Word classes - pronouns
In this paragraph, we're going to talk about pronouns. Pronouns take the place of nouns, esp. when those nouns are previously mentioned (they talked about it before). Example: Dave likes fish. He eats it every day. You don't use Dave's name twice; you replace it in the second part with a pronoun.
There are several groups of pronouns.
Subject pronouns (personal pronouns)> refer to specific person, thing or group of people/things > I, you, he/she/it, we, you they
Object pronouns (not the subject, but the object - lijdend voorwerp - of the sentence) Tip: use "give it to...."> me, you, him/her/it, us, you, them
Possessive adjectives> shows possession when the noun comes after the word (tip: ....book) > my, your, his/her/its, our, your, their
Possessive pronouns> shows possession when the noun it's talking about is not behin it> mine, yours, his/hers/its, ours, yours, theirs
Reflexive pronouns> when someone "gives"something to him/herself. > I gave myself a book. > myself, yourself, himself/herself/itsself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Demonstrative pronouns> point to specific things > this/that/these/those
Indefinite pronouns>refer to something that is not definite por specific > something/one/body, anything/one/body, some, no-one, each
Relative pronouns> link to sentences together > who, whose, whom, which, that, what
Interrogative pronouns (Question words/Who words) > used to ask questions > Who, whose, whom, what, why, where, when, which, how
The assignment:
Step 1: Go to the Magister ELO and watch the videos about "pronouns" (videos 23 upto and including 27) on the ELO whilst taking notes in your notebook.
Step 2: Read the information on the website below. Have youn learnt something that wasn't in the video? Write down your notes in your notebook.
Pronouns (click on the blue types of pronouns for more info)
Step 3: Click on the links below and do the exercises you find there. Please write your scores below the notes on this subject in your notebook.
Demonstrative pronouns (exercise is below the explanation)
Indefinite pronouns (there are two exercises below the explanation)
Step 4: Did you do well? Then continue with "prepositions" on the next page.
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