Determiners, Prepostiins And Pronouns 5.5

Question 1

Determiners

Answer 1

Are words used to specify the thing which a noun refers.

Ex/
The, your, those, few, etc.

An hour from now.

Question 2

Types of Determiners

Answer 2

• Article (e.g., a and the)
• Possessives (e.g., your and their)
• Demonstratives (e.g., this and those)
• Quantifiers (e.g., many, few, all)

Question 3

Definite article

Answer 3

The one definite article, the, is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader.

Question 4

Indefinite article

Answer 4

The three indefinite articles, a, an, some, are used before a noun that is general or when it’s identity is not known.

Question 5

Definite articles rules with geographic regions

Answer 5

• Not used for large regions, such as continents, countries, cities, or towns
• Used when referring to a group of places or islands (e.g., *the British Isles, the United States, the West Indies)
• Used when a country’s name includes Republic (e.g., the Czech Republic, the People’s Republic of China)
• Beware of the Gambia and the Ukraine is now just Ukraine.

Question 6

Definite article rules with buildings, monuments and street names

Answer 6

• there are no hard rules. Some do and some don’t.
• less common before a street name.
• More common before when a building houses a museum, pub, hotel, theater, or gallery.
• More common when a place name contains the preposition of

Question 7

When two determiners are used in succession

Answer 7

Should be separated by another word

Question 8

Quantifier many

Answer 8

Is only used with countable nouns

Ex/
I have many hobbies.

Question 9

Quantifier much

Answer 9

Is only used with uncountable nouns

Ex/
I don’t spend much time outside.

Question 10

Prepositions

Answer 10

Are words that specify the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and the other words in a sentence.

Ex/
Physical relationship
The cat sat beside the dog.

Ownership or authorship
The book was written by William Gibson.

Question 11

Preposition misuse

Answer 11

• adding unnecessary prepositions

Ex/
We discussed about the political situation in the USA.

• mixing up prepositions
  Ex/
  I am going at the shops.

Question 12

Pronoun

Answer 12

Is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g., he, she, I, you, it)

Question 13

Subject pronoun

Answer 13

Replaces the subject in a sentence (I.e., the thing preforming the action)

I am kicking the ball.

Question 14

Object pronoun

Answer 14

Serves as the object (I.e., the thing to which an action happens)

The ball hit me.

Question 15

I is…

Answer 15

Subject pronoun

Question 16

you is

Answer 16

Subject and object pronoun

Question 17

they is

Answer 17

Subject pronoun

Question 18

who is

Answer 18

Subject pronoun

Question 19

he is

Answer 19

Subject pronoun

Question 20

she is

Answer 20

Subject pronoun

Question 21

it is

Answer 21

Subject and object pronoun

Question 22

me is

Answer 22

Object

Question 23

them is

Answer 23

Object pronoun

Question 24

whom is

Answer 24

Object pronoun

Question 25

*her* is

Answer 25

Object pronoun

Question 26

*him* is

Answer 26

Object pronoun

Question 27

*who* and *whom*

Answer 27

Formal grammar rules use *who* for questions about a person performing an action and *whom* for questions about the recipe t of an action. Ex/ Subject: Who wrote the book? Object: Whom was the book about?

Question 28

Reflexive Pronouns

Answer 28

Are pronouns ending in -self or -selves (e.g., myself, yourself)

Question 29

When to use a reflective pronoun

Answer 29

When the object in a sentence is the same as the subject or to emphasize agency. Ex/ *Billie* always sings to *herself*.

Question 30

Misuse of reflective pronouns

Answer 30

In place of *I* or *me* Ex/ wrong The band and *myself* will perform the songs. Wrong All negotiations between the client and *myself* will be confidential. You would use *I*