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Today we learnt about pronouns. There are many types of pronouns, such as personal pronouns , personal objective , personal subjective , possessive , indefinite , interrogative , demonstrative , demonstrative ,reflexive.
Personal pronouns
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns. The most frequently used pronouns are called personal pronouns. They refer to people or things.
Subject pronouns
A subject pronoun is used as the subject of a sentence.
for example :
1- She is my best friend.
2- It is my dog.
3 -Does he know the answer?
4- You and I will meet later.
Object Pronouns.
An object pronoun is used as the direct/indirect object or the object of a preposition .
for example :
1-Give the book to me.
2- The teacher gave her a reprimand.
3- I will tell you a story.
4- Adib read it to them.
Possessive Pronouns
A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that shows who or what has something. A possessive pronoun may take the place of a possessive noun.
for example :
1- Homer’s story is famous.
His story is famous.
2-This story is Homer’s.
This story is his.
InDefinite Pronouns.
A and The are indefinite pronouns. They use only with a singular countable nouns . An only used with words which begin with a vowel sound or a silent ‘h’ sound . A used with words which begin with a consonant sound .
for example :
i- Would you like a pear or an apple?
note : pear and apple are singular countable nouns .
2-He said he will meet us in an hour .
note : an is always used for words which begin with a silent ‘h’ sound .
Definite Pronouns
The is a definite pronouns. It is used to indicate a special person or thing .
for example :
1- I saw the film at the Lido Cinema yesterday .
note : the name of a particular cinema .
2- The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest which is in the Himaalayan Range
note : the is used before the word highest to indicate a superlative .
Reflexive pronouns.
reflexive pronoun refers to a noun or another pronoun and indicates that the same person or thing is involved. Reflexive pronouns are formed by adding –self or –selves to certain personal and possessive pronouns .
Singular | Plural |
Myself | Ourselves |
Yourself | Yourselves |
Himself , herself , itself | Themselves |
After we learnt about types of pronouns, Miss Zue gives we an activity. The activity that we have form two circle, the first circle is circle for boy and the second circle is form by the girl. After that, in the circle we should talk each other with people in front us. After 30 second we need to rotate the circle and change the people that we has to talk. We must using pronouns during talking .
♥ Siti Nuratiqah Abdul Samad ♥