante de un sustantivo) My bike ---- My pencil ---- My books MY YOUR HIS HER IT OUR YOUR THEIR

4. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS They indicate possession (indican posesión) They haven’t got genre or number (no tienen ni género ni número) We use them instead of the possessive adjejective + noun (se utilizan en lugar del adjetivo posesivo y del sustantivo) This is my book ---- This book is MINE They go after the verb (van detrás del verbo) MINE YOURS HIS HERS ITS OURS YOURS THEIRS

5. PRACTICE 1-Change the nouns to subject pronouns 1-My mother and I like Michael. ____________________________________________ 2-That dog is looking at that cat. ___________________________________________ 3-Why is Anne phoning her boyfriend? ___________________________________________ 4-Tina and Sam don’t speak Italian. ___________________________________________ 5-Carol is afraid of mice. ___________________________________________ 6-Those people are looking at Sarah. __________________________________________ 7-My brothers are watching a film. __________________________________________

6. PRACTICE

7. COMPLETE WITH A POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE OR PRONOUN. 1-Don’t take that jacket. It’s not (YOU)___________. It’s ( I)________. 2-This is (I) _________ problem, not (YOU)_________. 3-This key is (SHE)_________, not (THEY) ____________. 4-That’s not (WE)_________house. (WE) _________ is the brown one over there. 5-SiLvia, don’t touch Mary’s mobile. It’s (SHE) _________ and (SHE) __________ doesn’t want anybody to touch it. 6-This is my new school. (IT) __________ garden is enormous. 7-Look at my sister. __________ is very happy because it’s _________birthday tomorrow. 8-July is looking at (THEY) __________. 9-This is not (I) _________ pen. That one is (I)_________. 10-(WE) _______ don’t eat meat. __________ are vegetarians. 11-I am looking at Rose. __________ looks nice. 12-Give me (I)_________ hat. It’s _____________