Kicking nouns out of the game since 1066AD Pronouns! Kicking nouns out of the game since 1066AD

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Personal Pronouns!! Takes the place of one or more nouns or pronouns I hope that you can help me with my homework. Personal Pronouns Singular Plural First Person I, me, my, mine We, us, our, ours Second Person You, your, yours Third Person He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its They, them, their, theirs

Reflexive Pronouns First Person Myself, ourselves Second Person Yourself, yourselves Third Person Himself, herself, itself, themselves

Demonstrative Pronouns A demonstrative pronoun points out a person, a place, a thing, or an idea This is our favorite campsite The tomatoes we grew taste better than these. Demonstrative Pronouns turn into Demonstrative Pronouns that act as Adjectives if they are followed by a Noun Pronoun: This tastes good. Adjective: This pizza tastes good. This That These Those

Interrogative Pronouns Introduce a question What is the address of the house? Whose is the red truck parked outside? An interrogative pronoun will always be in a sentence with a question mark. Who whom which what whose

Relative Pronouns That which who whom whose A relative pronoun introduces an adjective clause. The dog that you trained is well behaved She is the candidate who promises to listen to the people That which who whom whose

“That” The word “that” can be a Demonstrative OR Relative Pronoun. How do you tell the difference? If “that” is a demonstrative pronoun, it will be pointing to a word or idea later in the sentence. That is my favorite book. That is going to be so fun! If “that” is a relative pronoun, it will be beginning a clause that describes a noun in its sentence. The book that I was talking about won the Novel Prize The movie that is coming out in September is directed by Martin Scorsese.

Indefinite Pronoun Refers to a person, place, idea, or thing that may or may not be specifically named Everything we will need is packed in this truck Has anyone called for Ms. Reagan? All Each other Most One another Another Either Much Other Any Everybody Neither Several Anybody Everyone Nobody Some Anyone Everything None Somebody Anything Few No one Someone Both Many Nothing Something Each More One Such

Identifying Pronouns in Sentences Identify the pronouns in each of the following sentences and label their types. All of the other members of my family like to go camping, but few of them enjoy the outdoors more than I do. Last summer, several of my cousins and I stayed at a rustic camp in the Rocky mountains, which are not far from our hometown. At camp we learned how to build a campfire and how to keep it going ourselves. One of our counselors showed those who were interested how to cook themselves simple meals. Each of his recipes was delicious and easy to follow, and everyone ate everything in sight.

Adjectives! An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun. To “modify” means “to describe” or “to make the meaning of a word more specific.” An adjective is a modifier that tells what kind, which one, how many, or how much. What Kind? Which One? How Many? How much? spilled ink this park twenty miles no salt English tea these papers two men enough water howling winds that house several apples some food

Articles The most frequently used adjectives are a, an, and the A and an are called indefinite articles because they refer to any member of a general group. A is used before a word beginning with a consonant sound; an is used before a word beginning with a vowel. A park ranger helped us. Shady Lane is a one-way street. (One begins with a consonant sound) We kept watch for an hour. (hour begins with a vowel sound) The is called the definite article because it refers to someone or something in particular. The park ranger helped us They planted the acre with corn.

For HW, due Thursday in Grammar WKBK: p. 3, 1-5 and 11-15 In Vocab WKBK: p. 6-8: Exercises 1A and 1B