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1 Grammar Skills Parts of Speech

2 Pronouns Pronouns are words that take the place of a noun or another pronoun The word or group of words to which the pronoun refers to is called its antecedent

3 Types of Pronouns Personal pronoun Possessive form
I, me, she, he, etc. Refer to the list on your notes Possessive form My, mine, his, her, etc.

4 Types of Pronouns Indefinite pronoun – express an amount or refer to an unspecified person or thing Demonstrative pronoun – point to specific people of things Relative pronoun – introduce some subordinate clauses Interrogative pronoun – questions Reciprocal pronoun – express mutual action or relation Reflexive or intensive pronoun – end in –self or -selves

5 Prepositions Prepositions connect a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence to form a prepositional phrase. Some prepositions contain several words. They are compound prepositions. The crowd stood along the aisles. I spoke on behalf of the class.

6 Common Prepositions About To During In addition to Above Down At
Along with Across Since Due to After Outside As to For more refer to your notes. For Of Because of In From In front of

7 Conjunctions Conjunctions join words or groups of words.
Coordinating conjunctions – join words or groups of words that are equal in importance And, but, or Correlative conjunctions – function the same way as coordinating conjunctions, but always appear in pairs Either…or, not only…but also Subordinating conjunctions – connect adverb clauses to main clauses Although, because

8 Interjections Interjections express mild or strong emotion.
Interjections have no grammatical connection to the rest of the sentence. They are set off by a comma or by an exclamation. Ouch! That hurt! They have three pets: a dog, a parrot, and, ugh!, an iguana!

9 Assignments Due tomorrow – Practice worksheet
Tuesday – Quiz on parts of speech


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