English — Personal Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives (I/my, you/your, he/his, she/her, it/its, we/our, they/their) — Grammar and Exercises — 1st Year Middle School — Algerian Curriculum

Lesson: Personal Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives

Learning Objectives:

• Identify subject pronouns in English.
• Use possessive adjectives correctly with each pronoun.
• Distinguish between pronouns and possessive adjectives.

1. Subject Pronouns

Subject pronouns replace the subject of a sentence (the person or thing doing the action).

Pronoun	Meaning	Example
I	أنا	I am a student.
You	أنتَ / أنتِ	You are my friend.
He	هو	He is Ahmed.
She	هي	She is Fatima.
It	هو / هي (لغير العاقل)	It is a book.
We	نحن	We are classmates.
They	هم / هن	They are teachers.

2. Possessive Adjectives

Possessive adjectives show ownership or belonging. They come BEFORE a noun.

Pronoun	Possessive Adjective	Example
I	my	This is my bag.
You	your	Is this your pen?
He	his	That is his book.
She	her	Her name is Lina.
It	its	The cat plays with its toy.
We	our	Our school is big.
They	their	Their house is nice.

3. Complete Comparison Table

Subject Pronoun	Possessive Adjective	Example Sentence
I	my	I have my ID card.
You	your	You need your notebook.
He	his	He likes his new phone.
She	her	She loves her family.
It	its	The dog wags its tail.
We	our	We enjoy our lessons.
They	their	They visit their grandparents.

Important Notes

• Possessive adjectives DO NOT change for plural nouns: my book → my books.
• There is NO apostrophe in possessive adjectives: its (NOT it’s).
• Do NOT confuse its (possessive) with it’s (it is).

Exercises

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct possessive adjective.

1. This is ______ (I) school.
2. ______ (She) mother is a doctor.
3. ______ (They) names are Ali and Sami.
4. We love ______ (We) country, Algeria.
5. ______ (He) bag is blue.

Exercise 2: Replace the words in brackets with a subject pronoun.

1. ______ (Ahmed) is a good student.
2. ______ (The book) is on the desk.
3. ______ (My friends and I) play football.
4. ______ (Fatima) is my sister.
5. ______ (The teachers) are kind.

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with a pronoun or possessive adjective.

1. ______ am in 1st Year Middle School.
2. That is ______ (I) classroom.
3. ______ (You) pencil is on the floor.

Summary

Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) replace the subject of a sentence. Possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her, its, our, their) show possession and come before nouns. Memorise the pairs: I→my, you→your, he→his, she→her, it→its, we→our, they→their.

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