grammar one, word classes 3

Question 1

What are the subjective cases of personal pronouns?

7

Answer 1

I, we, you, he, she, it, they

Question 2

what are the objective case of personal pronouns?

7

Answer 2

me, us, you, him, her, it, them

Question 3

The subjective case applies when the pronouns are the subject of what?

Answer 3

Finite clause:

I know that SHE lives in coventry and that HE lives in Birmingham.

Question 4

When the pronoun is not the subject of the clause, which case is used?

Answer 4

The objective clause: She knows ME well, He has told HER about me, you must go with HIM

Question 5

When is feminine and masculine forms used

Answer 5

when pronouns refer to human beings or other animate beings. Otherwise the non-personal pronoun IT is used.

Question 6

The possessive pronouns are the genitives of what?

Answer 6

The personal pronouns

Question 7

What are the two sets of the possessive pronouns?

Answer 7

One set that contains the possessive determiner that is dependent on a noun: Here is YOUR book
One set that contain the possessive pronoun that funcion independetly: This book is YOURS

Question 8

Are the possessive determiners pronouns ?

Answer 8

NO

Question 9

What are the dependen possessives?

7

Answer 9

my, our, your, his, her, its, their

Question 10

What are the independent possessives?

6

Answer 10

mine, ours, yours, his, hers, theirs

Question 11

What is a determiner?

Answer 11

a word that is used before a noun to show which particular example of the noun you are referring to:
In the phrase “my history book” the word “my” is a determiner.

Question 12

what are the two forms of the reflexive pronouns?

Answer 12

myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves

Question 13

What are the two main uses of the reflexive pronouns?

Answer 13

1. They refer to the same person or thing as the subject. : You`ll hurt yourself
   2.They give emphasis to a noun phrase:
   She herself spoke to me

Question 14

what are the demonstrative pronouns (4)

Answer 14

Singular; this, that

plural; these, those

Question 15

What can demonstratives also be?

Answer 15

Determiners; THIS letter is for you

THAT sign doesn`t make sense

Question 16

What are the reciprocal pronouns?

Answer 16

each other, one another, each others , one anothers

Question 17

What are the interrogative pronouns

Answer 17

who, whom, whose

Question 18

what are the subjective case of interrogative pronoun

Answer 18

Who

Question 19

what are the objective case of interrogative pronoun

Answer 19

whom

Question 20

what are the genitive case of interrogative pronoun

Answer 20

whose

Question 21

what interrogatives can also be determiners?

Answer 21

which, what, whose?

Question 22

What are the relative pronouns?

Answer 22

who, whom, whose, which, which, whose, that

Question 23

What is the omitted pronoun sometimes called?

Answer 23

The Zero relative pronoun

Question 24

What are the nominal relative pronouns?

Answer 24

who, whom, which, whoever, whomever, whichever, what and whatever

Question 25

What are the indefinite pronouns?

Answer 25

They refer to the precence or absence of quantity:
You take one and I`ll take the other
no one was absent today
Either will do for me

Question 26

What are the some and any set of the indefinite pronouns?

Answer 26

some, someone, somebody, something

any, anyone, anybody, anythind

Question 27

What can numerals be used as?

Answer 27

pronouns; twenty-two were rescued from the sinking ship.

Three of the children wandered off

Question 28

What are the ordinal numerals?

Answer 28

first, second, third

Question 29

What two distinct uses has the pronoun one?

Answer 29

1. generic one; meaning people in general
   restricted to formal style. (No plural in generic one)

2.Substitute one is used as a substitute for a noun:
ex: How is your new computer?
I preferrred the old one. (plural ONES for substitute one)

Question 30

What are determiners a collective term for?

Answer 30

articles, pronouns, genitive noun phrases, and numerals when they occur before a noun.

Question 31

give examples of determiners (12)

Answer 31

the, a, my, that, those, many, all, one, several, no, each, every ……(book )

Question 32

Determiners can be divided into three classes, which are?

Answer 32

1. pre-determiners
2. central determiners
3. post-determiners