Week 6/Grammar :Pronouns

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L.3.1A, L.2.1E, L.3.2D

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MUG #6
Pronouns

link phrases and clauses to each other.

Relative

point to or identify something.

Demonstrative

Pronouns- pronouns replace nouns

Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are the “pointing pronouns” and include this, that, these, and those.

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentences. What's the downside of using a demonstrative pronoun?

1. This is proof of the book’s theme.

2. That is the only way out.

3. These don’t belong to you, but those

do.

They are always very specific and let you know exactly what's being referred to

They aren't very specific if you haven't already named what the pronoun replaces

They take up a lot of room when you write

They are hard to spell

Multiple Choice

Select the correct demonstrative pronoun to complete this sentence:

Can you grab the shoes? ----- are his!

those

them

that

these

Multiple Choice

Select the correct demonstrative pronoun to complete this sentence:

Why do I have to take a test on Grammar! We'll never use ----- stuff!

those

them

this

these

Multiple Select

Select the correct demonstrative pronoun to complete this sentence:

I don't want Godiva chocolates; I want -----.

those

them

this

these

Demonstrative Pronouns

Point out a specific person place or thing


this that these those

What is that?

This is the uniform once worn by George Washington.

These are the shoes he used to wear.

Are those really his autographs?

Be careful....

Sometimes these could be used as adjectives.

Pronoun: This is a delicious strawberry. (This refers to the strawberry)

Adjective: This strawberry is delicious. (This modifies strawberry)

Pronoun: That is the stamp my cousin sent from Sweden. (That refers to the stamp)

Adjective: That stamp was the first in my collection. (That modifies stamp)

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

Is this being used as a pronoun or an adjective?

That is my jacket.

Pronoun

Adjective

Multiple Choice

Is this being used as a pronoun or an adjective?

This jacket must be yours.

Pronoun

Adjective

Multiple Choice

Is this being used as a pronoun or an adjective?

That was the funniest thing I have ever seen a dog do.

Pronoun

Adjective

Multiple Choice

Is this being used as a pronoun or an adjective?

These were the shoes worn by Thomas Jefferson.

Pronoun

Adjective

Relative Pronouns

Introduce a subordinate clause


that which who whom whose

George Washington, who became the first president, was a great general in the Revolutionary War.

Robins are among the birds that migrate south for the winter.

Multiple Choice