POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

☺POSSESSIVE  PRONOUNS☺

CONCEPT BASIC
Possessive pronouns are used in English to avoid repeating information that is already clear. In general it makes the sentence less confusing because the same information is not being repeated.

This book is my book, not your book. (Sounds repetitive)
This book is mine, not yours. (Mine and yours are possessive pronouns)

In the sentence, mine is a possessive pronoun that replaces my book.

In the sentence, yours is a possessive pronoun that replaces your book.

The possessive pronouns in English are as follows:

•BASIC RULES•

* We avoid using the possessive pronoun ITS.

Examples:

I did not have my umbrella, so Marta lent me her own.

Your car is faster than mine.

That food is ours and not theirs.

I know this drink is yours but I need to drink something.

Remember that with possessive pronouns there are no apostrophes (').

Of yours

It is also very common to say a friend/some friends + of + possessive pronouns.

I saw one of your friends last night.

I saw a friend of yours last night.

Both of these sentences are correct and both common in English.

Yours faithfully - Yours sincerely

Yours is also used in English with faithfully or sincerely at the end of a formal letter or e-mail. The two common expressions are:

Yours faithfully (If it someone that you don't know)

Yours sincerely (If it is someone that you know)

COMPLEMENTATION 

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EXERCISES

- Select the correct answer. 1. He’s got            - ? -           my           mine          telephone number, but I haven’t got his. 2.            - ? -           Ours           Our          car is much faster than            - ? -           yours           your         . 3. We went to a disco with Stephanie, Terry and some friends of            - ? -           their           theirs         . 4. I hate her! She’s no friend of            - ? -           mine           my         . 5. Is this            - ? -           yours           your          bag or            - ? -           her           hers         ?

SOLUCIONES

REFLEXIVES PRONOUNS

REFLEXIVES PRONOUNS

CONCEPT BASIC

Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and the verb complement are the same. The subject does the action himself. In English, reflexive verbs are not used as much as in Spanish. Instead of reflexive verbs, we use one of the following reflexive pronouns.

REFLEXIVES PRONOUNS	EXAMPLE
Myself	I saw it myself.
Yourself	Don’t burn yourself!
Himself	He hurt himself.
Herself	She did it herself.
Itself	The cat scratched itself.
Ourselves	We made it ourselves.
Yourselves	Did you paint the house yourselves?
Themselves	They were speaking to themselves.

•BASIC RULES•

1.We can use reflexive pronouns with the majority of transitive verbs, but the most common are the following:

❤  Blame

❤ Cut

❤Enjoy

❤  Help

❤ Hurt

❤ Introduces

❤ Prepare

❤Teach

Examples:

 How did he hurt himself?

 We really enjoyed ourselves while on holiday

 I blame myself

2. When we want to emphasize the subject, we can use reflexive pronouns. In these cases, it is more common to place the pronoun at the end of the sentence instead of after the verb.

Examples:

 We painted the house ourselves

 What a great party! Did you prepare everything yourself?

3. We use "by" + the reflexive pronoun to indicate "only".

Examples:

 I often prefer to be by myself

 She learned to read all by herself

4. The use of the reflexive pronoun with some verbs can change the meaning.

Examples:

 Help yourself to some coffee

 We found ourselves in the middle of a very complicated situation

5. We do not use reflexive pronouns for actions that people usually do themselves.

Example:

 I have to shave every other day

(it's wrong) I have to shave myself every other day.

6. We use reflexive pronouns in some expressions.

Examples:

 Behave yourselves!

 Help yourself

 Make yourself at home

COMPLEMENTATION

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EXERCICES

Choose the correct reflexive pronoun to complete the phrase: myself / yourself / yourselves / himself / herself / itself / ourselves / themselves / each other

Sample

You and Sam can do the exercise .

Q1 of 5

Kim kissed Tom. Tom kissed Kim. They kissed .

Q2 of 5

He did his homework _____. 

Q3 of 5

We can make dinner _____. 

Q4 of 5

The dog just hurt _____ on that rock. 

Q5 of 5

She taught _____ to play the piano. 

INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS

😁INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS😁

CONCEPT BASIC

The interrogative particles are invariable and put

at the beginning of the phrase in interrogative.

EXAMPLE

                                Who                                 

 Who is he?

¡¿👤?!

Whom 

¿Whom did you phone?

¡¿☎📞?!

Whose?

Whose is it?

¡¿👕?!

What 

What is it?

¡¿📼?!

(OBJECT)

Which?

¿Which did he buy?

¡¿💲👚?!

Why? 

(Contestando con because.)

Q: Why is that?

¡¿👜?!

ANS:Because it's pink. 

¡¡👜!!

When? 

When is it?

¡¿⏰?¡

Where?

Where is it?

¡¿⛬?!

How?

•How much?

¡¿💰?!

•How many?

¡¿#👪👪?!

•How old?

¡¿🎂?!

•How far?

¡¿🎀?!

•How long?

¡¿⌚⌛?!

•How much is it?

¡¿💲💵?!

•BASIC RULES•

The use of these pronouns is very similar to Spanish, we must take into account which information we want to have information about and choose the pronoun for each question. The following table shows which ones are with their corresponding explanation.

Inglés		Uso
What?		It serves to request more information or a clarification.
Where?		It is used to have more information regarding the place.
When?		It is used to have more information regarding time.
Who?		It serves to ask the person who has made a certain action.
Whom?		It serves to ask the person to whom a certain action has been taken.
Whose?		It is used to ask the belonging of an object.
Which?		It serves to request a clarification in front of a possible doubt between two or more elements.
How?		It serves to ask the way in which something has been carried out.
Why?		It is used to ask for more information or reason.

Examples:

What are you talking about?

Where is the shop?

When is your birthday?

Who made the cake?

Whose is this folder?

Which one do you prefer?

How did you manage it to arrive on time?

Why did they break up?

COMPLEMENTATION

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EXERCISES

- Use 'who', 'whose', 'what' or 'which' in the following sentences. 1. ‘           - ? -           who           whose           what           which          time is it?’ ‘It’s half past three.’ 2. ‘           - ? -           who           whose           what           which          jacket is this?’ ‘It’s mine.’ 3. ‘I’ve got chocolate ice cream and vanilla ice cream,            - ? -           who           whose           what           which          do you prefer?’ 4. ‘           - ? -           who           whose           what           which          is that man with your wife?’ ‘It’s her boss.’ 5. ‘           - ? -           who           whose           what           which          did you say?’ ‘I didn’t say anything.’

SOLUCIONES

ADVERBS

😜 ADVERBS😜

CONCEPT BASIC 

Remember that the adverbs are already of time, mode, frequency, etc. they are words whose function is to modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb or a whole sentence. The adverbs of place, specifically, serve to indicate the place where the action takes place.

The teacher speaks slowly

Adverbs explain how an action occurs. 'slowly' tells us the way in which the teacher speaks. It is therefore an adverb of mode.

Generally, we can give this type of information by serving us in two different ways. The first is to use the prepositions of place along with nouns and adjectives to give specific information.

The children are playing in a beautiful park.

The second possibility is to use an adverb of place.

The children are playing there.

This will be the focus of this article. I will also tell you some of the adverbs of address, since they are very similar.

•BASIC RULES •

CLASS OF ADVERBS

- So:

They express how an action is performed. Most usually end in -ly (equivalent to the Spanish adverbial ending 'mind' and therefore usually form from the corresponding adjective to which that ending is added ..

careful - carefully, easy - easily, etc.

although there are exceptions,

well, aloud, etc.

- Of place

They indicate the place where an action is performed.

around, far, near, there, here, etc.

- Of time

They indicate when an action takes place.

again, at first, before, soon, late, etc.

- Of frequency

Indicate how often an action is performed.

always, frequently, never, sometimes, etc.

- Quantity

Express the amount of something.

little, much, very, too, etc.

- Question mark

They are used to ask questions.

when? Where? Why? , how ?, etc.

- Relatives

when, where, why

- Ordinals

firstly, secondly, etc.

- Of degree or intensity

They indicate the intensity with which the action is performed.

completely, extremely, greatly, etc.

- Probability

maybe, perhaps, possibly, probably, etc.

- Affirmation

Certainly, naturally, of course, surely, etc.

- Denial

no, not, never, not at all

COMPLEMENTATION

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EXERCICES 

1. She worked  (hard/hardly) to pass the exam.
2. She  (quick/quickly) crossed the street.
3. He was  (extreme/extremely)  (impolite/impolitely).
4. They haven't seen him  (late/lately).
5. She is very  (good/well) at German.
6. She plays the guitar very  (good/well).
7. They play soccer rather  (bad/badly).
8. Tracy's dress was  (extreme/extremely)  (expensive/expensively).
9. She is a very  (friendly/in a friendly way) person.
10. The cake tastes  (good/well).