Grade 5 English: Pronouns and possessives poster

1What is a pronoun?

A pronoun takes the place of a noun, so we do not repeat the same noun again and again.

• he or she: one person; it: one animal or thing
• we: me and others; they: other people or things

2Subject and object pronouns

• Subject pronouns do the action: I, you, he, she, it, we, they.
• Object pronouns come after the verb or after words like to and with: me, you, him, her, it, us, them.

3Possessive adjectives

These possessive words come before a noun and show who owns it: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.

4Possessive pronouns

A possessive pronoun stands alone, with no noun after it: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs.

5Reflexive pronouns

A reflexive pronoun ends in self or selves. We use it when the doer and the receiver are the same. Examples: myself, himself, herself, ourselves, themselves.

6Check your pronouns

• Make sure the reader knows who the pronoun means. Thandi told Naledi that she won is not clear.
• Its has no apostrophe when it shows ownership.