Lesson 5: Present simple

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Today´s two lesson  are very basic as we are going to take a look at the use of personal pronouns and then the 

Present simple.

Subject Personal pronouns and object personal pronouns. Lesson 1.

Subject. Singular.- I. You. He. She It. Plural. We. You. They.

Object. Singular.- Me. You. Him. Her. It. Plural. Us. You. Them.

Explanation.

We use subject personal pronouns before a verb instead of using the name of a person or a noun.

We always use I with a capital letter. I´m Noreen. I´m Happy.

We use he for a boy or a man. Tony- He is a good football player. He´s a wonderful son.  

She is used for a woman or a girl. Corrina-She is a beautiful girl. She´s a terrific mother.

It is used for a thing. It is chair. It´s a rainbow.

It is used for an animal if we do not know what sex it is or it is not known to us personally.

A lion in the zoo. It´s asleep. It´s hungry. Look at it. A family pet. This is my dog Kiskers. He´s two years old and this is his mother. Her name is Lulu. She´s four years old.

We use they in the plural for people, animals, or things. They are my children. They´re my dogs. They´re my books.

We are used in the same way. We are friends. We´re not enemies. We´re warm. We´re not cold.

Object personal pronouns are used after a verb or a preposition. Listen to her. Look at me. Speak to them.

Possessive adjectives.

Singular. My. Your. His. Her. Its. Plural. Our. Your. Their.

Possessive adjectives show that something belongs to someone. Also it shows the relationship between people.

Shioban. She is my daughter.

Darren. He is her brother.

They are my children.

Possessive pronouns.

Possessive pronouns show that something belongs to someone , they do not take a noun after them.

Singular. Mine. Yours. His. Hers.

Plural.  Ours. Yours Theirs. It has no possessive pronoun.

Use of the possessive.

Add ´s when a noun is singular to show possession.

It´s the boy´s ball. It´s his ball it belongs to him.

Add  "´"  when a noun is plural and ends in "s" to show possession.

This is the girls´ room. Nahia and Holly.  It belongs to them, it´s their room.   

That is Darren and Tony´s car. It´s their car, it belongs to them.