1 Pronouns A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. example: John is a mail carrier. John carries a blue bag. To make the second sentence sound better‚ you can change the word John to he. new sentence: John is a mail carrier. He carries a blue bag. The word he is a pronoun that takes the place of the word John. Some common pronouns include: I‚ you‚ he‚ she‚ it‚ we‚ they‚ you‚ him‚ her‚ them‚ it‚ us Rewrite each sentence. Change the underlined word or words to a pronoun. 1
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Indefinite Pronouns A pronoun that refers to an unspecified person or thing. Indefinite pronouns include quantifiers (some‚ any‚ enough‚ several‚ many‚ much); universals (all‚ both‚ every‚ each); and partitives(any‚ anyone‚ anybody‚ either‚ neither‚ no‚ nobody‚ some‚ someone). Many of the indefinite pronouns can function as determiners. Examples: * "You can fool some of the people all of the time‚ and all of the people some of the time‚ but you can not fool all of the people all
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Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………….3 Chapter I. Pronouns as a part of speech 1.1. Types of pronouns…………………………………………………...……….5 1.2 General characterization of pronouns……………………………………….6 Chapter II. Analysis on the basis of Jerome K. Jerome’s creative activity 2.1 The characteristic features of pronouns in “Three men in a boat”..……..21 2.2 Literature without pronouns……………………………………………..…25 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………..27 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………...28
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Preposterous Pronouns Stewart Pidd Hates English contains the following information about pronouns: Pronouns function as replacement words for noun phrases and nouns. Three common types of pronouns that give writers trouble are indefinite‚ possessive‚ and personal. Pronouns have different functions: Pronouns that do not refer to an object or a particular person are indefinite pronouns; possessive pronouns show possession; personal pronouns replace an object or a specific person. Pronouns can prevent
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Using Pronouns Correctly: Pronoun Reference A pronoun must refer clearly to its antecedent. Because a pronoun is a substitute word‚ it can express meaning clearly and definitely only if its antecedent is easily identified. In some sentence constructions‚ gender and number make the reference clear. Thomas and Jane discussed his absences and her good attendance. (gender) If the three older boys in the club carry out those plans‚ it will break up. (number) Word order can also make the
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How to Form Relative Clauses Level 2 Imagine‚ a girl is talking to Tom. You want to know who she is and ask a friend whether he knows her. You could say: A girl is talking to Tom. Do you know the girl? That sounds rather complicated‚ doesn’t it? It would be easier with a relative clause: you put both pieces of information into one sentence. Start with the most important thing – you want to know who the girl is. Do you know the girl … As your friend cannot know which girl you are talking
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try to determine to which word-class the words in the examples in section 1 c. belong. those‚ weak‚ to speak‚ with (demonstrative pronoun‚ adjective‚ lexical verb‚ preposition She made a sign pers. pronoun lex ind. art. noun She signed a lettre pers. pronoun lex. ind. art. noun this is a hard sign dem. pronoun lex. ind. art. noun they worked hard pers. pronoun lex. adverb 9because it says something about work) Snow white had an evil stepmother noun lex. indef. art. adj. noun They discussed
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where something happened. Examples: slowly‚ intelligently‚ well‚ yesterday‚ tomorrow‚ here‚ everywhere Pronoun A pronoun is used instead of a noun‚ to avoid repeating the noun. Examples: I‚ you‚ he‚ she‚ it‚ we‚ they Conjunction A conjunction joins two words‚ phrases or sentences together. Examples: but‚ so‚ and‚ because‚ or Preposition A preposition usually comes before a noun‚ pronoun or noun phrase. It joins the noun to some other part of the sentence. Examples: on‚ in‚ by‚ with‚ under
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN EURASION NATIONAL UNIVERSITY NAMED L.N. GUMILEV Faculty of philology Department of Theory and practice of foreign languages Term Paper Pronoun such as independent part of speech Written by Z.M.Zhenissova FL-32 student Major Supervised by
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Noun The part of speech that is used to name a person‚ place‚ thing‚ quality‚ or action and can function as the subject or object of a verb. Types of Noun: There are following types of Noun: 1. Common Noun 2. Proper Noun 3. Material Noun 4. Abstract Noun 5. Material Noun 6. Countable Noun 7. Uncountable Noun 1. Common Noun: They are simply words that name people‚ places‚ things‚ or ideas. But they are not the actual NAMES of people‚ place or things. For example Girl is a COMMON NOUN
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