Grammar Basics: Pronouns and More

Pronouns

• Pronouns replace nouns or phrases (e.g., she/he, them, all, me)
• Types of pronouns:
  • Personal: refer to specific nouns (I, me, you, yours, they, he, it, us)
  • Reflexive: introduce dependent clauses (who, whom, that, which, what, and whose)
  • Interrogative: introduce questions (who, whose, whom, what, which)
  • Reflexive and Intensive: deal with the self (myself, herself, themselves); reflexive names the receiver of the action, intensive emphasizes a noun
  • Demonstrative: show which nouns perform and receive the action (this, these, that, those)
  • Indefinite: show an unspecified number of nouns (all, few, many, none, etc.)

Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs

• Verbs: show action or states of being
• Adjectives: describe or specify nouns or pronouns
• Adverbs: modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs; show when, where, why, and how

Prepositions and Conjunctions

• Prepositions: used with nouns or pronouns to form phrases showing when, where, how, and why
• Conjunctions: connect words and phrases

Interjections

• Show surprise or emotion

Nouns

• Two types of nouns:
  • Need a definition of nouns
  • Need the two types of nouns with examples (Maria and House)
  • Need a differentiation of the two types of nouns.
  • Need a definition of pronoun and examples (it, and he)