Possessive pronouns

Subject Possessive pronouns adjectives I you he she it we they my + noun your + noun his + noun her + noun its + noun our + noun their + noun

Possessive pronouns mine

Examples Can you lend me a pencil? - I forgot mine. That is my problem, not yours (singular). My house is next to yours (plural). This belongs to John. It's his. I forgot my book, so Susan gave me hers. The house is old and its paint is flaking. Our language is complex. English is practical. The car belongs to my parents. Its theirs.

Use them to indicate possession. A possessive pronoun can be used by itself. We use a possessive pronoun to REPLACE a possessive adjective + noun We use WHOSE? to ask about possession. Example: Whose blanket is this? Are those Laurens sandals? Yes, they are hers. No, they arent hers.

Reflexive pronouns

Subject pronouns
I you he she it we they you

Reflexive pronouns
myself yourself himself herself itself ourselves themselves yourselves

a) Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject.

I cut myself.
b) We use by + a reflexive pronoun to mean alone.

Singular

I like to run by myself.

c) We use a reflexive pronoun to mean without help. (usually professional).

Plural

I fixed the car myself.

Indefinite pronouns Indefinite Meaning Singular Plural Example pronoun algo x I have something in my eye. something someone/ Someone is in the bathroom. alguien x somebody algn lugar x Right now it is raining somewhere. somewhere It's so dark, I can't see anything. algo, nada, cualquier x anything alguien nadie anyone / x Is there anyone home? anybody cualquiera We can go anywhere you want. cualquier lugar x anywhere nada x There is nothing in the fridge. nothing no one / nadie x Nobody was in class today. nobody ningn lugar x He has nowhere to stay. nowhere How's everything? Everything is fine. todo x everything en todas partes x The water spilled everywhere. everywhere todos, todo el everyone / Is everybody here? x everybody mundo ___________________________________________________________________________________ Politeness VERY FORMAL Do you mind if? Would you mind? FORMAL May I? Could you? INFORMAL Can I? Can you?

CAN for Future possibility

We use can to talk about things that are possible in the future. Use the infinitive of the verb after can.