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Personal Possessive
First person – singular I mine



  • plural we ours
    Second person – singular you yours

  • plural you yours
    Third person – singular he his
    she hers
    it its

  • plural they theirs


This book ismine.
Yours is the blame.
The prize washis.
That new house istheirs.

Using reflexive pronouns


Reflexive pronounsare used when the subject and the object
of the sentence refer to the same person or thing. They
‘reflect’ the subject.


Personal pronouns Reflexive pronouns
First person singular I myself
Second person singular you yourself
Third person singular he himself
she herself
it itself
First person plural we ourselves
Second person plural you yourselves
Third person plural they themselves


I washedmyself thoroughly.
The cat lickeditself all over.
You mustn’t blameyourself.

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