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Pronouns

WHAT IS A PRONOUN?

• It is a word that replaces a name.

•Eg. He, she, we

Example:

Cindy loves flowers. Everyday she picks fresh flowers from the garden.

She refers to Cindy.

Example:

The Millers enjoy family outings. They have a family outing every week.

They refers to the Millers.

Pronoun chartsSubjectpronouns

Object pronouns

Possessivepronouns

1st Person pronoun

I me mine

2nd person you you yours

3rd person(male) he his his

3rd person(female) she her hers

3rd person it its

1st person plural we our ours

2nd person plural you your yours

Possessive pronoun.

These show possession.

What belongs to whom or what.

Example: Lerato has a puppy. The puppy is

hers.

example

Bob helpedhis father carry groceries.

Possessive pronouns

• Jack is weird because one of his ear is huge.

Remember

• Pronouns replace nouns.• The aim is to eliminate

repetition.• Possessive nouns show

possession.

Adjectives describe the nouns and pronouns.An adjective is usually placed in front of the noun or

pronoun.Examples : a beautiful girl.A round ball.Green grass.

able (comfortable) ible (feasible) al (seasonal) ary ( stationary) ful (useful) ic (artistic) is (feverish) ive (active )

less (colourless) ous (marvellous) some(lonesome) en (golden)

Adjectives in the negative form usually get a prefix .

UnreliableDishonest Inconvenient

Sometimes we use two words together to describe a noun. We call these Compound adjectives.

Examples : the big grey bear.Most of the time compound adjectives have a hyphen in between them.The four-legged bird.

Conjunctions are words that join parts of a sentence together.

ExampleJohn and Harry like steak, but Mpho prefers

chicken .Cindy is a vegetarian, since she only eats fruits

and vegetables.

since, now that, now once, provided, provided that, rather than, since,

so that, than, that, though, unless, until when, whenever, where, whereas, wherever,

whether, which while, who, whoever, why

What Is an Adverb?•An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. For example: She swims quickly.

•To find the adverb we ask the following questions.

•When: He ran yesterday.•Where: He ran here.•How often: He ran daily.•How much: He ran fastest.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.After you have finished writing down your notes you should start on your worksheet.2. Read the worksheets carefully and write the question and the answer down neatly and legibly.

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