Sunday, April 12, 2015

Pronouns


Pronoun is a small word that takes the place of noun. A pronoun is instead of noun.

Type of pronouns

  • Personal pronouns/ Rental pronouns are referring to the person who is doing the action or to whom the action affects.
Personal pronouns
Subject
Object
Adjective
Pronoun
I
You
We
They
He
She
It
…… me
…… you
Us
Them
Him
Her
It
My ……
Your
Our
Their
His
Her
It’s
Mine
Yours
Ours
Theirs
His
Hers
It’s


  • Reflexive pronouns / Central pronouns are to indicate the person who realizes the action of the verb is the same person who receives the action.
Personal pronouns

Subject
Reflective
Singular
I
You
He
She
It
Myself
Yourself
Himself
Herself
Itself
Plural
We
You
They
Ourselves
Yourselves
Themselves


  • Reciprocal pronouns are to indicate that two people can carry out an action and get the consequences of that an action at the same time.
Reciprocal pronouns
Each other
One another


  • Relative pronouns are refer to a a noun mentioned before and of which we are adding more information.
Relative pronouns
Who, Whom, Which, That, Whoever, Whomever, Whichever, Whose, What


  • Demonstrative pronouns/Definitive is pronouns that point to specific things.
Demonstrative pronouns/Definitive
That, This, These, Those, None, Neither


  • Introgrative pronouns are pronoun used in order to ask a question.
Introgrative pronouns for ask about person
Subject
Object
Possesive
Who
Which
That
Whom
Whose

Introgrative pronouns for ask about the thing
Subject
Object
Possesive
Which

What which
Of which


  • Idenfinite pronouns are not refer to any specific person, thing or amount.
Idenfinite pronouns
Singular  
Plurar
Singular & plurar
Another
Anybody
Anyone
Anything
Everybody
Nobody
Other
Somebody
Etc
Both
Few
Many
Others
Several
Fewer  
All
Any
More
None
Some
Such



Enjoy Learning
Liya ILmia :D

Sentence



Sentence is a grammatical unit that is composed of one or more clauses. It is a group of words contaiing at least one subject and one infinite verb as a predicate and expresses a complete thought.

Kinds of sentences:
1.   Statement
2.  Question/ Introgrative
3.  Command/ Imperative
4.  Exclamation

Types of sentences:
1.   Simple sentence
It is consisting of one independent clause.

S + V + Adv/Adj/Complement

2.  Compound sentence
3.  Complex sentence
Elements of sentence:



Question words

Question words

Question is a sentence that ask for information.
Statement is a sentence that gives information.

Kinds of question:
1.   Verbal Question
It is a question that may be answered by yes, and no. It is usually called yes no question.
Types of verbal question:
-     Begining tobe
Present = Am, Are, Is, Do, Does
Past = Was, Were, Did
Example ;
1.   Does he live in chigago?
Yes, He does
2.  Are you married?
Yes, I am/ Not Yet
-     Begining modal
Will/ Would
Shall X Should = Ought to/ Had better
Can/ Could
May/ Might
Example:
1.   Will you come to my party?
Yes, I will.
2.  Can we go together?
No, i can not.

2.  Pronominal Question
It is question that asks for information by using a question words. We called it an information question.

QW + Tobe/ Auxiliaries + S + V + O
WHO + V/ Modal

The function of question words:
When
To ask about time
Where
To ask about place
Why
To ask about reason
Who
To ask about person as subject
Whom
To ask about person as object
Which
To ask about preferences
What
To ask about things, jobs, activities
Whose
To ask about possession
How
To ask about condition, weather, age

3.  Choice Question
“Do you want tea or coffee?”
“Do you want sugar or salt?”
-     Which one/ Which ones
Example :
1.   Which one do you buy?
I buy the cheap one
2.  Which ones do you need?
I need the good ones



Question Tags

Question tag is used to confirm the statement. The statement usually has raising intonation at the end of the sentence. For the positive statement has negative tag, and for negative ends with positive tag. It depends on the auxiliaries or verbs that used on the statement. It is to make sure their information is correct or to seek agreement.

   +  ,  -
Auxiliary + S + ?
-     ,  +

Type 1 ( Taq In the ends of statement )
Taq
Respon
+
No
-
Yes

Type 2 ( Taq in front of statement )
Taq
Respon
-
No
+
Yes

The example:
-     Liya is here, isn’t she?
-     Liya has left, hasn’t she?
-     The boy broke the vase, didn’t he?
-     I couldn’t be done, could it?
-     Liya lives in Yogyakarta, doesn’t she?
-     You aren’t tired, are you?
-     Tom came early, didn’t he?
-     I’m student, aren’t i?
-     George has left, hasn’t he?

The exception for the subject I, we must change am to are on the tag. For the example:
-     I’m your classmate in junior high school, aren’t i?

For the commands or requests use; will you, won’t you, shall we, shan’t we. For the example:
-     Let’s go now, shall we?
-     Come here, will you?
-     Don’t go anywhere, will you?
-     Come and join us, will you?
Note :
-     Let’s = Shall + S?
-     Command = Will + S? Won’t + S?
-     Am = Aren’t I?
-     Use = There, Tobe, Modals, Verbs (do, does, did)