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Subject pronouns

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  • type of personal pronoun

- used when clear who the sentence is referring to (person doing the action)

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When are pronouns used?

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Replace nouns, noun phrases or noun clauses

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What are the different “persons” in general?

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1st p, s
2nd p, s
3rd p, s
1st p, p
2nd p, p
3rd p, p
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What are the “persons” used for subject pronouns

In order

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I
You
He/She/It
We
You
They
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Object pronouns

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  • type of personal pronoun

- used when pronoun replaces the nouns receiving the action (made the object)

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What are the “persons” used for object pronouns

In order

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Me
You
Him/Her/It
Us
You
Them
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Possessive pronouns

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Show person’s possession of something

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What are the “persons” used for possessive pronouns

In order

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Mine
Your's
His/Hers
Ours
Your's
Their's
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Reflexive pronouns

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  • when the person is both receiving and doing the action (both the subject and the object)
  • REFLECTS back to the person
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What are reflexive pronouns similar to?

And what are the differences?

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Intensive pronouns

With these the pronoun is not the object aswell, it just emphasises the pronoun/noun in the same sentence

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What are the “persons” used in reflexive pronouns

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Myself
Yourself
Himself/Herself/Itself
Ourselves
Yourselves
Themselves
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Which types of pronoun use “persons”

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Subject and object pronouns (personal pronouns)
Possessive pronouns
Reflexive pronouns

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Demonstrative pronouns

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  • point to specific things

- this relates to how “close” something is to the speaker

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Why are the four types of demonstrative pronoun

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This
These
That
Those

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Interrogative pronouns

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Used to ask questions

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Relative pronouns

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-Directly follow nouns
-introduce relative clauses
(Sometimes the noun is omitted)

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What are they types of interrogative pronouns

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What
Which
Who
Whom
Whose
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Types of relative pronouns

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That 
Which 
Who 
Whom 
Whose
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Interrogative pronouns are similar to

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Relative pronouns

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Types of indefinite pronouns

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“Of” pronouns

Compound pronouns

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Indefinite pronouns

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-Less certain reference points

E.g. Refer to unidentified people, places, things or ideas

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Types of “Of” pronouns

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All of
Both of
Each of
Neither of 
Some of
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“Of” pronouns

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-always followed by an object pronoun

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Compound pronouns

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Every
Some
Any
No
(All of the above plus with either the ending "thing", "one" or "body")
E.g. Nobody, everything
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BEFORE YOU STATE WHETHER SOMETHING IS A PRONOUN OR DETERMINER LOOK TO SEE:

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If there is a noun after it = determiner

If it replaces a noun = pronoun

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Pronouns can have two different types of Cohesion. What are they?

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Anaphoric Cohesion

Cataphoric Cohesion

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What is cohesion?

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Where the pronoun refers to something, either previously mentioned or post mentioned.

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What is anaphoric cohesion?

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Where the pronoun refers to something previously mention, refers “up” the page.

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Example of anaphoric cohesion:

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The goalkeeper initially caught the ball but then HE dropped it.

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What is cataphoric cohesion?

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Where the pronoun doesn’t refer back to something previously mentioned, has the opposite effect of anaphoric cohesion. refers “down” the page.

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Example of cataphoric cohesion:

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HE caught the ball but then the goalie dropped it.

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Which type of cohesion is more commonly used?

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Anaphoric

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Can you lack cohesion?

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Yes

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How can you lack cohesion?

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When using a pronoun when pointing to something when it’s obvious what you’re talking about. It’s obvious what the pronoun is referring to without cohesion.

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When is a lack of cohesion more commonly used?

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In spoken mode

English - General Terminology (20 decks)

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