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Pronouns. Tuesday, 4 September 07 eko@stikom.edu. Personal (indicates specific person, number, gender, and case). demonstrative. It points to and identifies noun/pronoun Forms: this (sing, nearby) that (sing, farther away) these (plural, nearby)
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Pronouns Tuesday, 4 September 07 eko@stikom.edu
Personal (indicates specific person, number, gender, and case)
demonstrative • It points to and identifies noun/pronoun • Forms: this (sing, nearby) that (sing, farther away) these (plural, nearby) those (plural, farther away)
Relative • Relative pronouns introduce one type of subordinate clause called a relative clause (which "relates" to the primary clause). These pronouns have various forms which depend on their role within the clause or according to their case. • FORMS: subject (who, which, that), object (whom, which, that), possessivepersonal who whom whose non-personal which whose that • Examples: I went to see the singer who was in town. I read the book which the professor recommended to me.
Exercise:Each of the sentences contain personal pronoun. Circle the pronoun. Then indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I) • Her and Bob came over to visit me. • He opened the refrigerator and took some food from it • She lent it to you and I • My desk is located near hers • Theirs suggestion was unrealistic • I like his ideas and hers • If my friend calls, please tell them that I will return the call. • The girls ran too fast, and she fell down • In the autumn, the tree lost its leaves. • The travelers lost their ways in the storm • The boy got the box and he opened it carefully • The woman left their earrings at home, so she wasn’t wearing them
Facts of pronoun errors in TOEFL • Errors in pronoun agreement (pronoun referent) a pronoun must agree with personal pronoun to which it refers • Errors in pronoun form and type the misplaced function of personal pronoun • Incorrect inclusion of pronoun unnecessary use of pronoun redundancy Please do the following exercise !!!
Errors in pronoun agreement • Jackrabbits have powerful rear legs that enable it to leap A B C long distances. D • The best way for children to learn science is for them A B to perform experiments himself C D • Trademarks enable a company to distinguish its A B products form these of another company. C D
Errors in pronoun form and type • Heman Melville gathered material for him novels, A B including Moby Dick, during his year at sea C D • As larvae, barnacle are free-swimming, but as adults A B they attach them to stones, docks, and hulls of ship C D • A barometer is a device it is used to measure A B C atmospheric pressure. D
Incorrect inclusion of pronoun • Black Island in Long Island Sound it issurrounded by A B C cold, dangerous waters. D • Dutch elm disease which it iscaused by a fungus A B can destroy a tree within four weeks C D • Certain types of turtles that may live as long as 100 A B C years. D