Rachel Grammar Ch 2
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- "The best girl in the world was she." She = _____
- subject complement
- where is a pronoun when it acts as a SUBJECT COMPLEMENT in a sentence?
- after the verb
- demonstrative pronoun =
- points out people, places & things
- singular =
- 1
- possessive pronoun =
- shows it belongs to the person(s) or object(s)
- Is "her" a singular or plural pronoun?
- singular
- to find a DIRECT OBJECT, read the sentence and ask 2 questions before or after the verb?
- "Whom?" or "What?" AFTER the verb
- 2nd person =
- pointing to other "YOU, YOURS are #2"
- Is "you" a singular or plural pronoun?
- can be either (you are Rachel... SINGULAR) (talking to Austin & Michael: You are not funny!... PLURAL)
- demonstrative pronoun shows NEAR, PLURAL?
- these
- when is a pronoun used as an OBJECT?
- when it comes after a verb and tells something about the action
- a pronoun used as a SUBJECT COMPLEMENT =
- renames the subject
- "This cell phone is hers." Hers =
- possessive pronoun (whose cell phone is it? hers...)
- "Their party was fun." Their =_____ pronoun
- possessive pronoun (whose party was fun? theirs was fun...)
- "Rachel listened to it." It = _____
- object of a preposition
- to find a SUBJECT, read the sentence and ask 2 questions before or after the verb?
- "Who?" or "What?" BEFORE the verb
- does a DIRECT OBJECT come right after a verb or after a little word called a...
- right after a VERB
- 1st person =
- the speaker is included "*I* am #1, ME, MINE, US, OURS... are #1!"
- a contraction =
- joins 2 words with an '
- iIs "its" a singular or plural pronoun?
- singular
- Is "they" a singular or plural pronoun?
- plural
- pronoun =
- takes the place of a noun
- a possessive pronoun answers which question
- "Whose?"
- to find a DIRECT OBJECT, read the sentence and look for a pronoun before or after the verb?
- AFTER the verb
- an OBJECT OF A PREPOSITION =
- comes after a verb and shows the relationship between two things in the sentence
- make this a contraction: "they will"
- they'll
- demonstrative pronoun shows FAR, PLURAL?
- those
- demonstrative pronoun shows FAR, SINGULAR?
- that
- "The dog slept with her." her =
- object of a preposition
- where is a pronoun when it acts as a SUBJECT in a sentence?
- first
- does an OBJECT OF A PREPOSITION come right after a verb or after a little word called a...
- right after a PREPOSITION after a verb
- Use an intensive or reflexive pronoun: "We ate the worms ______."
- ourselves
- demonstrative pronoun shows NEAR, SINGULAR?
- this
- what antecedent does the pronoun refer to? "The Wasyliws threw a party. They thought IT was a great idea!"
- the party
- a DIRECT OBJECT =
- comes after a verb and tells WHO or WHAT RECEIVED the action
- Is "I" a singular or plural pronoun?
- singular
- 3rd person =
- pointing far to them "THEY, THEM, THEIRS, HE, HIS, HIM, HER, HERS, HER, IT, ITS #3"
- Use an intensive or reflexive pronoun: "Ferrari ______ ate Rachel's shoe!"
- herself
- what antecedent does the pronoun refer to? "The Wasyliws threw a party. THEY wanted to celebrate Rachel."
- The Wasyliws
- Use an intensive or reflexive pronoun: "The girls created the game ______."
- themselves
- about, at, between, to, with, in, next to, under =
- prepositions
- make this a contraction: "he is"
- he's
- make this a contraction: "we are"
- we're
- "The dog buried it." It =
- direct object
- "It was a beautiful day." It = ____
- subject
- intensive or reflexive pronouns end with
- -self or -selves
- Use an intensive or reflexive pronoun: "You ______ deserve the credit for being an awesome 5th grader!"
- yourself
- a pronoun used as the SUBJECT of the sentence =
- tells who or what the sentence is about
- possess =
- own, belong to
- "Rachel kicked it." It = _____
- direct object
- plural =
- > 1
- what antecedent does the pronoun refer to? "Lisa laughed at the movie. SHE thought it was funny."
- Lisa