2A sroxcuns «generic pronouns 1 You can earn a language faster i you goto live in a country where itis spoken, 2 One tends tohave problems understanding very strongaccents. 3 When we talk about an accent, we must not confuse chs with pronunciation, 4 They always say chat it's never too late to learn a new language, “They should make it compulsory for people ta learn two foreign languages acschool. 5. fsomeone goes to live ina foreign country, they will have to get used toa different way of life Could the person who left their bagin the library please come and see me? 1 Weoften use you to mean people in general 2 Weean also use one + thied person singular ofthe verb to mean people in _general.one is much more formal than yow and rarely used in spoken English * Wecanalso use one'sasa possessive adjective, eg When confronted with danger, one's irst reaction soften to freeze 3 wecanalso he used to make a general statement of opinion which includes the reader |listener, 4 In informal English, we often use they to talk abour other people in general, ‘of people in authority, -g. They always say... (They = people in general; They should make itcompulsory... (They = the government) 5 Weuuse they, them, and cheirto refer co one person who may be male or female, instead of using he or she, his or he, ec reflexive and reciprocal pronouns 1 Younced to ook after yourself with that cod He's very egocentric. He always talks about himself, 2 Tmanaged to complete the crossword! [was really pleased with myself, 3. We decorated the house ourselves. There's no way I'm going to do it for you. Do it yourself! 4 don't eel very comfortable going to the cinema by myself 5 My ex-husband and [don't talk o each other any more. My mother and sister don’t understand one another at all. 1. Weofren us reflexive pronouns when the subject and object ofa verhare he 2 Weddon' usally use elexve pronouns wth some verbs which may be reflexive inotherlanguages,e wh, shave ce NOT He ota shaved his amd + enjoy isalways used witha reflexive pronoun when not followed by anther ‘bjecteg Eny your meal! BUT Dil yeu enjoy yourself las night 2 Wecan louse refexive pronouns after mont prepontons when the omiplement the sume he subject ‘Object pronouns aftr prepositions of place ‘Aer prepostions of place we use abject pronouns, not reflexive pronouns, 24g She put the bog text ther onthe seat NT nexttaberset 3 Wecanuse reflexive pronouns to emphasize the subject, eg, We decorated the house ourselves (= we didi, not professional decorators) 4 by+ reflexive pronoun = alone, on your / her, «tc. own. 5 Weuuse each other or one another For reciprocal actions, Le. A does the action 10 Band B does the action to A itand there 1 Tes 10 oclock. I's 30 degrees today e's five miles to the coast. 2 Te was great ro hear thar you and Martina are getting married! Ieused to be difficult to buy fresh pasta in the UK, but now you can get it ‘everywhere. 3 There have been alot of storms recently. ‘There used to be acinema in thar street. 1 Weuseiit + beto tak about time, eemperature, and distance 2 Wealsouse, eg it+ heasa preparatory” subject before adjectives It was great 1ohear from you. NOT Toker from you was great 3 We use here + be + noun co say if people and things are present or exist (or snot). You cannot use It... here. NOT leused to bea cinema that stret. 2 GERD the right pronoun. Tick (/) ifboth are possible They helped GEAROTNE| themselves to prepare forthe exam, 1. One | You cat often tell where people are from by the way they speak 2 Can you put my case onthe rack above yourself] you? 3 Sallyand her sister look incredibly hike eachother cneanother. Are they twins? 4 Steves realy private person and he rarely talks aout hi himself. 5 Either Suzle or Mark has lefther|heirbag behind, because there’ only one inthe back of theca 6 When. person goes to tiveabroad it may take them [him awhile pick up the language. 7 They J One sy that eating tomatoes can help protect the body agains certain diseases Complete with a pronoun. Don’t tel him how to spellit. Let him work it out by himself 1 Ifanyone has noe yer paid fees, should go to regiseration immediately. 2 Isabeli very quick-tempered. She finds it very hard to control 3. wouldn't stayin that hotel — roomsare tiny and the service is aw 4 ‘Theresa oral lack of communication berween them, They don'e understand atall 5 Did hey enjoy atthe festival? 6 Are you going to have the flat repainted oF will ‘youand Jodoit 2 7. Wesalwaysthe same with taxis, can never find one when reed one! say the Complete with tor there ‘There wasavery interesting article about language earning in The Times yesterday 1 ‘illegal touse handheld mobile while you're driving. used tobe lor of accidents caused by this. 2 Look ‘sa spelling mistake in this, word. dhould be j, not 3 How many miles is to Manchester from bere? 4 ‘s scorching eoday: rust be at least 35 degrees. 5 ‘sno need to hurry."The train doesn’ leave for ages. 6 ‘snot worth buying the paper today. ‘absolutely nothing interesting init pis