Personal Pronouns
- Let's start with a very important topic in grammar, Personal Pronouns.
An excellent idea to start an interesting class is using videos. In this time I am presenting a musical video good for this topic as a warm up .
- After that, you can introduce the topic and explain.
Personal pronouns represent specific people or things. We use them depending on:
- number: singular (eg: I) or plural (eg: we)
- person: 1st person (eg: I), 2nd person (eg: you) or 3rd person (eg: he)
- gender: male (eg: he), female (eg: she) or neuter (eg: it)
- case: subject (eg: we) or object (eg: us)
We use personal pronouns in place of the person or people that we are talking about. My name is Josef but when I am talking about myself I almost always use "I" or "me", not "Josef". When I am talking direct to you, I almost always use "you", not your name. When I am talking about another person, say John, I may start with "John" but then use "he" or "him". And so on.
- In the explanation of the topic it is good to use some visual aids like a chart that shows in a clear way the information of the topic.
number | person | gender | personal pronouns | |
subject | object | |||
singular | 1st | male/female | I | me |
2nd | male/female | you | you | |
3rd | male | he | him | |
female | she | her | ||
neuter | it | it | ||
plural | 1st | male/female | we | us |
2nd | male/female | you | you | |
3rd | male/female/neuter | they | them | |
- Another suggestion of visual aids is using flashcards which make easier the understanding of topics.
- You can also create your own flashcards. Here you have an excellent websites for creating flashcards online:
- Here you have another video about personal pronouns.
- Finally yo can use some workshops to complement your class. Here there are some links with exercises that you can apply to your students to practice.
