Pronouns代词

SandraBoydPersonalPronounsApronounisawordthattakestheplaceofoneormorenouns.Themostfrequentlyusedpronounsarecalledpersonalpronouns.Theyrefertopeopleorthings.SubjectPronounsAsubjectpronounisusedasthesubjectofasentence.Sheismybestfriend.Itismydog.Doesheknowtheanswer?YouandIwillmeetlater.ObjectPronounsAnobjectpronounisusedasthedirect/indirectobjectortheobjectofapreposition.Givethebooktome.Theteachergaveherareprimand.Iwilltellyouastory.Susanreadittothem.ListofPersonalPronounsSingularPluralIweyouyouhe,she,ittheySubjectPronounsmeusyouyouhim,her,itthemObjectPronounsACTIVITY11.Writesentencesusingeachofthesubjectpronouns.Underlineeachsubjectpronoun.2.Writesentencesusingeachoftheobjectpronouns.Circleeachobjectpronoun.Totalof16pronouns.Youcancombinesubjectandobjectpronounsinyousentences.PRONOUNSANDANTECEDENTSReadthefollowingsentences.CanyoutelltowhomthewordSherefers?ArachnecompeteswithAthena.Sheweavesskillfully.ThesentenceisnotclearbecausethewordShecouldrefertoeitherArachneorAthena.Sometimesyoumustrepeatanounorrewritethesentence.ArachnecompeteswithAthena.Athenaweavesskillfully.PRONOUNSANDANTECEDENTSThenounorgroupofwordsthatapronounreferstoiscalleditsantecedent.Whenyouuseapronoun,youshouldbesurethatitreferstoitsantecedentclearly.Beespeciallycarefulwhenyouusethepronounthey.Readthefollowingsentence.TheyhaveseveralbooksaboutGreekmythsatthelibrary.ContinuePRONOUNSANDANTECEDENTSThemeaningofTheyisunclear.Thesentencecanbeimprovedbyrewritingitinthefollowingmanner.Severalbooksaboutmythsareavailableatthelibrary.PRONOUNSANDANTECEDENTSWhenusingpronouns,youmustalsomakesurethattheyagreewiththeirantecedentsinnumber(singularorplural)andgender.Thegenderofanounmaybemasculine(male),feminine(female),orneuter(referringtothings).Noticehowthepronounsonthenextslideagreewiththeirantecedents.ContinuePRONOUNSANDANTECEDENTS1.ThemythofArachneisamusing.Ienjoyedit.2.ThebystandersseeAthena.Theywatchherattheloom.Inthefirstsentence,mythistheantecedentofthepronounit.Inthesecondsentence,bystandersistheantecedentofThey,andAthenaistheantecedentofher.ACTIVITY2Doexercise3,page397ofyourEnglishTextbook.Followdirectionscarefully.UsingPronounsCorrectlySubjectpronounsareusedincompoundsubjects,andobjectpronounsareusedincompoundobjects.HeandCarmenwroteareportonthesubject.(NotHimandCarmen)TellJohnandmeaboutHercules.(NotJohnandI)ContinueUsingPronounsCorrectlyAprepositiontakesanobject,justasmanyverbsdo.Theobjectofaprepositioncanbesimpleorcompound.Ineithercase,useanobjectpronounastheobjectofthepreposition.Leereadafamousmythtome.LeereadafamousRomanmythtoJohnandme.ContinueUsingPronounsCorrectlyIfyouarenotsureofwhichformofthepronountouse,saythesentencealoudwithonlythepronounasthesubjectortheobject.Yourearwilltellyouwhichformiscorrect.WheneverthepronounIispartofacompoundsubject,itshouldalwaysbeplacedaftertheotherpartsofthesubject.Similarly,whenthepronounmeispartofacompoundobject,itshouldgoaftertheotherpartsoftheobject.ContinueUsingPronounsCorrectlyLeeandIreadsomeancientRomanmyths.(NotIandLee)MythologyinterestsLeeandme.(NotmeandLee).ContinueUsingPronounsCorrectlyInformalwritingandspeechuseasubjectpronounafteralinkingverb.Thewriterofthisreportwasshe.ItisI.ContinueACTIVITY3Doexercise4and5,page399ofyourEnglishText.Youdonothavetowritethesentences.PossessivePronounsApossessivepronounisapronounthatshowswhoorwhathassomething.Apossessivepronounmaytaketheplaceofapossessivenoun.Readthefollowingsentences.Noticethepossessivenounsandthepossessivepronounsthatreplacethem.ContinuePossessivePronounsHomer’sstoryisfamous.Hisstoryisfamous.ThisstoryisHomer’s.Thisstoryishis.Possessivenounsareingreen.Possessivepronounsareinred.ContinuePossessivePronounsPossessivepronounshavetwoforms.Oneformisusedbeforeanoun.Theotherformisusedalone.oursyourstheirsmineyourshis,hers,itsUsedaloneouryourtheirmyyourhis,her,itsUsedbeforenounsPluralSingularContinuePossessivePronounsPossessivepronounsarenotwrittenwithapostrophes.Thepronounits,forexample,showspossession.Thewordit’s,ontheotherhand,isacontractionofitis.Readthefollowingsentences.Noticethemeaningofthewordsinredtype.ItscentralcharacterisOdysseus.(possessivepronoun)It’sabouttheadventuresofOdysseus.(contractionofItis)Activity4Doexercises6and7,page401ofyourEnglishtext.Youdonothavetowritethesentences.IndefinitePronounsAnindefinitepronounisapronounthatdoesnotrefertoaparticularperson,place,orthing.DoesanyoneknowthestoryofMidas?Mostindefinitepronounsareeithersingularorplural.ContinueSomeIndefinitePronounsContinueSingularPluralanothereverybodynooneanybodyeveryonenothinganyoneeverythingoneanythingmuchsomebodyeachneithersomeoneeithernobodysomethingbothfewmanyothersseveralAll,any,most,noneandsomecanbesingularorplural,dependingonthephrasethatfollowsthem.SomeIndefinitePronounsContinueWhenanindefinitepronounisusedasthesubject,theverbmustagreewithitinnumber.Everyonediscussestheplot.(singular)BothtalkaboutKingMinos.(plural)Allofmythologyisaboutbeliefsandideals.(singular)Allofthemythsareaboutbeliefsandideals.(plural)SomeIndefinitePronounsContinuePossessivepronounsoftenhaveindefi