B2.1 - Unit 1A: Names - Pronouns and possessives

In this lesson we`ve been working with names and how much they can interfere in your life. This is a listening comprehesion about the topic: click here

The grammar point in this lesson is a revision of pronouns in English. To start wirh, let's see if you can find the mistakes in these sentences:

• My sister and me are fond of football
• I don't like theirs children too much
• I never go with they
• She´s a friend of him
• "Who is it?" "It's I" (Pay attention to the use of IT for people when you don't know the sex yet)

To be sure about the right pronoun or possessive is very important, as you can see in this example:

• Look at him (at Jonh)    but    Look at his (at John´s car, for example)   
• Look at her  but    Look at hers (this is NOT plural but the possessive pronoun)

A student in the class asked me the difference to use TO or FOR with complements. When you use TO is just direction while FOR is for purpose or instead of that person. To see this go to this link.

To finish with this is a video about the pronunciation of personal pronouns; it's American English but you can practise with it. And this other video about how to choose a name for a business, to work with the vocabulary of this lesson.