2. THE PRONOUNS

2.1. Personal pronouns.
Personal pronouns refer to people, animals, things or states already mentioned in a context. In this way we avoid the repetition of names own.
Example: Anne is tired. She wants to go to bed.
John is a policeman. I have works in the city center.
It's snowing. I hate it.

•  'He' is used to refer to the masculine; 'She' for the feminine; 'It' for animals, things, or states. Only when we refer to animals or objects with great familiarity, these can be designated with 'he' or 'She'.

Example: She is a good dog.
I love my car. He is the best.

The difference between the two types of pronouns that exist lies in their function and position in the sentence.
Subject pronouns perform the subject function in the sentence and are placed in front of the verb in the affirmative and negative sentences.
Example:  I'm from Spain
 They can not travel today.

• In English you can not omit the subject as we do in Spanish.

Example: She is a very good singer.

• Object pronouns perform other functions so they are placed behind of verbs and prepositions.

Example: I do not like him.
Give me the papers.
I want to work with them.

Singular Plural Singular Plural
1st person I we me
2nd person you you you you
3rd person he / she / it they him / her / it them

2.2. The possesive pronouns
mine (mine)
yours (yours)
his / hers / its (his-his, his- her, * his- that)
ours (ours)
yours (yours)
theirs (of them)

• Possessive pronouns tell us who is the possessor of something. They are used in place of a possessive noun and adjective, and unlike the latter, they are never accompanied by the name of what is possessed.

Example:  The mobile phone is mine.
They are not my keys, they are hers.
She does not like her house, she likes ours.

Its function is to avoid the repetition of an already mentioned noun that already reference has been made.
Example: My name's Christine. What's yours?
This is not C.D, is it yours?

2.3. Demonstrative Pronouns
They are used to talk about people, things, or situations according to the reference spatial or temporal that the speaker has of them.

• For what is close we use This for the singular and These for the plural.

Example: I do not need this coat you give me.
These girls live with me.

• For what is far from the speaker we use That for the singular (that,that, that) and Those for the plural.

Example:That window in the first floor is my room.
I do not like those opinions.