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Sunny is talking over his phone.
B.
Peter is reading his book.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This lesson will help you to:
B. more...
Now, let's study the different kinds of pronouns..
1. Personal Pronouns: Personal pronouns represent people or things. The personal pronouns are: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them.
Personal pronouns are further divided into 3 persons-
Example sentences:
This place is theirs.
Is that cat yours?
The prize will be his.
3. Reflexive Pronouns: "Reflexive" means "going back to itself." Reflexive pronouns show that the action affects the person who performs the action. Reflexive pronouns end in "-self" (singular) or "-selves" (plural). The reflexive pronouns are: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, and themselves.
Example sentences: He cut himself while shaving. I sent myself to bed. He could hurt himself!
4. Demonstrative Pronouns: "Demonstrative" means "showing, making something clear." Demonstrative pronouns point to things. The demonstrative pronouns are: this, that, these, those. Use "this" and "these" to talk about things that arenear in space or in time. Use "that" and "those" to talk about things that are farther away in space or time.
Example: This is the report I want. That is a big ship.
5. Interrogative Pronouns: "Interrogative" means "used in questions." Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions. The interrogative pronouns are: who, whom, which, what, whose, whoever, whatever, whichever, whom ever.
Use "who" and "whom" to talk about people.
Use "which" and "what" to talk about animals and things.
Example sentences:
Who is your father?
Whom did you speak to?
PLAY TIME
Material required: lots of picture cards (a boy, a girl, a thing etc, basically nouns) with matching pronoun flash cards. (his, her ,him, them, it etc.) Place all the cards on the table face-down (or posted on the board in a similar way.) The picture cards and pronoun cards are to be placed separately. The class more...
The Taj Mahal is situated in Agra
(B) Common Noun:
A herd of cattle is grazing in the field.
(D) Material Noun:
Wood is used to make furniture, doors and windows.
(E) Abstract Noun:
Friendship is our greatest strength.
Misconcept / Concept
Misconcept: Possessive noun demonstrate ownership or a relationship over Something Possessive noun will have an apostrophe which indicates the ownership. It is common for individuals to confuse possessive nouns with plural nouns.
Concept: The Possessive answers the question_ _ _ _ _ whose?. The possessive case more...
SIMPLE PRESENT
The simple present tense is used to describe an action that is regular, true or normal.
Forms of the predicate verb:
1. BASE (if the subject is I, we, you, they, or any plural)
2. +S (if the subject is he, she, it, or any singular other than I or you)
We use the present tense:
1. For repeated or regular actions in the present time period.
I take the train to the office.
John sleeps eight hours every night during the week.
2. For facts.
The President of The USA lives in The White House.
A dog has four legs.
3. For habits.
I get up early every day.
Carol brushes her teeth twice a day.
4. For things that are always / generally true
The Queen of England lives in Buckingham Palace.
They speak English at work.
We form the present tense using the base form of the infinitive. In general, in the third person we add 'S' in the third person.
Amazing Facts
Americans do not use the present perfect tense so much as British speakers. Americans often use the past tense instead. An American might say "Did you have lunch", where a British person would say "Have you had lunch"
For can be used with all tenses. Since is usually used with perfect tenses only. Negative Sentences in the Simple Present Tense
Historical preview
The evolution of a future and perfect tense represents the most significant innovation of Modern English in comparison to earlier stages of that language. Old English had a two tense system (past and non-past), more...
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This lesson will help you to:
understand conjunctions.
learn to use conjunctions.
QUICK CONCEPT REVIEW
You must have heard the poem Jack and Jill. Let us recall it once more: "Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after". You can observe that there is a word which joins the words Jack-Jill. It also connects two actions or ideas-> Jack fell down and broke his crown. This is the work of a conjunction. A conjunction is a word that is used to combine or join sentences .words or group of words.
For example: Meeta has a red, green, blue and purple skirt. Here, the conjunction and joins all related words. And, but, or and so are the most common conjunctions.
Let us see some more examples:
The teacher might select Aman or Mohit for the play. Here, the conjunction or suggests a choice.
My mother loves dogs but she dislikes cats. Here, the conjunction but joins two different ideas.
Conjunctions like so, unless and because indicate cause and effect. There are some conjunctions that always come in pairs to join sentences. Either... or -> when we need to make a choice between two things. Neither.... nor -> when need we to make a choice between two things and it meant none of the two. Both?.and -> it is used to join same word- forms.
When two sentences have the same subject, you can combine the predicates with the word and. The bird flew over my head. The bird landed on the roof. This can be written as: The bird flew over my head. landed on the roof. Remember to always put a comma before the conjunction whenever you join two sentences.
Example: He visited not only Agra, but also belhi. Here's a fun way to remember conjunctions:
Example:
1. She came to my house and baked a cake with me.
2. My cat is hungry because I forgot to feed her.
3. I told her to rewrite her work but she refused.
4. Mother asked me to clean the room or she will punish me.
Point to Remember
Use a plural verb if two singular nouns are joined by 'and'.
Coordinating conjunctions are conjunctions that join sentence elements that are the same. They can join words, phrases, and clauses. Example: Cookies and milk into the house and out the door He came and she left. List of coordinating conjunctions- For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
Subordinating conjunctions are conjunctions that more... You need to login to perform this action.
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