What are Pronouns? - Centenary Secondary School...Adjectives describe the nouns and pronouns. An...
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Example:
Cindy loves flowers. Everyday she picks fresh flowers from the garden.
She refers to Cindy.
Example:
The Millers enjoy family outings. They have a family outing every week.
They refers to the Millers.
Pronoun chartsSubjectpronouns
Object pronouns
Possessivepronouns
1st Person pronoun
I me mine
2nd person you you yours
3rd person(male) he his his
3rd person(female) she her hers
3rd person it its
1st person plural we our ours
2nd person plural you your yours
Possessive pronoun.
These show possession.
What belongs to whom or what.
Example: Lerato has a puppy. The puppy is
hers.
Remember
• Pronouns replace nouns.• The aim is to eliminate
repetition.• Possessive nouns show
possession.
Adjectives describe the nouns and pronouns.An adjective is usually placed in front of the noun or
pronoun.Examples : a beautiful girl.A round ball.Green grass.
able (comfortable) ible (feasible) al (seasonal) ary ( stationary) ful (useful) ic (artistic) is (feverish) ive (active )
less (colourless) ous (marvellous) some(lonesome) en (golden)
Adjectives in the negative form usually get a prefix .
UnreliableDishonest Inconvenient
Sometimes we use two words together to describe a noun. We call these Compound adjectives.
Examples : the big grey bear.Most of the time compound adjectives have a hyphen in between them.The four-legged bird.
Conjunctions are words that join parts of a sentence together.
ExampleJohn and Harry like steak, but Mpho prefers
chicken .Cindy is a vegetarian, since she only eats fruits
and vegetables.
since, now that, now once, provided, provided that, rather than, since,
so that, than, that, though, unless, until when, whenever, where, whereas, wherever,
whether, which while, who, whoever, why
What Is an Adverb?•An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. For example: She swims quickly.
•To find the adverb we ask the following questions.
•When: He ran yesterday.•Where: He ran here.•How often: He ran daily.•How much: He ran fastest.