Grade 7 English NATURAL RESOURCES:FORESTS – GRAMMAR IN USE:PERSON AND POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS Notes

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English Notes — GRAMMAR IN USE: PERSON AND POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Topic: NATURAL RESOURCES: FORESTS • Subject: English • Age: 12 (Kenya)

1. What are person pronouns?

Person pronouns are words that take the place of nouns (people, animals, things). They help us avoid repeating names.

Subject pronouns (do the action):

  • I — I plant trees in the school garden. 🌱
  • You — You water the seedlings. 💧
  • He — He is a forest ranger. 🧑‍✈️
  • She — She studies tree seeds. 🧑‍🔬
  • It — It is a big mango tree. 🥭
  • We — We protect Mau Forest. 🌳
  • You (plural) — You (all) collect firewood carefully. 🔥
  • They — They plant trees every Saturday. 🌿

Object pronouns (receive the action):

  • me — The ranger helped me. ✅
  • you — I thanked you. ✅
  • him — The teacher praised him. ✅
  • her — The group asked her to lead the planting. ✅
  • it — We cut it for a fallen branch. ✅
  • us — The community taught us how to plant. ✅
  • them — We showed them the nursery. ✅

2. Possessive forms — two kinds

We use possessive words to show that something belongs to someone. There are two types:

Possessive adjectives (go before a noun): my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their

  • my sapling, your tools, his hat, her notebook, its trunk, our forest, your school, their nursery

Possessive pronouns (replace a noun + adjective): mine, yours, his, hers, its (rare), ours, yours, theirs

  • The tree is mine. — Not "The tree is my".
  • These seedlings are ours. — Not "These seedlings are our".

Quick difference: "my book" (poss. adjective) vs "the book is mine" (poss. pronoun).

3. Examples about forests (Kenyan context)

  • Mau Forest is important. It supplies water to our farms. (It = Mau Forest)
  • The community nursery is theirs. They started it last year. (theirs = the community's nursery)
  • Rangers protect their forest every day. (their = the rangers')
  • I planted a tree. The tree is mine. (I → my / mine)
  • We planted seedlings. Our school will care for them. (We → our / ours)

4. Helpful tips

  • Use subject pronouns for the person doing the action: "She studies the trees."
  • Use object pronouns after verbs: "The teacher taught us."
  • Use possessive adjective before a noun: "our forest", "his axe".
  • Use possessive pronoun alone: "The axe is his." "The seedlings are ours."
  • Watch confusing pairs:
    • its (belonging to it) ≠ it's (it is) — The tree lost its leaves. vs It's tall.
    • your (belonging to you) ≠ you're (you are) — Is this your shovel? vs You're helping well.

5. Practice exercises

  1. Fill in the correct subject pronoun (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they):
    1. ________ planted trees in the school garden yesterday. (My friend and I)
    2. ________ protects the forest from illegal logging. (Ranger)
    3. ________ watered the seedlings. (You and I)
    4. ________ is a big acacia tree. (The acacia)
  2. Choose the correct object pronoun (me, you, him, her, it, us, them):
    1. The teacher called ________. (John and me)
    2. The farmer showed ________ the nursery. (us or they)
    3. I saw the tree. I touched ________. (it or them)
  3. Choose the right possessive adjective (my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their):
    1. That is ________ sapling. (I planted it)
    2. They protect ________ forest every day.
    3. The tree lost ________ leaves. (the tree = it)
  4. Use a possessive pronoun to replace the noun phrase:
    1. This plot belongs to Mary. It is ________.
    2. Those tools belong to the rangers. They are ________.
  5. Change the sentence using a pronoun:
    1. We protect the forest. → The forest is ________.
    2. My brother waters the seedlings. → ________ waters the seedlings. (use a subject pronoun)
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Answers

  1. a) We
    b) He
    c) We
    d) It
  2. a) them (or "John and me were called" → teacher called us)
    b) us
    c) it
  3. a) my
    b) their
    c) its
  4. a) hers
    b) theirs
  5. a) ours
    b) He (or "He waters the seedlings." if brother = male)

Final note

Practice using these pronouns when you talk about forests in Kenya — for example, Mau Forest, Aberdare, or your own school garden. The more you use them, the easier they become!

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