Pronouns

Question 0

Subject pronouns

Answer 0

• type of personal pronoun

- used when clear who the sentence is referring to (person doing the action)

Question 1

When are pronouns used?

Answer 1

Replace nouns, noun phrases or noun clauses

Question 2

What are the different “persons” in general?

Answer 2

1st p, s
2nd p, s
3rd p, s
1st p, p
2nd p, p
3rd p, p

Question 3

What are the “persons” used for subject pronouns

In order

Answer 3

I
You
He/She/It
We
You
They

Question 4

Object pronouns

Answer 4

• type of personal pronoun

- used when pronoun replaces the nouns receiving the action (made the object)

Question 5

What are the “persons” used for object pronouns

In order

Answer 5

Me
You
Him/Her/It
Us
You
Them

Question 6

Possessive pronouns

Answer 6

Show person’s possession of something

Question 7

What are the “persons” used for possessive pronouns

In order

Answer 7

Mine
Your's
His/Hers
Ours
Your's
Their's

Question 8

Reflexive pronouns

Answer 8

• when the person is both receiving and doing the action (both the subject and the object)
• REFLECTS back to the person

Question 9

What are reflexive pronouns similar to?

And what are the differences?

Answer 9

Intensive pronouns

With these the pronoun is not the object aswell, it just emphasises the pronoun/noun in the same sentence

Question 10

What are the “persons” used in reflexive pronouns

Answer 10

Myself
Yourself
Himself/Herself/Itself
Ourselves
Yourselves
Themselves

Question 11

Which types of pronoun use “persons”

Answer 11

Subject and object pronouns (personal pronouns)
Possessive pronouns
Reflexive pronouns

Question 12

Demonstrative pronouns

Answer 12

• point to specific things

- this relates to how “close” something is to the speaker

Question 13

Why are the four types of demonstrative pronoun

Answer 13

This
These
That
Those

Question 14

Interrogative pronouns

Answer 14

Used to ask questions

Question 15

Relative pronouns

Answer 15

-Directly follow nouns
-introduce relative clauses
(Sometimes the noun is omitted)

Question 16

What are they types of interrogative pronouns

Answer 16

What
Which
Who
Whom
Whose

Question 17

Types of relative pronouns

Answer 17

That 
Which 
Who 
Whom 
Whose

Question 18

Interrogative pronouns are similar to

Answer 18

Relative pronouns

Question 19

Types of indefinite pronouns

Answer 19

“Of” pronouns

Compound pronouns

Question 20

Indefinite pronouns

Answer 20

-Less certain reference points

E.g. Refer to unidentified people, places, things or ideas

Question 21

Types of “Of” pronouns

Answer 21

All of
Both of
Each of
Neither of 
Some of

Question 22

“Of” pronouns

Answer 22

-always followed by an object pronoun

Question 23

Compound pronouns

Answer 23

Every
Some
Any
No
(All of the above plus with either the ending "thing", "one" or "body")
E.g. Nobody, everything

Question 25

BEFORE YOU STATE WHETHER SOMETHING IS A PRONOUN OR DETERMINER LOOK TO SEE:

Answer 25

If there is a noun after it = determiner If it replaces a noun = pronoun

Question 26

Pronouns can have two different types of Cohesion. What are they?

Answer 26

Anaphoric Cohesion | Cataphoric Cohesion

Question 27

What is cohesion?

Answer 27

Where the pronoun refers to something, either previously mentioned or post mentioned.

Question 28

What is anaphoric cohesion?

Answer 28

Where the pronoun refers to something previously mention, refers "up" the page.

Question 29

Example of anaphoric cohesion:

Answer 29

The goalkeeper initially caught the ball but then HE dropped it.

Question 30

What is cataphoric cohesion?

Answer 30

Where the pronoun doesn't refer back to something previously mentioned, has the opposite effect of anaphoric cohesion. refers "down" the page.

Question 31

Example of cataphoric cohesion:

Answer 31

HE caught the ball but then the goalie dropped it.

Question 32

Which type of cohesion is more commonly used?

Answer 32

Anaphoric

Question 33

Can you lack cohesion?

Answer 33

Yes

Question 34

How can you lack cohesion?

Answer 34

When using a pronoun when pointing to something when it's obvious what you're talking about. It's obvious what the pronoun is referring to without cohesion.

Question 35

When is a lack of cohesion more commonly used?

Answer 35

In spoken mode