Identifying Recipients in Sentences

The video tutorial explains the use of the dative case in grammar, focusing on how to express writing to various people and groups. It provides examples for different subjects such as friends, family members, and colleagues, demonstrating the correct use of pronouns and possessive forms in sentences.

What question do we ask to identify the dative case?

• Who?

• Why?

• What?

• To whom?

Who are you writing to when you say 'I am writing to my friend'?

• My sister

• My friend

• My brother

• My father

In the sentence 'He is writing to his brother', who is the recipient?

• His father

• His brother

• His friend

• His sister

When you say 'We are writing to our father', who is the recipient?

• Our brother

• Our friend

• Our sister

• Our father

In the sentence 'She is writing to her sister', who is the recipient?

• Her sister

• Her brother

• Her friend

• Her father

Who are you writing to when you say 'I am writing to my child'?

• My child

• My friend

• My father

• My sister

In the sentence 'He is writing to his grandson', who is the recipient?

• His father

• His friend

• His sister

• His grandson

When you say 'We are writing to our team', who is the recipient?

• Our sister

• Our father

• Our team

• Our friend

In the sentence 'You are writing to your parents', who is the recipient?

• Your sister

• Your brother

• Your friend

• Your parents

Who are they writing to when you say 'They are writing to their colleagues'?

• Their father

• Their friend

• Their colleagues

• Their sister