Subject And Object Pronouns

Pronouns are used to replace nouns.

nouns	pronouns
Tom/  Mr Lee  /   my brother	he
Susan  /    the girl	she
the cat   the apple	it
Susan and I	we
Tom and Peter /  the cats / the apples	they

　

Here are the subject and object pronouns:

	Subject	Object
Singular	I you  he  she it	me you  him  her it
Plural	we you they	us you them

　
     Examples

	He is Peter.
	It is a bird.
	This is his cat. The cat belongs to him.
	That is their car.  It belongs to them.
	My friends and I are hungry.  We are going to eat now.

  

Possessive Adjectives ( my, your)
　

Pronouns	Possessive Adjectives
I	my
You	your
He	his
She	her
It	its
We	our
They	their

We use my, your etc. with nouns

           e.g. my hands       his pen       their house

Examples :

              Peter and his sister are playing.
              I have a plum. This is my plum.
              What is your mother's name? Her name is Mary.
              They were cleaning their rooms.              
　

Possessive Pronouns ( mine, yours) 
　

Pronouns	Possessive Adjectives	Possessive Pronouns
I	my	mine
You	your	yours
He	his	his
She	her	hers
It	its	its
We	our	ours
They	their	theirs

We use mine/ yours etc. instead for my book, your pencil etc.

           e.g. My pencil is on the desk. Where is yours?  (yours = your pencil)
                  This is my pen. It's mine.  (mine = my pen)

We use possessive pronouns in comparative sentences.

          e.g. Our cat is smaller than theirs.  (theirs = their cat)
                 Your house is bigger than his.  (his = his house) 
　

Reflexive  Pronouns 
Look at this table :

Subject Pronouns	Object  Pronouns	Reflexive Pronouns
I	me	myself
You	you	yourself
He	him	himself
She	her	herself
It	it	itself
We	us	ourselves
They	them	theirselves

　

	We use myself, yourself etc. to refer to the subject.
	We also use them to show that the subject did the action, not another person.
	e.g  I bought myself a beautiful dres

               I saw myself in the mirror.
               He did the homework himself