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Nouns
nouns.
nouns and proper
nouns: common
here are two main types of

Common Nouns
called common nouns.
Words for people, places and things are
common nouns are
words for things.
These
truth
chair hammer bicycle calculator
ruler
table saw ship television
pen truck
axe
crayons sofa fridge
drill ferry
pencil loyalty train
cooker
lodder
book lamp bus computer
lawnmower
dictionary carpet printer
spade
laziness
courage telephone
names for
animals. Notice that special
nouns are words for
These common

animals are included.


young
animal its young
animal its young9
cub
fox
puppy calf
dog elephant
kitten
cat
calf kangaroo joey
coW cub
bear
foal cub
horse lion
lamb
sheep tiger cub
kid
goat whale calf
frog todpole

common nouns are words for places.


These
school post office
bank airport
gas station university police station
hotel office restaurant
park
library supermarket
museum
farm mosque
zoo temple stadium
mall
theater factory shop synagogue
nursery 9ym church
hospital

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Nounu Proper Neuns

These common nouns are words for people who do certain thing
sgilor gardener
inger monoger police oficer
dancer secretary pilot
driver plumber
artiet teucher
writer
farmer
photographer doctor
frwnd clerk
magiclan dentist
tochnician
brothar
athlete lawyer

Proper Nouns
nouns. They
The names of particular people, places
and things are proper
always begin wlth a capital letter,

nouns.
These people's names are proper Miss Park
Florence Nightingale Mom
Robin Hood Mrs. Tayior
Muhammad Ali Dad
Aladdin Mr. Youn9
George Washington Granny
Frankenstein Grandad Dr. Lee
David Beckham
Harry Poter Professor Raj
Julia Roberts
Unclo David
Sontu Claus Jose
Nelson Moandela Aunt Diano
Mahatma Gandhi Yang Ming
Ms. Hall
Confucius Alex Rodriguez

week and the months of the year


are proper
The names of the days of the
nouns.
months
days of the week
January July
Monday August
February
Tuesday March September
Wednasday October
Thursday
April
9 May November
Friday June December
Saturday AUGUST

Sunday 7

1 29 7
Mendey
A 2
Tuesday

Wadnasdey

2 0
Thurduy

10 17 4
Prhdey
Nouns: Proper Nouns

he names of special days and celebrations are also proper nouns.

New Year's Day Veterans' Day


Mother's Day Thanksgiving
Independence Day Memorial Day

Valentine's Day Halloween

Labor Day Christmas

Ramadan Yom Kippur

nouns.
monuments are proper
The names of famous places, buildings and
the Empire State Building
Big Ben
the Taj Mahal
the Sphinx
the Eiffel Tower
Graceland
the Golden Gate Bridge
the Grand Canyon
the Sydney Opera House the Great Wall of China
Chaco Canyon Pueblo
Buckingham Palace
the Statue of Liberty
the Leaning Tower of Pisa

are also proper


The names of people who live in a particular country
nouns.

people countryY people


country
Samoa Samoans
Afghanistan Afghans New Zealanders
Australians New Zealand
Australia Pokistanis
the British Pakistan
Britain
China the Chinese the Philippines Filipinos
the French Russia Russians
France
Germany Germans Nicaragua Nicoraguans
Indians South Africa South Africans
Indio
Indonesians Spain Spaniards
Indonesia
Italians Switzerland the Swiss
Italy Thailand Thais
the Japanese
Jopon
Koreans USA Americans
Korea
Malaysians Vietnam the Vietnamese
Malaysia
Exercise
Write each common noun
under the correct heading.
theater lion father brother
doctor restaurant builder stove
elephant kangaroo museumn library
things animals ploces people

Exercise2
Underline the common nouns and circle the proper nouns in these sentences

1. I told Uncle John about my accident.

2. Kim and Stephanie wore masks on Haloween

3. The lawnmower is broken.


4. We're going to the movies tomorrow
5. The lion is playing with one of its cubs.
6. My sister's favorite soccer picyer s David Beckham

7. l'm wotching a videotape about the Sahara Desert.

8. The tourists visited Rome and saw the Colasseum.

9. Does this bus go to the stadium?

10. We're reading a story abouta boy calied Harry Potter

Exercise 3
Reod the following passage contoining common nouns and proper nouns. Put a Ch
and a Pin the box after a proper noun.
the bor after a common noun

lives in Maine in c big house by thesea He hasthree cats


Mr. Peters
countries Lost Christmas
o dagCHe likes to trovel different he
went
to
and
He enjoyed eating French food
to Paris t and saw the Eiffel Tower in nice

restourants

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Plural Nouns
Nouns: Singular Nouns;

Singular Nouns
Nouns can be singular or plural.
use a singular nou
wnen you are talking about just one thing or person,
For example:
a tent a park an idea

taxi a doctor an oven

a house a lady an exercise

Plural Nouns Or
when you are talking about two or more people, places
Use a plural noun

things.
Just add s to make most nouns plural.
singular plural
singular plural
a mountain mountains
a computer computers
a river rivers
a chair chairs
trains an envelope envelopes
a train
an insect insects
a player players ovens
an oven
a teacher teachers
taxis an uncle uncles
a taxi

otcs

Words called articles or determiners are used to signal nouns.

an armchair three biscuits


a river

a castle an idea five eggs

is used before nouns that begin


with the vowels a, e, i, o and u.
T h e article an

an eye
an insect
an ortist
an umbrello
an oven

T h e article a is used before nouns that begin with the other letters, called consonants.
don't follow these rules.
But some words
not an, is used because the vowel u in these words is
a uniform, a unit, a user: a,
the word you;
pronounced like
honor: an, not a, 15 usea decause the consonant h in these wards
an hour, an heir, an

is not pronounced.

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Nouns: Plural Nouns
Nouns that end in s, ss, ch, sh or x, are made plural by adding es.

singular plural singular plural


bus buses sandwich sondwiches
glass glasses witch witches
dress dresses brush brushes
branch branches fiash flashes
church churches box boxes
beach beaches fox foxes

Most nouns that end in y are made plural by changing they to i and
adding es.

singular plural
baby bobies
family families
story stories
teddy teddies
fairy fairies
puppy puppies
housefly houseflies
librory libraries
city cities
lily lilies
porty parties
dictionary dictionaries

Nouns that have a vowel before the y made


are
plural by simply adding s at
the end.

singulor plural slngular plural


key keys day
monkey monkeys
days
tray trays
donkey donkeys runway
toy toys runways
chimney chimneys
boy boys trolley
cowboy cowboys valley
trolleys
valleys
Nouns: Pluraf Nouns

f to v andd
Many nouns that end in f are made plural by changing the
adding es.
singular plural
holf holves
leaf leaves
shelf shelves
wolf wolves
thief thieves

But some nouns that end inf


are made plural simply by
adding s.

singular plural
chief chiefs
roof roofs
handkerchiefs
handkerchief SS8/
cliff cliffs
puff puffs

Some nouns that end in fcan be


made pilural in two ways. Sear
plura
singular
s c a r f s o r scorves
scarf
hoofs or hooves
hoof
dworfs or dwarves
dwarf
wharfs or wharves
wharf

to v and
nouns that end in fe are made plural by changing the f
Most
adding 5.

singular plural
knives
knife
wives
wife
lives
life
midwife
midwives e
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Most nouns that end in o are made plural by adding s.
plural
video videos
hippo hippos
zoo zoos

kangoroo kangoroos eengse

But other nouns that end in o are


made plural by adding es.

plural
tomato tomatoes
potato potatoes

hero heroes

Some nouns change spelling from the singular form to the plural.

singular plural
man men
Whar's the plural of the kind
woman women
of mouse that you use with a
child children computer? The plural is either
person people mice or mouses

mouse mice
tooth teeth
foot feet
goose geese

of some nouns is the same as the singular form.


The plural form

singular plural es
sheep sheep (not sheeps When you are taiking about different
deer deer inot deers) kinds of fish. the plural can be fishes
fish fish (not fishes for exarnpie:
aircroft aircraft (not oircrafts) the vorious fhishes of the indion Oceon
salmon salmon (not solmons)

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Nouns: PturalNouns

Some nouns are always plural. otcs

trousers glasses You can use a pair of with these


shorts spectacles plural nouns. For example:
jeans goggles a pair of trousers
pants scissors a pair of pants
binoculars a pair of glasses
tights
pojamas pliers a pair of scissors
a pair of chopsticks

Some nouns are usually plural.


a pair of sandals
a pair of gloves

shoes chopsticks
sandals gloves
slippers clogs
boots socks

Exercise 4 or proper
nouns?
sentences. Are they common

Underline all the nouns in the following


in the correct box.
Put a checkmark proper nouns
common nouns

1. Do you like cheese?

next to the Niagara Falls.


2. They stood
umbrella?
3. May l borrow your

4. The ambulance
was driving very fast.
them.
not agree with
5. Carl did

6. She loves to visit Disneyland.


more water?
7. Would you like
some

thick.
8. The fog was very
us?
9. May! invite Tom to join

10. My car is very old.

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Nouns: Ptural Nouns

Some nouns are always plural. Notcs

trousers glasses You can use a pair of with these


shorts spectacles plural nouns. For example:
jeans 9oggles a pair of trousers
pants Scissors
.

a pair of pants
tights binoculars a pair of glasses
pojamas pliers a pair of scissors
a pair of chopsticks
apair of sondals
Some nouns are usually plural.
a pair of gloves
shoes chopsticks
sandals gloves
slippers clogs
boots socks

Exercise 4
Underline all the nouns in the following sentences. Are they common or proper nouns?
Puta checkmarkin the correct box.

common nouns proper nouns

1. Do you like cheese?

2. They stood next to the Niagara Falls.

3. MayI borrow your umbrella?

4. The ambulance was driving very fast.

5. Carl did not agree with them.

6. She loves to visit Disneyland.


. Would you like some more water?

8. The fog was very thick.

9. Mayl invite Tom to join us?

10. My car is very old.

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Exercise 5
noun and P in the
each singular
passage. Write S
in the box after
Read the following
box after each plural noun.

in the
Ourteacheris a very nice lady kind to all the children
She's very

she told a story


about
stories.Yesterday,
class and she tells us very funny
ran
The pigs and sheep
They all had a race .

theanimals on a farm
were the
and cows i, but the heroes ofthe story
fasterthan the ducks the
the other animals
even though they had
were fasterthan all
mice .
They

shortestlegs!

Exercise 6
Write the correct

passage. Notice
that the plural nouns are missing.
Read the following has been done for you.
in parentheses. The first one
plural form of the singular
nouns

ladies (lady) in pink


(dress) took their (baby)
Three

They s a w four. (giraffe),three (hippo),


for a walk in the zoo.

walked for so long that their


two.
(kangaroo) and an elephant. They
sat down bench for a rest near some
(foot) became sore, so they
on a

(monkey). The (monkey) were playing with cardboard

(box) and throwing (stick) at each other. After a while, the

looked at their (watch) and decided it was time to go


(lady)

home.

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Nouner Celleative Nouns

Collective Nouns
are called collective nouns.
words for groups of people, animals or things

Here are some collective nouns for groups of people.

a family a crew
a team a club
a community a committee
a choir a company
a band a gang
an orchestra the government
an audience the army

verb. If
Collective nouns may be used with a singular verb or with plural
a
members are
the group is acting as a single unt, use a singular verb. If group
acting as individuals, use a plural
verb. For example: o es
Always use a plural verb with the
collective nouns, people and the
The crowd was orderly.
police. For example:
or
Those people live (not lives) in Asia.
The crowd were clopping, yelling The police have caught (not hos
and cheering. caught) the thief.

Here are more collective nouns you can use for groups of people.

a crowd of shoppers a gang of thieves


a company of actors a panel of judges

a class of schoolchildren a platoon of soldiers

Many groups of animals have their own special collective nouns.

a herd of cottle a pack of wolves a litter of puppies


a flock of birds a pride of lions a
troop of monkeys
a drove of sheep a pod of dolphins a brood of chickens
a gaggle of geese a school of fish a swarm of bees

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Nounst Calleotlve Nauns
colective nouns.
Some groups of things also have their own special
a bunch of bananas a deck of cards
a cluster of grapes a flight of steps
a bunch of flowers a suite of rooms
a bouquet of flowers o suite of furniture
a range of mountains a set of tools
a fleet of ships a string of beads
o fleet of vehicles a grove of trees

Some nouns name the amount or form of something.

a loaf of bread a bar of soap


a ball of string a bar of chocolate

The words a piece of mean a single serving or part of something.

a slice/piece of bread a slice/piece of cheese


a piece/square of chocolate a'slice/piece of coke
a sheet/piece of paper a piece of chalk
a piece of information a piece of advice

Exercise 7
Read the following passage. Write tho missing collective nouns in the blank spaces.
Remember that sometimes there are two words you can use.

Mom took Kate, Rudy and Derrick to the zoo. The zoo was very busy. A
of people had gathered round the monkeys. One of the monkeys had a
of bananas. Watching the monkey eat made the children feel hungry. Mom took a

of bread and some . of cheese out of the picnic hamper


and everyone made soandwiches. After eating the sandwiches, the children had two

of chocolate each. Rudy wanted to give one piece to a monkey, but the

zookeeper gove Rudy a very useful of advice. "Monkeys may look friendly
but sometimes they are very fierce," he said.

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Exercise8
as a
acting together
t e sentences. Doos the collectlve noun indicate a group group n
eo Does tho collective
noun indicate a

Bihgle un/t? if s0, circle the singular vorb.


which oach member acts indlvldually? Circle the plural
noun.

evidence.
1. The jury (were/was) arguing about the importance of

2. A whole company of soldiers (is/are) marching in the parade.


in the barnyard.
3. A goggle of geese (is/are) running every which way

4. Those people (live/lives) in North America.


5. The police (has/hove) orrested the suspect.
at the Grand Hotel.
6. That troupe of actors always (stoy/stays)
committee (is/are) handing in their ballots.
7. The
marches.
8. Our school band (play/plays) many lively
under the front porch.
9. A big colony of ants (lives/live)
entitled to collect taxes.
10. The government (ore/is)

Exercise 9 of
from the box that names a part or an amount
with a noun
Complete each phrase
something.
ream pair
bushel SCOOp
pinch galaxy
drop grain

5. a of potatoes
of stars
1, 0
6. 0 of bookends
of sand
2. 0
7. a of ice cream
3.
ofpaper
of salt 8. a of rain
4. a

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Nounas Masouline and
Feminlne Neuns
Masculine and Feminine
Masculine nouns are Nouns
Feminine nouns are words for men, boys and male
words for women, animals.
qirls and female animals.
masculine feminine
boy masculine feminine
man
girl
nephew niece
woman
father king queen
Son
mother
prince princess
brother daughter emperor
sister empress
husband wizard witch
wife
actor
grandfather grandmother actress
uncle aunt
policeman policewoman
waiter waitress

Many nouns are used for both males and


gender nouns. females. They are called common
teacher baby doctor scientist
pupil parent
child astronaut president
cousin dancer
manager

With animals, there is one


for the male and the female.general
word for the animal and
special words
Sometimes the word for the male
same as the
general word. Sometimes the word for the animal is the
same as the female animal is the
general word.
animal masculine feminine
rabbit buck doe
horse stallion mare
sheep ram ewe

pig boar Sow


chicken rooster hen
duck drake duck
cattle bull cow

900se gander goose


fox fox vixen
tiger tiger tigress
lion lion lioness
Exercise 10
Gomplete the crossword puzzle with the correct masculine or feminine nouns,

ACROSS DOWN
masculine feminine masculine feminine

3. bull 1. actress

5. man 2. waiter
4. husbañd
6. fox
7. nephew
9. princess 8. aunt
10. empress 11. * goose
12. stalion
13. brother
14. king
15. duck
16 witch

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12 3

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Nount The Posesstve Form of
Nou
The Possessive Form of Nouns
Use the possesslve form of a noun to show ownership.

tomake the possesslve form, put an apostrophe and an s


singular noun.
after a

This is my bed and that is Peter's bed


We all like Dod's cooking
it is my job to collect everybody's plote after the meal.
The flies ore buzzing around the horse's tail.
This is Susan and Jenny's room.
This is Tom's hot and that is Toms father's hat.

o es
How do you make the possessive form when two names linked
by and are the owners? Put an 's after the second name only. For
example:
Koty and Mike's house is very big. (- the house that belongs to both
Katy ond Mike)
Joe and Sarah's dad works ot the shoe factory. (- He is Joe's dod and
he is also Sorah's dad.)

Sometimes two possessive forms with 's appear tagether, one after
the other:
This is John's brother's ball.(The ball blongsto John's brother.)
Paul's teooher's house has a swimming pool. (- the house that
belongs to Paul's teocher

After plural nouns that don't end in s, use an apostrophe and an s to


make the possessive form.

The children's room is always messy.


Some people's houses are bigger than ours.
Rots' tails are longer than mice's tails.
Men's voices ore deeper than women's voices

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Nouns: The Possessive Form of Nouns
After plural nouns that end in s, just add an
The apostrophe
pupils' desks are arranged in rows.
The boys' bedroom is
bigger than the girls' bedroom.
The strong winds
destroyad all the farmers' crops.
Mice's tails are shorter
than rats' tails.

Notes
When a name ends in s,
you can make the possessive form in
either of two ways: anadd apostrophe and an s's, or add
Just an
apostrophel For example:
This is James's house. or This is James' house.
Which is Charles's bike? or Which is Charles' bike?

Exercise 11
Read the following passage. The possessive nouns are missing. Write the correct
possessive form of the nouns in parentheses. The first one has been done for you.

Peter is spending the day ot Tom's (Tom) house. Peter likes Tom's family. He
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especially likes (Tom's mom) cooking! The boys play lots of games

together
(Tom) sister doesn't like (Tom and Peter) games.
She is playing by herself. Sometimes the (boys) games become so noisy
that Mom tells them to go and play in the garden. (Tom) dog is in the
garden, lying in the sunshine. Tom wants to play with the dog, but Peter is afraid of the

(dog) big teeth and sharp claws.

(Peter) dad arrives in his car to toake Peter home. Tom says he
At 7 o'clock,
likes (Peter's dad) new car (Peter) dad says that
sometime.
he'l toke Tom for a ride in it

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PronoUns
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. There are different kinas

of pronouns.

Personal Pronouns
Personal pronouns may be used as:
t h e subject of a verb, or
the object of a verb.

Subject Pronouns
The subject of a verb does the action of the verb. The personal pronouns
1, you, he, she, it, we and they can all be used as the subject of a verb. Study
the following two sentences
Lisa likes cats. She has four cats.

In the first sentence, the proper noun Lisa is the subject of the verb likes.
In the second sentence, the pronoun she is the subject of the verb has.

Here are some more pairs of sentences that show personal pronouns used

as subjects of verbs.

My name is Michael. I am fourteen.


My father works hard. He works in a factory
She is twelve.
My sister is older than me.

Our dog is very naughty. It likes to chase cots.


Bob, you are a bad dogi

Dovid and I are playing footbl. We like sports.

Jim ond Jeff are my brothers. They are older thon I am.

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P r o n o u n s : Personal P r o n o u n s

Object Pronouns
The personal pronouns
of the verb.as the object of
The object of aa verb
verb receives
receives the
the action
action o ofa vero.
2e ODect used as the object a vero.

ne, you, him, her, it, us and them con all be


Look at the following two sentences:

Lisa likes cats. She likes to stroke them.


In the
of the verb likes.
n sentence, the noun cats is the object
the first
of the verb stroke.
Second sentence, the pronoun them is the object

that show personal pronouns


iere are some more pairs of sentences
used as objects of verbs.

I'm doing my homework. Dad is helping me.

Goodbye, children! 'll call you leter.


Where is John? I need to speak to him.

Miss Garcia is very nice. All the children like her.


The car is very dirty. Mom is cleaning it.
Uncle Harry called Mary to ask her a question.

all gone, Someone has eaten them.


My chocolates are

First Person, Second Person and Third Person


In grammar, the person who is speaking is called the first person. The one
spoken to is called the second person, and the one spoken about is called the
third person.
Here is a table to help you remember which pronouns to use.

subject object
first person singuiar me

second person singular you you


third person singular he him
she her
t It

first person plurol We Us

second person plural you you


third persen plurai they them

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Pronouns: Refex Pronouns

Reflexive Pronouns 1s
or pronoun that
words that refer to the noun herself, itself,
Kenexlve pronouns are myself, yourself.
himself.
of the verb. The words
pronouns
Det and themselves
are reflexive
ourselves. yourselves

himselt
My brother built ths computer
thot knte
Be coretul not to cut yourself with
the mirror
John wos looking ot himself in

Kote fell ond hurt herself


meoi.
Our cot washes itself after every

We boked the coke by ourselves


o seat
Come in, everybody, and find yourselves

The children cleaned their room all by themselves.


a tree
Beors ike to rub themselves agoinst

The bird washed itself by sploshing in o puddle.


fit.
The ployers train every day to keep themselves
Hove yourselves a good time.

to use with
Here is a tabie to help you remember which reflexive pronoun
which personal pronoun.

reflexive plural personal reflexive


singular personal pronoun
pronoun pronoun
pronou
we (subject pronoun) ourselves
myself
(subject pronoun
us(object pronoun) ourselves
me (object pronoun) myself
you (subject/object yourself you (subject/object yourselves
pronoun) pronoun)

he (subject pronoun) himself they (subject pronoun themselves


him (object pronoun himsei them (object pronoun) themselves
she (subject pronoun} herseif
herseif
her fobject pronoun
itself

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Pronoun
Demonstrotwe
Pronoun
Pronouns: Possessive

Possessive Pronouns
pronouns are used to talk about things
that belong to people.
POSsessive
ne words mine, yours, his, hers, ours and theirs are possesS1Ve pronu

This book is mine.


Have you lost yours, Tom?
This pen is mine and that one is his.
Sarah has lost her cat. Is this cot hers?
I can see our car, but where is yours?
We've had our lunch, but they haven't had theirs.

to use with
Here is a table to help you remember which possessive pronoun
which personal pronoun.
plural personal possessive
singular personal possessive
pronoun pronoun pronoun pronoun
we, us Ours
, me mine

you yours
you yours
his they, them theirs
he, him
she, her hers

Demostrative Pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns are used for pointing out things. The words this,
are demonstrative pronouns.
that, these and those
This is my desk. These are my pets.
These are sheep but those are goats.
This is the Mings' house.
Those are horses.
That is my friend's house.
That's my mother's car.

than this.
You'll have to work harder
N oes
We can do better than that.
Use this and these when you are
awful!
It's raining again. This is talking about things near you.
Who is that knocking at
the door? Use that and those when you are
Kathleen. This is Michael.
talking about things farther away.
Hi,

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e r r o g a v e ronouns; Inderinite Fronouio

InterrogativePronounsNO and formal speaking,


yoiu
Interrogative pronouns are used In writing of
as the object
use whom
can also For example:
to ask questlons. The words who, verbs and
prepositions.

whose, what, which and whom are criticize?


Whom did the president
to?
interrogative pronouns. Whom is the principal talking
or
Who used all my paper? To whom is the principal talking?
whom as the subject
cannot use
but you
Who is Mom talking to? verb: So you
cannot say
of a
to the party last night?
Who are those people Whom came

You have to say:


Whose pen is this?
Who came to the party last night?
Whose are these shoes? or the
Who can be used as the subject
object of a verb. For example:
What is your brother's name? the subject)
Who broke the window? (as
What does Tom want? are you inviting
to your party?
Who
(as the object)
What is the date today? the object of a
Who can be used as
preposition. For example:
What do you want to be when
Who is Mom talking to?
you grow up?
whom as the object of
You can also use
Which of these desks is yours? a preposition. For example:
Whom is Mom talking to?
Which do you prefer?
the
If you put the preposition before
Which of your sisters is the tallest? interrogatíve pronoun, you
must use

whom:
Whom did the President criticize?
To whom is Mom talking?

inedefinite Pronouns
not refer directly to any other word. Most
An indefinite pronoun does
idea of quantity.
indefinite pronouns express he

Everybody is welcome at the meeting.


with sugar.
Many prefer their coffee
cheese sandwich?
Does anybody care for a
desert.
Few choose to live in the arid

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P r o n o u n s : Indefinite P r o n o u n s

Indefinite Pronouns
other
all each most
several
either neither
another some
any everybody nobody
none
somebody
anybody everyone someone
no one
anyone few such
both many one

an
when it makes
is considered an indefinite pronoun
The pronoun they
indefinite reference.

They produce a lot of coal in your state.


Why don't they repair the bad roads?

Exercise 1
in the
Read the following passage. Write the missing subject and object pronouns
blank spaces.

have two brothers. are both older than


My name is Charlie.
. Sometimes they take me to the park and play footbali

together.I like playing football with because they are very good, We are

going to the park today. Would you like to come with. Can

all play together. Afterwards, U can come to my house if. want

to. I think Aw will like my dad. He is very funny ond.(YY makes great
pizzas. Do ike pizza?

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Exercise 2 *

o e or the reflexive pronauns in the followina sentences are used correcty, D


is correct. Putan *A
are Put a checkmark
not. Put in the bax the reflexive pronoun
if the
box if
noE refHexive p noun the blank
in the
in spoc.
blank SPpdGs.
" t i s not correct. Then write the correct reflexive pronoun

1. Sometimes I wash the dishes all by himselfF


2. Dad had an accident. He cut herself in with a knife.
3. Soly washes the cor by herself
when he is ill?
4. Do you think the doctor con cure itself

5. The cat stays clean by licking itself


6. Anna and May made the dinner oll by herself

7. Mom lets me walk to school by myself


, boys and girls?
8. Can you dress themselves
9. David can swim all by himself now.

10. This light is automatic. It switches itself on at night.

Exercise3

Write a short sentenco using oeach of the interrogative pronouns below.

Exomple: Who Who is this man?

Who A e
Whose

Whot

Which de
Whom
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