Language methods: Grammar Flashcards
First person singular pronoun ?
I
First person plural pronoun ?
We
Second person singular/plural pronoun ?
You
Third person singular pronoun ?
He / she / they
Third person plural pronoun ?
They / Them
Mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
Possessive Pronouns
ownership
Myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, oneself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Reflexive Pronouns
comes back to you
Each other, one another
Reciprocal Pronouns
between 2 people
That, which, who, whose, whom, where, when.
Relative Pronouns
Specific
This, that, these, those.
Demonstrative Pronouns
Showing something
Who, what, why, where, when, whatever.
Interrogative Pronouns
Question
Anything, anybody, anyone, something, somebody, someone, nothing, nobody, none, no one.
Indefinite Pronouns (Unsure)
The white car is MINE.
Possessive Pronoun
He injured HIMSELF playing football.
Reflexive Pronoun
They really hate EACH OTHER.
Reciprocal Pronoun
The book THAT you gave me was really boring.
Relative pronoun
THIS is a new car.
Demonstrative Pronoun
WHAT did he say to you?
Interrogative Pronoun
Antecedents
The thing that is already specified.
Anaphor
The pronoun that refers to the antecedent.
Jenny is studying linguistics and she loves it.
Antecedents: Jenny
Linguistics
Anaphors: She
It
Yesterday, she fell up the stairs.
Antecedents: Yesterday
Stairs
Anaphors: She
Collective Nouns
The name for a group of things. Eg: Murder of Crows Skulk of Foxes Pride of Lions
Concrete Nouns
Nouns that you can physically touch. Eg: Strawberries Friends Grass
Abstract Nouns
Nouns that you cant touch, such as emotions. Eg: Happiness Sadness Anger
Common Nouns
This is non-specific person, place or thing. Eg: Dog Girl Country
Proper Nouns
This a specific person, place, or thing.
Eg:
Neve
Australia
Count Nouns
Can be counted and therefore have a plural form.
(Can’t be used after the determiner ‘much’)
Eg:
Lorry
Pen
Non-count Nouns
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