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GOGO Concepts
T.D. James-Moss, Instructor2013-2014
Papa Vinc was a very good man, a very good
man indeed. As the school’s janitor, he held everything—everything—together.
Pronoun Adjective Preposition Adverb Verb Interjection Noun Conjunction
A Flashback to… The Parts of Speech
Personal Pronouns
What is a pronoun? A short word that
takes the place of a noun.
There are a few, set pronouns in the English language.
There are many kinds of pronouns, but there is still a set number of each kind.
What is a personal
pronoun? A personal pronoun
is a pronoun that can be used to describe or reference a person instead of using his or her or their names.
Personal Pronouns
Singular PluralI WeYou TheyHe/She
Personal Pronouns
CasesNominative/SubjectiveObjectivePossessive
The Nominative Personal
Pronoun
“Nominative” is another word for “name.”
Nominative Personal Pronouns are used to replace the names of persons.
To remember this, “nominative personal pronoun” is just like saying “pronoun for name of a person.”
The Nominative Personal
Pronoun’s Function
The nominative personal pronoun can be a subject in a sentence.
E.g. Have you met Brenda? She enjoys swimming on the weekends.E.g. I love this cake batter. It took only twelve minutes to bake.
The Nominative Personal
Pronoun’s Function
The nominative personal pronoun can also be used after a prepositional phrase where the subject is just being introduced.
E.g. Although the odds were against her, she did not give up.E.g. Because of Billy’s illness, he stayed home from school.
When to Use the
Nominative/SubjectiveYou use the nominative/subjective form when: When the pronoun is
functioning as a subject When the pronoun has a
subject complement When you are doing a
comparison using than or as
After any form of the verb “to be”
When to Use the Objective
You use the objective form when: When using the
pronoun as a direct object
When using the pronoun as an indirect object
When using the pronoun as the object of the preposition
Focus: The Object of the
Preposition Object: In a
sentence, the OBJECT receives the action. It is acted upon.
E.g. She hit me. “Me” is an objective pronoun. It means, that I was HIT. I received the action of the verb.
Verb: In a sentence, the verb is what is actually being performed.
E.g. She hit me. The “hitting” was
actually performed in that sentence.
NOTE: Only a noun can be an object.
Focus: The Object of the
Preposition Preposition: A part
of speech where a defined number of words are used to show origin, location or order.
aboutaboveacrossafteragainstaroundatbeforebehindbelowbeneathbesidebesidesbetweenbeyondbydownduringexcept
forfromininsideintolikenearofoffonoutoutsideoversincethroughthroughouttilltotoward
underuntilupuponwithwithoutaccording tobecause ofby way ofin addition toin front ofin place ofin regard toin spite ofinstead ofon account ofout of
Remember Your Prepositions:
“Johnny in the Box”
Johnny InInsideInside of
OnAboveOverOutsideOutside of
UnderBelowBeneathOut of
Around
ThroughAcross
NearBesideNext to *Specials (origin)
“of” and “from”
Remember Your Prepositions:
“Johnny in the Races”FINISH
Johnny
AheadIn front ofBefore
BehindAfter
BetweenWith
“Competing” Against
The Five Forms of the Verb
Why don’t we still say that the verb is any word that shows action?
Students began to assume that any word that ended in “–ing” was a verb.
That is NOT true.
For example:Reading is fundamental.--Reading in this sentence is an activity, which is a noun. Catherine dyed all of her clothes red with one piece of bleeding fabric. --Bleeding is an adjective describing the fabric.
The 5 Forms of the Verb Base : the verb w/out any
transformation, no suffixes Present: the verb w/ “-s” suffix
added to show present tense Past: the verb w/ “-ed” suffix
added to show past tense Perfect: the verb w/ “-ed” OR “-
en” suffix added to show completion in the present or past
Progressive: the verb w/ “-ing” suffix added to show continuation in the present or past
Base: SwimPresent: SwimsPast: Swam (irr.)Perfect: SwumProg.: Swimming
*Note: Swim is an irregular verb!