Sometimes this is a proper noun, as in the name of a specific person, creature or place, e.g. ‘Joanna’ or ‘Mog’ (the cat) or ‘France’. Sometimes this is a common noun such as ‘table’, ‘lion’ or ‘village’. There are three types of pronoun 1. Personal pronouns 2. Possessives 3. Relative pronouns These refer to the These refer to the These usually introduce missing name of a possession of someone a clause which gives us person, creature, place or something by more information about or thing. someone or something. a person, creature, place or thing. Simon shouted to his Pronouns mother. These replace a noun. The book, which was He shouted to her. unopened, lay on the All the old wooden windowsill. Peter loves Basanti. windows are Anna’s. (‘which’ is a relative I love you. All the old wooden pronoun referring to the windows are hers. book) Hobbes the dog loved to chase cats. Mary, the baby, is Ann, who hated spiders, He loved to chase cats. Sunil’s. climbed onto a chair. The baby is his. (‘who’ - relative pronoun Lions like to sleep after referring to Ann) eating their prey. Determiners They like to sleep after These describe a noun. Goa is a place in India eating it. that many people like to The cat has her pride. visit. The kitchen is a light, (‘that ‘ - relative pronoun airy room. The blackbirds ate their referring to Goa) It is a light, airy room. worms slowly. The bakery’s customers The house, where he The journey is a long were few but loyal. lived, is falling down. journey. Its customers were few (‘where’ -relative It is a long journey. but loyal. pronoun refers to house) Week 1 Wednesday Grammar 1 Two types of pronoun and determiners Pronouns ‘stand in’ for nouns. Determiners qualify or describe nouns. (Remember that ‘nouns’ are names of people, things, places or creatures.)
Sometimes this is a proper noun, as in the name of a specific person, creature or place, e.g. ‘Joanna’ or ‘Mog’ (the cat) or ‘France’. Sometimes this is a common noun such as ‘table’, ‘lion’ or ‘village’. There are three types of pronoun 1. Personal pronouns These refer to the missing name of a person, creature, place or thing. Simon shouted to his mother. He shouted to her. Peter loves Basanti. I love you. Hobbes the dog loved to chase cats. He loved to chase cats. Lions like to sleep after eating their prey. They like to sleep after eating it. The kitchen is a light, airy room. It is a light, airy room. The journey is a long journey. It is a long journey. 2. Possessives These refer to the possession of someone or something by someone or something. Pronouns These replace a noun. All the old wooden windows are Anna’s. All the old wooden windows are hers. Mary, the baby, is Sunil’s. The baby is his. Determiners These describe a noun. The cat has her pride. The blackbirds ate their worms slowly. The bakery’s customers were few but loyal. Its customers were few but loyal. 3. Relative pronouns These usually introduce a clause which gives us more information about a person, creature, place or thing. The book, which was unopened, lay on the windowsill. (‘which’ is a relative pronoun referring to the book) Ann, who hated spiders, climbed onto a chair. (‘who’ - relative pronoun referring to Ann) Goa is a place in India that many people like to visit. (‘that ‘ - relative pronoun referring to Goa) The house, where he lived, is falling down. (‘where’ -relative pronoun refers to house) Week 1 Wednesday Grammar 1 Two types of pronoun and determiners Pronouns ‘stand in’ for nouns. Determiners qualify or describe nouns. (Remember that ‘nouns’ are names of people, things, places or creatures.)
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