Topic Where are You from

Where are You from?

Material by Made Cendika Dwi Kumaratungga S.Pd.

General

English

Table of contents

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Possesive Adjective

02

Subject Pronouns

Exercises

03

— Edmund De Wall

“With language, you are

at home anywhere.”

What is

Pronoun? A pronoun is a word that can replace a noun in a sentence

01

Types of Pronoun

It is used to

represent or replace specific people or

things

Subject Pronoun

It is used to describe the ownership or

possession of something

Possesive

Adjective

a. Subject Pronoun

Refers to the speaker himself (1^st

person) Singular

I

Refers to a second person (2^nd ) plural or singular

You

Refers to female (3^rd person) Singular

She

Refers to Male (3^rd person)

Singular

Refers to two people or more (3^rd person)

Plural

Refers to two people or more that includes the subject

“I” (1^st person) Plural

He They We It

Refers to animal, things, time,

weather, or temperature (3^rd

person).

Example

1. Subject Pronoun “I”

● I am from Indonesia

● I live on Merdeka Street

● I am Indonesian

2. Subject Pronoun “You”

● You are from England

● You stay in New York City

● You are Chinese

3. Subject Pronoun “We”

● Juan and I are from Germany We are from Germany

● Bert and I live in Jakarta We live in Jakarta

● Lusy and I are Swedish We are Swedish

Example

1. Subject Pronoun “She”

● Putri is from Japan She is from Japan

● Dina lives in surabaya She lives in Surabaya

● Rani is Japanese She is Japanese

2. Subject Pronoun “He”

● Joni comes from Korea He comes from Korea

● James stays on 314 Main street He stay on 314 Main Street

● Rony is Korean He is Korean

3. Subject Pronoun “They”

● Rob and Kim are originally from Canada They are originally from Canada

● Roy and Weny want to go to They want to go to Alaska

● Lan and Kyle are Canadian They are Canadian

Example

1. Subject Pronoun “It”

● American apple is really sour It is really sour

● The car is parked behind my bike It is parked behind my bike

● The weather is horrible in Spain

It is horrible in Spain

The children are happy_______

The dog likes to bite my finger _______

Sheila is Norwegian _______

Exercise 1: Subject Pronoun

Change the underlined noun to a subject pronoun

Tom and I live in New York City________

Jony and Mark were born in Africa

_______

b. Possesive Pronoun

Subjec t Prono

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Possesive

Adjective Example

I My

My Nationality is English

You Your

Your Address is on Brockton Street, Abington

They ^Their

Their nationality is Greek

We ^Our

Our country is Ireland

She Her

Her nationality is Italian

He His

His address is on Ashington Street

It Its

Its kennel is a gift from an Irish man

More about Possessive Adjective

1. Is that the Queen's hat?

No, it's her crown.

(In this example, the possessive

adjective "her" replaces the noun "the Queen”.

2. This is Joe’s car Yes, it is his car  

(In this example, the possessive

adjective “his" replaces the noun “Joe”.

Its not it’s

“It’s” is a short form of “It is”, which is nothing to do with possession

India is well-known from it’s culture❎

India is well-known from its culture ✅

Your not You’re

“You’re” is a short form of “you are”, which is nothing to do with possession

This is you’re camera❎

This is your camera ✅

Common Mistake

The children have two candies. These are___ candies The cat has a blanket. This is___ blanket

Sheila has a Canadian boyfriend. He is ___Canadian boyfriend

Exercise 2: Possesive Adjective

Fill the blank with a possesive adjective

Marry and I have a horse. This is ___ horse

Jony and Mark have a house. This is___house