Pronouns and Determiners

Which sentence has a demonstrative determiner?

• I'd like to buy that hat.

• Give me that!

• She bought me a car.

• The hat is mine.

Which word is the 3rd person possessive pronoun?

• our

• he

• him

• hers

• her

Which word is the 2nd person possessive determiner?

• our

• your

• yours

• ours

Pronouns are...

• professional nouns - they are really good at being nouns (i.e they are obviously nouns)

• words that help other nouns to create a noun phrase

• used instead of nouns (often to avoid repetition)

• words that show a relationship between one object and another (to avoid confusion)

Determiners are

• words that replace nouns

• a group of modifying words that help us understand which noun we are referring to

• a group of dark, gliding creatures native to Azkaban

• words that signal possession

Which of these pronouns are subjective pronouns?

• I

• She

• Me

• Them

Which of these pronouns are objective pronouns?

• me

• we

• her

• us

What part of the sentence is the underlined word: She hit John in the face

• subject

• verb

• object

• pronoun

What is the subject in this sentence? Mary found Peter in reception

• Mary

• found

• Peter

• in reception

Which sentence has a demonstrative pronoun?

• I'd like to buy that hat.

• Give me that!

• She bought me a car.

• The hat is mine.