An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that does not refer to a specific person or thing. In English, there are singular indefinite pronouns, plural indefinite and both singular and plural indefinite pronouns. Singular Indefinite Pronouns Another, anything, everybody, neither, one Anybody, each, everyone, nobody, somebody Anymore, either, everything, no one, someone. An indefinite pronoun must […]
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Object pronouns can replace nouns used after action verbs. These pronouns are: (i) Singular – me, you, him, her, it (ii) Plural – us, you them Examples: The driver drove him. (direct object) The parents thanked us. (direct object) The reporters asked him many questions. (indirect object) In the above examples, the personal pronouns are
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A compound noun is a noun that is made up of two or more words. The words that form compound nouns may be joined together, separated or hyphenated. Examples: Joined: bookcase, blackboard, pushcart Separated: high school, rabbit hutch, radar gun Hyphenated: go-getter, mother-in-law, sergeant –at-arms Compound nouns are usually a combination of two or more word
A plural possessive noun shows possession or ownership of a plural noun. Example: The cars that belong to the teachers are parked here. The teachers’ cars are parked here. When a plural noun ends in s, add only an apostrophe after the s to make the noun show possession. Not all plural nouns end in
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A possessive noun shows who or what owns something. A possessive noun can either be singular or plural. A singular possessive noun shows that one person, place, or thing has or owns something. To make a singular noun show possession, add an apostrophe and s (‘s). Example: the feathers of the chick – the chick’s feathers
We all know that every sentence must have a subject. Sometimes we incorrectly use a double subject – a noun and a pronoun – to name the same person, place, or thing. Incorrect Correct Jane she is my cousin. Jane is my cousin. She is my cousin. Her scarf it is pretty. Her scarf is
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A verb is a word that: (i) Expresses an action (ii) Expresses the state that something exists, or (iii) Links the subject with a word that describes or renames it. Hence, there are two kinds of verbs. These are action verbs and linking verbs. Action Verbs Action verbs express actions. They show what the subject
A subject pronoun takes the place of a noun as the subject of a sentence. These pronouns are: (i) Singular forms – I, you, he, she, it (ii) Plural forms – we, you, they Examples: Noun Subject Pronoun The house girl takes care of the baby She takes care of the baby The dog guards the
A pronoun is a part of speech that takes the place of a noun. They include such words as I, we, he, she, thy, me and us. Pronouns enable you to avoid repeating the same names (nouns), when writing or speaking, which would otherwise make you sound very awkward and wordy. By using pronouns effectively,
A contraction is a shortened form of two words. One or more letters are omitted and an apostrophe (’) is used in place of the letters left out. A contraction is formed by combining pronouns and the verbs am, is, are, will, would, have, has, and had. Pronoun + verb Contraction Pronoun + verb Contraction
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All nouns can be described as either common or proper. When you talk or write about a person, a place, a thing, or an idea in general, you use a common noun. Example:Â Doctors work hard. They treat many patients. A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea. Proper nouns
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All words may be classified into groups called parts of speech. There are 8 parts of speech namely: Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections. We shall now discuss these parts of speech one at a time: NOUNS A noun is the part of speech that names a person, a place, a thing
A noun may be either singular or plural. A singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea. Example:Â The farmer drove to the market in his truck. A plural noun names more than one person, place, thing or idea. Example:Â The farmers drove to the markets in their trucks. Rules for forming plurals The following are
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An interrogative pronoun is used to ask a question. These pronouns are who, whose, whom, which and what. Examples:Â Who is the mayor of this town? Whose is the red car? Which is her blouse? What did she ask you? Whom should I trust with my secret? USING WHO, WHOM, AND WHOSE Who, whom, and whose
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A clause is a group of words with finite verb. A clause should have a subject and a predicate. e.g. John bought a piece of land. Subject: John Predicate – bought a piece of land Types of Clause There are two types of clauses. Independent clauses: These are also called main or principal clauses. An
PLURAL POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS Correct: Several reported their findings. Incorrect: Several reported his/her findings. Both singular and plural indefinite pronouns All, some, any, none These indefinite pronouns may be singular or plural, depending on their meaning in the sentence. Examples: All of my story is true – singular All of the guests are here – plural None of
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The stressing of a particular word more than other words in a sentence is referred to as emphatic or contrastive stress. Such as a stress normally has its implications in terms of the meaning of the sentence. Examples JAMES borrowed the novel (i.e James not anybody else borrowed it) James BORROWED the novel. (i.e. James
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Vowels: There are twenty vowels in the English Language. They include twelve pure vowels and eight diphthongs. Pure vowels /i:/ Seat, Cheap, Sheep /i/ sit, chip, ship /e/ set, bread, friend /á´‚/ Sat, Chat, match /a:/ Far, pass, father /É”/ Dog, hot, what /É”/ port, Lord, ward /u/ full, pull, would /u:/ fool, pool, coup
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