Lesson 25 Pronouns The personal pronouns myself, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, and themselves can also be used as intensive pronouns. An example would be Carl himself won the race. Find the intensive pronouns in these sentences. 1. We ourselves went to the movie. 2. The man himself wrestled the alligator. 3. Jeanne herself gave us the gift. 4. They themselves had played until dark. Answers 1. ourselves 2. himself 3. herself 4. themselves Quiz for Lessons 21-25 Find the personal pronouns. Tell if they are intensive, reflexive or possessive, and if they have an antecedent, name it. 1. I want you yourself to come tomorrow. 2. The decision itself is yours to make. 3, She gave herself up to the police. 4. My brother gave me his pet snake. 5. You can tie your shoe by yourself. Answers 1. I, you and yourself are pronouns. Yourself is intensive and you is its antecedent. 2. Itself and yours are pronouns. Itself is intensive, and yours is possessive. Decision is the antecedent for itself. 3. She and herself are pronouns. Herself is reflexive and has she as the antecedent. 4. My, me and his are pronouns. My and his are possessives, and brother is the antecedent of his. 5. You, your and yourself are pronouns. Yourself is a reflexive pronoun, and you is the antecedent for your and yourself. Your is possessive.
DAILY GRAMMAR Lesson 26 Pronouns Relative pronouns join dependent clauses to independent clauses. They are who, whose, whom, which, and that. For example, He found his money that he had lost. That joins the two clauses together into one sentence. Clauses will be taught in detail later. Find the relative pronouns in the sentences, and see how many other pronouns you can find as a bonus. 1. I want the house which is brick. 2. Jack ordered the meal that we picked up. 3. Freddie is the girl who won the contest. 4. Jon is a man on whom I can rely. 5. The student whose answer was wrong turned bright red. Answers 1. Which is the relative pronoun, and I is also a pronoun. 2. That is the relative pronoun, and we is also a pronoun. 3. Who is the relative pronoun. 4. Whom is the relative pronoun, and I is also a pronoun. 5. Whose is the relative pronoun.
Lesson 27 Pronouns Demonstrative pronouns are pronouns that point out. They are this, that, these, and those. That is my hat. I like these not those. Find the demonstrative pronouns in these sentences. 1. That is a great idea. 2. I will take those. 3. How much money do you want for this? 4. These are the shoes I want. Answers 1. that 2. those 3. this 4. these Lesson 28 Pronouns Indefinite pronouns are pronouns that do not point out specifically. They point out generally. They include such words as another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, many, neither, nobody, none, no one, one, other, others, some, somebody, and someone. Find the indefinite pronouns in the following sentences. 1. Everybody loves someone sometime. 2. Both of the students should hand in everything they have completed. 3. I didn't see anyone I knew. 4. If no one helps others, nothing gets done. 5. Somebody said that one should touch neither of them. Answers 1. everybody, someone 2. both, everything 3. anyone 4. no one, others 5. somebody, one, neither
Lesson 29 Pronouns Interrogative pronouns ask questions. Who, whom, whose, which, and what are interrogative pronouns. Find the interrogative pronouns in these sentences. 1. What is that? 2. Who is going with me? 3. Which is the right answer? 4. Whose was right? 5. To whom did you want to speak? Answers 1. what 2. who 3. which 4. whose 5. whom
Lesson 30 Pronouns This lesson is a review of the five kinds of pronouns. Find each pronoun and tell what kind it is. It is either personal, relative, demonstrative, indefinite, or interrogative. 1. From whom did you get that? 2. Neither of my brothers would read me the story. 3. You need someone who will be kind to others. 4. What does this have to do with me? 5. I liked the play that you hated. Answers 1. whom - interrogative, you - personal, that - demonstrative 2. neither - indefinite, my - personal, me - personal 3. you - personal, someone - indefinite, who - relative, others - indefinite 4. what - interrogative, this - demonstrative, me - personal 5. I - personal, that - relative, you - personal Quiz for Pronouns Lessons 21-30 Find each pronoun. Tell if it is personal, relative, demonstrative, indefinite or interrogative. List the antecedent if there is one. For each personal pronoun tell if it is possessive, intensive, or reflexive. 1. He himself had helped my mother do something. 2. Which is the right room for this? 3. These are mine. Whose are these? 4. This is the book that I would recommend to you. 5. Everyone has talents. Some have many. No one has none. 6. He found himself lost in his dream. 7. I myself heard him blame himself in front of everybody. 8. Neither of them has anyone who will help us. 9. Who would have guessed that that was wrong? Answers 1. he - personal, himself - personal, intensive, my - personal, possessive. He is the antecedent for himself. (something is a noun) 2. Which - interrogative, this - demonstrative 3. These - demonstrative, mine - personal, possessive, Whose - interrogative, these - demonstrative 4. this - demonstrative, that - relative, I - personal, you - personal 5. everyone, some, many, no one, none - all are indefinite 6. he - personal, himself - personal, reflexive, his - personal. He is the antecedent for himself and his. 7. I - personal, myself - personal, intensive, him - personal, himself - personal, reflexive, everybody - indefinite. I is the antecedent for myself, and him is the antecedent for himself. 8. neither - indefinite, them - personal, anyone - indefinite, who - relative, us - personal 9. who - interrogative, that - relative, that - demonstrative
DAILY GRAMMAR - Adjectives Lesson 31 Adjectives Adjectives, another part of speech, give us a great deal of terminology. I will share it with you, but all that is really important is that adjectives modify or affect the meaning of nouns and pronouns and tell us which, whose, what kind, and how many about the nouns or pronouns they modify. They generally come before the noun or pronoun they modify, but there are exceptions to that rule. How and why they are different will be explained in later lessons. They still tell us which, whose, what kind, and how many. There are seven (7) words in the English language that are always adjectives. They are the articles a, an, and the and the possessives my, our, your, and their. (The possessives are from the possessive pronoun list but are always used with nouns as adjectives.) Being only seven in number, one should memorize them so they are immediately recognized as adjectives. Examples: The neighbor girl likes chocolate ice cream. Mr. Johanson is tall, dark and handsome. Some authorities like to distinguish between what they call true adjectives and determiners, but both still just tell which, whose, what kind, and how many. Those words are the key to adjectives and should be memorized to make adjectives easy. Pick out the adjectives in the following sentences. 1. The heavy red dress of Queen Elizabeth weighed over fifty pounds. 2. My sister chose two shirts for my graduation present. 3. That small Mexican restaurant in the next block serves fresh meals. 4. The little black dog barked at the well-dressed stranger. 5. An old wood fence had caught several discarded candy wrappers. Answers 1. The, heavy, red, fifty. 2. My, two, my, graduation 3. That, small, Mexican, the, next, fresh 4. The, little, black, the, well-dressed 5. An, old, wood, several, discarded, candy
Lesson 32 Adjectives Other pronouns can also be used as adjectives, but they are not always adjectives as the seven mentioned in lesson 31. Demonstrative pronouns, this, that, these, those; interrogative pronouns, whose, which, what; and indefinite pronouns, another, any, both, each, either, many, neither, one, other, some; when used with a noun become adjectives. Cardinal and ordinal numbers can be adjectives. Examples: ten students (cardinal), the tenth student (ordinal). Pronouns used as adjectives are called pronominal adjectives. List the adjectives in these sentences. 1, Whose car is that red one in the driveway? 2. Those drapes go well with this brown carpet. 3. The two men were wondering what signal had brought many people to their rescue. 4. The third person entering the city park won another prize. 5. That tie is a good one for this suit. Answers 1. Whose, that, red, the 2. Those, this, brown 3. The, two, what, many, their 4. The, third, the, city, another 5. That, a, good, this
Lesson 33 Adjectives Proper nouns, possessives and modifiers made from them, and common nouns can be adjectives. Examples: July storms, winter weather, Jim's boat, boy's bed. Some authorities call nouns used to described another noun noun adjuncts. They tell us whose or what kind. Find the adjectives in these sentences.. 1. Dan's new hat blew down the man's stairway. 2. Stormy spring weather can cause many flash floods. 3. Pam's new suitcase was ready for the Canadian trip. 4. December winds can make a dangerous Christmas trip. 5. The student's hope was the teacher's happiness. Answers 1. Dan's, new, the, man's 2. Stormy, spring, many, flash 3. Pam's, new, the, Canadian 4. December, a, dangerous, Christmas 5. The, student's, the, teacher's
