Parts of Speech & Basic Grammar (The sub) Flashcards

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Words that take the place of nouns

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Pronouns

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Kind of Pronouns

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  • Personal Pronouns
  • Compound Personal Pronouns
  • Interrogative Pronouns
  • Relative Pronouns
  • Compound Relative Pronouns
  • Adjective Pronouns
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3
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Pronouns that replace persons or things

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Personal Pronouns

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

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Compound Personal Pronouns

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Formed by adding the suffixes -self or -selves to certain personal pronouns

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Compound Personal Pronouns

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Types of Compound Personal Pronouns

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Intensive Pronoun

Reflexive Pronoun

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Used to give emphasis to the noun or pronoun that it replaces or refers to.

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Intensive Pronoun

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She HERSELF must put things to right

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Intensive Pronoun

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9
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You must love YOURSELF

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Reflexive Pronoun

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Used to indicate that the subject of the sentence also receives the action of the verb

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Reflexive Pronoun

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I bathed MYSELF

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Reflexive Pronoun

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12
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The member THEMSELVES are to blame

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Intensive Pronoun

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13
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Introduce questions. Used to ask questions.

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Interrogative Pronouns

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Three interrogative Pronouns

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who, which, what

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Who, which, what– relate groups of words to nouns or other pronouns

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Relative Pronouns

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The student WHO studies hardest usually becomes the best in class

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Relative pronoun

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Who, whose, whom

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Relative Pronouns

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Formed by adding the suffix -ever or -soever to whom, who, which and what

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Compound Relative Pronouns

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WHOSOEVER wishes to continue must do so

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Compound Relative Pronouns

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Do WHATEVER you have to do.

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Compound Relative Pronouns

21
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Pronouns that may also be used as adjectives

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Adjective Pronouns

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They modify the noun that follows them

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Adjective Pronouns

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These puppies are cute

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Adjective Pronouns

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Many people were angry

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Adjective Pronouns

25
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Each child may choose a gift

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Adjective Pronouns

26
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Pronouns that identify or point to a definite person, place, or thing

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Demonstrative Pronouns

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This, that, these, those

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Demonstrative Pronouns

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Are possessive pronouns that may be used alone to take the place of nouns.

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Independent Possessives

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Pronouns that point out no particular person, place or thing

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Indefinite pronouns

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All, another, anyone, everyone, everybody, nobody, none, something, such

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Indefinite Pronouns

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Pronouns that refer

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32
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Pronouns that refer to each person, place, or thing separately

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Distributive Pronouns

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Each, either, neither

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Distributive Pronouns

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THIS is my pet dog

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Demonstrative Pronouns

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THOSE are my friends

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Demonstrative Pronouns

36
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EACH has made his choice

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Distributive Pronouns

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EITHER will do

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Distributive Pronouns

38
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Pronouns used to denote possession or ownership by the speaker, the person spoken to, or the person or thing spoken about

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Possessive Pronouns

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Much, few, everything, several, same, some

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Indefinite Pronouns