Unit 1: Echoes from the Past — Grammar Flashcards
True or False: Pronouns can be singular or plural
True
What do first person pronouns indicate?
The speaker
What do second person pronouns indicate?
The audience/who is being spoken to
What do third person pronouns indicate?
Who is being spoken about
What are nominative case pronouns?
Nominative case pronouns are pronouns used as subjects or predicate nominatives
True or False: the pronoun “you” can either be singular or plural?
True
What are the nominative case pronouns?
I, you, he, she, it, we, and they
What are objective case pronouns?
Objective case pronouns are used for direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of a preposition
What are the objective pronouns?
Me, us, you, him, her, it, them
If a sentence has an objective case pronoun as its subject, is it wrong or correct? If it is wrong, what should you do to correct it?
Wrong; switch it to the nominative case
What are possessive case pronouns?
Possessive case pronouns are used to show possession or ownership
What are reflexive and intense pronouns?
Reflexive and intense pronouns are personal pronouns plus the endings “-self” and “-selves”
What does a reflexive pronoun indicate?
Reflexive pronouns indicate that the same person performs and receives the action
True or False: When using reflexive pronouns, they must refer to the subject of the sentence
True
What is the difference between reflexive and intense pronouns?
Reflexive pronouns do not come after the noun they describe, but intense pronouns come right after the noun they describe
What are demonstrative pronouns? What are the demonstrative pronouns?
Demonstrative pronouns are pronouns that identify a specific person, place, or idea. These include: that, those, this, and these
What are interrogative pronouns?
Interrogative Pronouns are pronouns used to ask questions
What is the function of the pronoun “who”?
It is always used as a subject
What is the function of the pronoun “whom”?
It is always used as an object
What is case?
Case is the form of a noun or pronoun that indicates its use in a sentence
What is a predicate nominative?
A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and identifies or renames the subject
True or False: Personal possessive pronouns are not written with an apostrophe
True
