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Pronouns and Clauses
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| Part of Speech | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Pronoun | A word that takes the place of a noun, | I, he, she, it, there, all there are lots of Pronouns! |
| antecedant | the noun the pronoun takes place of | It takes the place of the word pie in the sentence, Tara ate it. |
| Personal Pronouns | A pronoun that takes the place of a person's name, | ex. the pronoun he takes the place of the name Daniel in the sentence Daniel sold games. other ex.- you, them, we, it, he, she |
| Compound Personal Pronouns | add selves to a personal pronoun | ex. themselves, yourself, herself, ourselves |
| Singular Indefinite Pronouns | Does not refer to any specific peron or thing | All of the pie is gone. All is the answer |
| Demonstrative Pronoun | Which persons or things are referred to. | This, that, these, those |
| Interogative Pronouns | Pronouns used to ask qestions | Who, which, what, whom, whose |
| Subjet Pronoun | used when they take the place of a subject antecedant or follow a linking verb. | my, I, his, her, it |
| Object Pronoun | When the antecedant is the object of the verb or the preposition | We brought him to the mall.Him is the answer |
| Possesive Pronouns | exspreses ownership | my, ours, yours, his, her's,its |
| direct object | a noun, pronoun, or word group that tells who or what recieves the action of the verb. | Sam arranged the desks into a circle. desks is the answer |
| indirect object | comes after the direct object and tells to whom or for whom the verb is done for | She gave me the report. report is the answer |
| adjetive clause | modifies a noun or a pronoun in the independent clause of a complex sentence | My dad, who is great, will be there. "who is great" is the answer |
| adverb clause | a subordinate clause that modifies a verb or adverb in the independent clause of a complex sentence | We had worked hard for a week. For a week is the answer. (tells how, why, to what extent, where) |
| subordinate clause | a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence | was a great show |
| independent clause | one complete subject and one complete verb that can stand alone as a sentence | I like ice cream |
| essential clause | a clause that a sentence needs in order to be a sentence | (blank) |
| nonessential clause | clause that is not nessesary for the sentence | (blank) |
| simple sentence | one complete subject and on complete verb | I love the blue sky. |
| compound sentence | two complete subjects and two complete verbs | We went to go swimming, but we actually played in the sand. |
| Complex sentence | an independent clause with a subordinate clause | As you know, I don't care if you go. |
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