pronouns and articles


today we started group presentation about grammar. groups that presented today were group 1:ika & hani- pronouns & articles and group 2: min & azreen -Determiners,conjunctions and prepositions 


GROUP 1
PRONOUNS!
Definition:pronouns are small words tahat take place of a noun.

Type of pronoun:

1.Personal pronouns-replace nouns
*I,you(singular)
*he,she,it,we,they,you(plural)
Example:
*Adi and saufi are from Shah Alam.(They are from Shah Alam)

2.Reflexive pronouns-intensity antecedents,reflect antecedents.
*myself,yourself,himself,herself,itself,ourself,yourself,themselve.
Example:
*John is talking to him
*John is talking to himself
*Dr Zara Ismail herself conducts the seminar(intensifies antecedent)
*Dr Zara Ismail conducts the seminar herself.(Reflects antecedent)

3.Relative pronouns-join 2 senences,take the place of nouns/pronouns or refer to antecedents.
*who,whose,which,that.
Example:

*The talk on self-development that was attended by many participants was great success.
*Dr Aiman Abdul Rahim,whose reputation is well known across the nation,is from Mersing.
*He conducts workshops on self-development in Putrajaya where his office is located.


4.Interrogative pronouns-form questions
*what,when,where,why,who,how.
Example:

*How do you manage yourself?

*When do you usually face difficulties?
*Where do you go to seek help?
*What do you benefit from a workshops?
*Why do you face diffilculties?
*Who usually helps you?

ARTICLES!

A,an
*indifinite used before singular countable nouns.
Ex:
#a guideline,an expert,an apple

The
*definite,used before singular and plural nouns and before countable and uncountable nouns.
Ex:
#the presenter,the audience,the sessions,the time,the money.

*before a superlative
Ex:
the easiest,the least,the most

*before title or position,where the person's is not mentioned
Ex:
#the presenter,the Queen of England

*before noun,which only one.
Ex:
#the sun.the sky,the moon

We do not use articles with..

*proper nouns such as names of towns,countries,roads or streets
Ex:
#The venue for the workshop is University of New Challenge

*name of games
Ex:
#The male participants love soccer.

GROUP 2

Determiners 
Def:

Determiners are used to measure uncountable nouns to show quantity.


Ex:

#Technology is very useful. Nowadays,many seminar rooms are equipped with computers and projectors.Participants are not allowed have food or drinks in the rooms after an incident last month,whereby a participant spilled some coffee and damaged a computer.One of the reason why food and drinks are not permitted in the room to prevent room getting dirty.However some participant are stubborn and still break the rules.

Conjunctions

Def:
Conjunction are words use to link word,phrases,clauses or sentences.Each conjunction can sometimes have more than one function.






Preposition
Def:
Preposition is a word which shows relationships among words in a sentence.The relationships include direction,place,time,cause,manner and amount.



*Preposition of place show you where something is:





*Preposition of time show you the concept of time or duration of time:



*Preposition of movement show younhow something moves in relation to other things.








Pronouns

Determiners

Article

Subject verb agreement

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