“I” -------- 1st word in a statement / the
subject of the statement
● I bought a book last night.
● Tom and I went to the shopping mall.
○ *("Tom" and "I" are the
subjects)
“I” -------2nd / 3rd word in a question
( sequence: wh-word, verb: do/should/etc, I)
● Who do I know at this party?
○ (statement: I only know you at
here.”)
● Do I have the book?
○ statement: I do have the book.
( the statement form: “I” is in the first place. )
*if you convert the question to the statement
----- "I" usually become the first word in a
sentence unless you have more than one
subject )
Use “me” to replace “I” as long as the
pronoun isn’t the first word in a statement and
is placed after the verb
● Tom bought me a book last night.
○ He bought a book for me.
● This belongs to me.
○ "me" is the object because
"me" is placed after the phrasal
verb, "belong to"
Use “my” in front of a noun to describe I own
something.
This is my book.
Use “mine” to describe I own something
without using the noun of the thing I own.
(“belong to” must match with “me.”
This is mine.
Use “mine” to emphasize “I” have done
something
*Only use "myself" when the sentence comes
with "I" which is the subject of the sentence
*"myself" could be put after the subject "I" or
after the object
● I baked a cake myself.
=> I = subject
=> baked = verb
=> cake = object
=> myself = reflexive pronoun ( it's fine if
you don't know the term "reflexive pronoun")
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I hate myself.
=>myself = object ( because I want to state
that I dislike "me" but it's wrong unless the
subject is not "I")
● I dislike her. -- correct
● She dislikes me. -- correct
=> both subjects of the two sentence are not
the same person of the subject
● I dislike myself.
=> this sentence shows that the persons of the
subject and object are the same
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__________ prefer hiking to movies.
You need to stop lying to _________________.
She gave __________ some flowers just now.
Can _____________ help you?
__________ have a problem. Could you help __________ ?
The house is __________ .
This is __________ house.
“No, __________ don’t like her perfume. It smells disgustingly sweet to __________ ,”
he declared.
9. Tom said that he didn’t like __________ perfume.
10. . The dog follows _______________ to the apartment.
11. John is _______ friend.
12. ___________ am John's friend.
13. ___________ just bought this house. Now, the house belong to __________. It's
_______.
14. I accidentally cut ___________ with the knife when I cooked just now. ( meaning: I cut
"I" /"me;" )
15. I ate by ____________ ( meaning: being alone)
16. _____________ was almost killed by the accident.
17. Someone tried to kill ______ just now.