The student who studies the hardest usually does the best.The relative pronoun begins a subordinate clause and relates the clause to a word in the main clause. The demonstrative pronoun points out a specific person, place, or thing.ĥ. Your Turn: Can a reflexive pronoun function by itself as the subject of a sentence?Ĥ. The intensive pronoun adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun. Students who cheat are only hurting themselves.ģ.myself, yourself, herself, ourselves, themselves, etc.The reflexive pronoun adds information by pointing back to a noun or another pronoun. Your Turn: Why doesn't the word "its" contain an apostrophe?Ģ. his, hers, yours, ours, its, theirs (possessive).Personal pronouns come in three different cases: nominative, objective, and possessive. The personal pronoun takes the place of a specific or named person or thing. There are seven different kinds of pronouns.ġ.
Your Turn: Is a collective noun, as in "a flock of geese," considered singular or plural?Ī pronoun takes the place of a noun in a sentence. They will each be further categorized below.Ĭoncrete - names an object that can be seen, touched, tasted, etc.Ĭollective - names a multiple subject or groupĬommon - general name for a person, place, or thing Your Turn: In your notes, write down the eight parts of speech given above. There are eight parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. The parts of speech refer to the way words are classified according to their function in a sentence.
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