NOUNS, PRONOUNS, AND NOUN EQUIVALENTS

PRONOUNS

Possessive : The pronoun shows possession.
Examples: That car is mine. - Yours is more expensive.

WARNING: It is easy to confuse possessive pronouns with possessive adjectives,
which will be presented in Lesson 2.

Example: The green house is ours. (possessive pronoun)
My book is very old. (possessive adjective –
it is placed right before the noun and lacks an ‘s’ ending)

Reflexive Case: A person or thing acts upon itself. Other words will usually
fall between the original noun/pronoun and the reflexive pronoun.
Example: He cut himself.

Intensive Case: Shows emphasis. Intensive pronouns usually immediately follow the original noun/pronoun or they may occur elsewhere.
Example: Only she herself can make that decision.
She baked the pie herself.