Aqua Level

Lesson Two

You

singular

plural

In the following examples, the pronoun “you” is singular:

subject = you You study English. Do you study French, too?
object = you The teacher helped you. Who called you last night?
possessive adjective = your This is your jacket. Your jacket is very nice.	your jacket
possessive pronoun = yours Is this jacket yours? My jacket is blue. Yours is yellow.	yours
reflexive pronoun = yourself You can look at yourself in a mirror.

In the following examples, the pronoun “you” is plural:

subject = you You are students. Do you know each other?
object = you The teacher helps you learn English. The teacher gives assignments to you.
possessive adjective = your I’m your teacher.  (I work for all of you.) Your English is going to improve! Do you have your own computer?	your teacher
possessive pronoun = yours This website is yours to use for free.	This is yours!
reflexive pronoun = yourself	Your teacher believes that you can help yourselves and improve your English by using this website.

This video provides additional instruction:

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Aqua Level Exercise 2

 Write these sentences and questions in your notebook. Fill in the blanks with….

you   your  yours  yourself  yourselves

1 – 5 singular

1. Where is _________ hat?

2. Is this book _________?

3. _________ work very hard.

4. I really like _________.

5. Did you hurt ____________?

6 – 10 plural

6. These books are ________ to use in class.

7. ________ all need to listen.

8. You can all help __________ to the food.

9. I’m _________ teacher.

10. This is between ________ and me.

Next: Lesson Three

Answers: 1. your; 2. yours; 3. You; 4. you; 5. yourself; 6. yours; 7. You; 8. yourselves; 9. your; 10. you