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We use a reflexive pronoun to refer back to the a
subject.
You should look after yourself. Eat more apples! "Holmes," murmured Sir Henry, “You have saved my life.”

subject I you he she it we they "I’m sorry I put you in danger,” replied Holmes. “Are you
pronoun strong enough to stand?"

object me you him her it us them eb
pronoun cd

possessive my your his her its our their
objectives

possessive mine yours his hers ours theirs reported speech
pronoun
We can use reported speech to report
reflexive myself yourself himself herself itself ourselves themselves someone's words after they were said.
pronoun yourselves

possessive apostrophes In reported speech:
 We give the exact meaning of what was said.
We use an apostrophe when we want to show  We sometimes change the pronoun.
that a noun owns something.  The tense can change.
 The speaker comes at the beginning of the
With a singular noun we add an apostrophe + s,
sentence.
boy boy’s  We sometimes use that.

He saved a boy’s life.

With a plural noun ending in s, we add an direct speech reported speech
Saada said, “They’re She said they were
apostrophe, really very good.” really very good.

boys boys’

The boys’ boots were very dirty.

With a plural noun not ending in s, we add an

apostrophe + s, compound nouns

children children’s  A compound noun is formed from two nouns,
or an adjective and a noun.
Today is the children’s party.
 Compound nouns are written in different
direct speech ways:
1 as two words: police officer
We use direct speech when we want to write 2 as one word: firefighter
the exact words that were spoken. 3 sometimes as two words joined by a
hyphen.
a We put the actual words someone said
inside speech marks.  Unfortunately, there is no rule for how you
write a compound noun, so you need to
b A new bit of speech starts with a capital check in a dictionary.
letter if it is the beginning of a sentence.
 The plural is usually formed by making the
c We start a new line when a new person second word plural: police officers fishermen
starts talking.
 The stress is usually on the first syllable of
d We can put a full stop, question mark or the first word:
exclamation mark inside the speech marks
if it is the end of a sentence. shopkeeper firefighter

e We can put a comma inside the speech
marks if it isn’t the end of a sentence.

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