Week 6/Grammar :Pronouns

MUG #6
Pronouns

link phrases and clauses to each other.

Relative

point to or identify something.

Demonstrative

​Pronouns- pronouns replace nouns

Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are the “pointing pronouns” and include this, that, these, and those.

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentences. What's the downside of using a demonstrative pronoun?

1. This is proof of the book’s theme.

2. That is the only way out.

3. These don’t belong to you, but those

do.

• They are always very specific and let you know exactly what's being referred to

• They aren't very specific if you haven't already named what the pronoun replaces

• They take up a lot of room when you write

• They are hard to spell

Multiple Choice

Select the correct demonstrative pronoun to complete this sentence:

Can you grab the shoes? ----- are his!

• those
• them
• that
• these

Multiple Choice

Select the correct demonstrative pronoun to complete this sentence:

Why do I have to take a test on Grammar! We'll never use ----- stuff!

• those
• them
• this

• these

Multiple Select

Select the correct demonstrative pronoun to complete this sentence:

I don't want Godiva chocolates; I want -----.

• those
• them
• this

• these

Demonstrative Pronouns

​Point out a specific person place or thing

​
​this that these those

What is that?

This is the uniform once worn by George Washington​.

These are the shoes he used to wear.

Are those really his autographs?​

Be careful....

​Sometimes these could be used as adjectives.

Pronoun: This is a delicious strawberry. (This refers to the strawberry)

Adjective: This strawberry is delicious. ​(This modifies strawberry)

​

Pronoun: That is the stamp my cousin sent from Sweden. ​(That refers to the stamp)

Adjective: That stamp was the first in my collection. (That modifies stamp)​

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Multiple Choice

Is this being used as a pronoun or an adjective?

That is my jacket.

• Pronoun

• Adjective

Multiple Choice

Is this being used as a pronoun or an adjective?

This jacket must be yours.

• Pronoun

• Adjective

Multiple Choice

Is this being used as a pronoun or an adjective?

That was the funniest thing I have ever seen a dog do.

• Pronoun

• Adjective

Multiple Choice

Is this being used as a pronoun or an adjective?

These were the shoes worn by Thomas Jefferson.

• Pronoun

• Adjective

Relative Pronouns

​Introduce a subordinate clause

​
that which who whom whose

​George Washington, who became the first president, was a great general in the Revolutionary War.

​

Robins are among the birds that migrate south for the winter.​

Multiple Choice

Identify these pronouns as Relative or Demonstrative:

The only student that could complete the obstacle course was Sophia.

• Demonstrative

• Relative

Multiple Choice

Identify these pronouns as Relative or Demonstrative:

The light bulb, which has been flickering for a few days, finally burned out.

• Demonstrative

• Relative

Multiple Choice

Identify these pronouns as Relative or Demonstrative:

We have to choose between these, and the ones we looked at yesterday.

• Demonstrative

• Relative

Multiple Choice

Identify these pronouns as Relative or Demonstrative:

This is good, but Chrissy's report is better.

• Demonstrative

• Relative

Multiple Choice

Identify these pronouns as Relative or Demonstrative:

The new teacher, whom we have not yet met, will start on Monday.

• Demonstrative

• Relative

Poll

I can identify Demonstrative and Relative pronouns in a sentence.

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree

Poll

I feel confident enough to help someone else with identifying Demonstrative and Relative pronouns.

• Strongly agree

• Agree

• Disagree

• Strongly Disagree