Language methods: Grammar Flashcards

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First person singular pronoun ?

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I

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First person plural pronoun ?

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We

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Second person singular/plural pronoun ?

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You

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Third person singular pronoun ?

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He / she / they

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Third person plural pronoun ?

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They / Them

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Mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs

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Possessive Pronouns

ownership

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Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, oneself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

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Reflexive Pronouns

comes back to you

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Each other, one another

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Reciprocal Pronouns

between 2 people

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That, which, who, whose, whom, where, when.

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Relative Pronouns

Specific

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This, that, these, those.

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Demonstrative Pronouns

Showing something

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Who, what, why, where, when, whatever.

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Interrogative Pronouns

Question

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Anything, anybody, anyone, something, somebody, someone, nothing, nobody, none, no one.

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Indefinite Pronouns
(Unsure)
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The white car is MINE.

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Possessive Pronoun

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He injured HIMSELF playing football.

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Reflexive Pronoun

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They really hate EACH OTHER.

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Reciprocal Pronoun

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The book THAT you gave me was really boring.

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Relative pronoun

17
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THIS is a new car.

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Demonstrative Pronoun

18
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WHAT did he say to you?

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Interrogative Pronoun

19
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Antecedents

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The thing that is already specified.

20
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Anaphor

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The pronoun that refers to the antecedent.

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Jenny is studying linguistics and she loves it.

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Antecedents: Jenny
Linguistics
Anaphors: She
It

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Yesterday, she fell up the stairs.

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Antecedents: Yesterday
Stairs
Anaphors: She

23
Q

Collective Nouns

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The name for a group of things.
Eg:
Murder of Crows 
Skulk of Foxes 
Pride of Lions
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Concrete Nouns

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Nouns that you can physically touch.
Eg:
Strawberries 
Friends 
Grass
25
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Abstract Nouns

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Nouns that you cant touch, such as emotions.
Eg:
Happiness 
Sadness 
Anger
26
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Common Nouns

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This is non-specific person, place or thing.
Eg:
Dog 
Girl 
Country
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Proper Nouns

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This a specific person, place, or thing.
Eg:
Neve
Australia

28
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Count Nouns

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Can be counted and therefore have a plural form.
(Can’t be used after the determiner ‘much’)
Eg:
Lorry
Pen

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Non-count Nouns

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Refers to substances and qualities that cannot be counted, so they have no plural form.
(They cannot follow the determiner 'a')
Eg: 
Silver 
Cash 
Sheep