Stylish Pronouns by REBECA TELLEZ

Introduction

tellezrebeca0201 — 2023-07-20 22:48:00 UTC

"Pronoun comes from the Latin pronomen which means in place of the name.
It is a word used as an alternative to a noun or as a reference to a person or thing."
Two basic rules must be followed to choose the pronouns:
1.- Replace a singular noun with a singular pronoun.
2.- Replace a plural noun with a plural pronoun.

Pronouns Types

tellezrebeca0201 — 2023-07-20 23:17:14 UTC

1.- Personal
2.- Possessive
3.- Demostratives
4.- Reflections
5.- Undefined "it"
6.- Using "the"

Personal Pronoun

tellezrebeca0201 — 2023-07-21 00:49:31 UTC

What are they?

Are words that replace the subject, name or noun of the sentence and are used to replace people, animals or things, without the need to name them.
The personal pronouns are:

-I
-You
-He
-She
-It
-We
-They

Gramatical rules

The pronoun takes the place of the noun to avoid repeating it.
The pronoun i is used to talk about yourself, in the singular.
The pronoun we is used to talk about yourself, in the plural.
The pronoun they is used in the third person plural, in a neuter gender.
The pronouns he/she refer to persons in the singular. He is masculine, she is feminine
The pronoun it refers to things, concepts, objects and animals in the third person. It is used in impersonal sentences.

Example

I work in a hardware store

I'm married

Possessive

tellezrebeca0201 — 2023-07-21 02:33:22 UTC

What are they?

Are those pronouns that indicate belonging.
possessive pronouns are:
-Mine
-Yours
-His
-Hers
-Ours
-Theirs

Gramatical rules

1.-They are usually used at the end of the sentence 2.-Express a possessor and a possessed element
3.-They must be used after an antecedent noun (name, object, etc.).

Example

*This volleyball is mine
*This es laptop is his
*This nutrition book is yours

Demonstratives

tellezrebeca0201 — 2023-07-21 03:12:48 UTC

What are they?

They are used to indicate people or things.
They allow you to identify a specific something without renaming it with the same word.

Demostrative pronous are:
-This
-That
-These
-Those

Gramatical rules

They can indicate elements in space or time, and can be singular or plural.

Example

-I like those strawberries
-This is my nutrition book

Reflections

tellezrebeca0201 — 2023-07-21 05:59:32 UTC

What are they?

They are pronouns that are used when the same person is the subject and object of the action or the subject has performed the action personally.

Reflexive pronouns are:
-Myself
-Yourself
-Himself
-Herself
-Itself
-Ourselves
-Yourselves
-Themselves

Gramatical rules

They are used when the subject and the object of the verb are the same. The subject does the action itself

Example

I often prefer to be by myself
I have learned by myself how to calculate macronutrients

Undefined "it"

tellezrebeca0201 — 2023-07-26 04:49:25 UTC

What are they?

We use it to talk about the day, month, year, date, time and weather.

Example

What time is it? It's six o'clock
What month is it? It's July

Using "the"

tellezrebeca0201 — 2023-07-26 04:54:31 UTC

What are they?

The use of this article tell us that both the speaker and the listener have the same thing or person in mind.
It is used together with a singular or plural noun when it is known and one wants to mention it.

Gramatical rules

Can be used before a noun
It is used when we refer to someone known
Used with countable and uncountable nouns
Used for masculine and feminine

Example

Where's Rebeca? She's in the class

Practice exercises

tellezrebeca0201 — 2023-07-26 20:12:36 UTC

Bibliographic References

tellezrebeca0201 — 2023-07-27 02:16:13 UTC