SUBJECT AND OBJECT PRONOUNS

MEANING
You can use pronouns to talk about people, things and activities.
SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS
Myrraflfdii ren are great. f love them so much. MEANING
1 Use plurals to :atk about more than one.
I have a car. My friend has two cars.
Where's Susan? is she here?
FORM
t like watching TV. It's fun.
singular plural
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FORM
Add -s to most nouns. thing things
subject pronouns object pronouns shop shops
I me Add -es to nouns ending dish dishes
yo you -sh. -ch, -ss. -x. -z, or -s. boss bosses
u him
he her For nouns ending in company companies
she it consonant 4. y: y> -les. city cities
it us irregular plurals
them person people/Pei:pal/
we
they man men /men/
Subject pronouns usually go before the verb in a sentence. woman women twiman/
I like watching TV child children tif ildran/

Object pronouns go after verbs and prepositions.

I love them. PRONUNCIATION
ke talking to my husband and watching TV with him.
Say plurals in tno same way as these present simple verbs:
PRONUNCIATION works. watches, studies. See p136.
m e /m i:/ shops /fops/ books /boks/ things /0inz/ cities /'sitizl
you /ju:/ you /ju:/ dishes tdifiz/ bosses /tomb/
he /111:1 him /hint/
PRACTICE
she her /had
Complete the sentences with the plurals of these words.
it /it/ it /it/
we /wi:/ us As/ c o un t r y c ity s c hool new s p a p er s is ter ema i l
they /Oci/ them Them/ woman party friend
You can say these words in a different way when they don't
1 How many sountries are there in South America?
have stress:
2 I send___________ to my boyfriend every day.
you /jut /ja/ him hrnl her /hat /a/
us fast them /ham/. /am! 3 I have three__________and one brother.

PRACTICE 4 I don't like big ______ . I prefer small towns.

.Ei lejthe correct word.
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5 When do you usually meet your ?
6 I don't read________. I don't like bad news.
1 He / him likes fishing in the sea with his friends.
7 Ask the________ over there. They work in this shop.
2 Is she / her busy now?
3 Bob can meet we / us at 5.00 tomorrow evening 8 All the _____ in my town have good teachers.
9 I like dancing, but I hate going to______.
4 She/ her is a really nice person.
5 I like talking to he / her.
6 y V.e.t.u. play football at the weekend.
7 My cat doesn't like my boyfriend but she loves I/ me.
8 Are they / them friends or colleagues?
9 Money doesn't make you /we happy.
10 I don't read newspapers. I don't like they/ them.