Words · pillar 4 of 16

Pronouns

personal · possessive · reflexive · indefinite · generic

8 lessons from A1 to C2 · 28 grammar points

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# 4 Pronouns ## A1 - Subject pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they - he (male), she (female), it (thing or animal) - you for one person and for many people - Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, its, our, their - Possessive 's (Sara's phone) - its vs it's - Object pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, them - Object pronouns after verbs and prepositions (call him, with me) ## A2 - Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs - Whose…? (Whose bag is this?) - a friend of mine / a friend of Sara's - 's and s' (the children's room, the boys' room) - Reflexive pronouns: myself, yourself, themselves… - by myself = alone; enjoy yourself, help yourself - Emphatic reflexives (I did it myself) ## B1 - Generic you, one, they, people - someone… they (singular they) - each other / one another vs -selves - own (my own car; on my own; a car of my own) ## C1 - who vs whom - Pronoun case: between you and me, It's me, than me / than I am - Misused myself (Contact Ali or myself ✗) - Formal one (One should always…) - it, this, that for reference in texts ## C2 - Cataphora (When she arrived, Sara…) - Ambiguous pronoun reference and how to fix it - they / it for organizations (The company has… / They have…) - Reference chains in long texts

Lessons in this pillar

A1.4Subject pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, theyCoreSoonComing soon
A1.12my, your, his, her… and 'sCoreSoonComing soon
A1.13Object pronouns: me, him, her, us, themMiniSoonComing soon
A2.33mine, yours… and whoseCoreSoonComing soon
A2.34Reflexive pronouns: myself, yourselfMiniSoonComing soon
B1.43Generic you, one, they; each otherMiniSoonComing soon
C1.29Pronouns: advancedCoreSoonComing soon
C2.15Reference: expertCoreSoonComing soon

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A1

Subject pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
he (male), she (female), it (thing or animal)
you for one person and for many people
Possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, its, our, their
Possessive 's (Sara's phone)
its vs it's
Object pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, us, them
Object pronouns after verbs and prepositions (call him, with me)

A2

Possessive pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
Whose…? (Whose bag is this?)
a friend of mine / a friend of Sara's
's and s' (the children's room, the boys' room)
Reflexive pronouns: myself, yourself, themselves…
by myself = alone; enjoy yourself, help yourself
Emphatic reflexives (I did it myself)

B1

Generic you, one, they, people
someone… they (singular they)
each other / one another vs -selves
own (my own car; on my own; a car of my own)

C1

who vs whom
Pronoun case: between you and me, It's me, than me / than I am
Misused myself (Contact Ali or myself ✗)
Formal one (One should always…)
it, this, that for reference in texts

C2

Cataphora (When she arrived, Sara…)
Ambiguous pronoun reference and how to fix it
they / it for organizations (The company has… / They have…)
Reference chains in long texts