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Pronoun Article Conjunction Preposition

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PART OF SPEECH

PRONOUN, ARTICLE,
CONJUNCTION, PREPOSITION
TYPES OF PART OF SPEECH
 NOUN
 VERB
 ADJECTIVE
 ADVERB
 PRONOUN
 ARTICLE
 CONJUNCTION
 PREPOSITION
PRONOUN
A pronoun is a word that takes the
place of a noun in a sentence.

Subject and Object Pronouns


Subject Pronouns Object Pronouns
I Me
We Us
You You
She Her
He Him
It It
They Them
PRONOUN

 Example: She decided to go to a
movie.
 Example: She planned to
ask him for an interview.
FIND THE PRONOUN!
ARTICLE

 Articlesinclude a, an, and the.
They precede a noun or a noun
phrase in a sentence.
 Example 1: They wanted a house
with a big porch.
 Example 2: He bought the blue
sweater on sale.
ARTICLES

Use indefinite article a / an


 when first describing something, or making a
general statement about something not known or
without any details. Use an when the word
following begins with a vowel.
Suddenly a man appeared outside the window.
That is an interesting point.

 to give an example.
A thermometer is used for measuring temperature.
ARTICLES

Use indefinite article a / an


 todescribe one of a class of things or
people.
Paula is an Italian. She's a teacher.
It's a racing bike.

 for rates and speeds etc.


Some people can cycle at 50 km an hour.
A / AN?
• mistake A • honor
AN
A • uniform A• hill
• hour AN • interesting dream AN
AN • abbreviation AN• urgent message
• union A • handsome man A
A • hole in the ground
AN• empty box
• dream A • universal problem A
AN • untrue story AN• honest man
• box A
AN• unhappy child
ARTICLES

Use zero article


to describe something general or uncountable.
Love makes the world go round. Water boils at
100°C.
Some people believe that men and women think
differently
with proper names, though these can begin with
the if they have details following them.
Kate lives in Manchester in a little street called
Green Street.
This is Mary Smith.
ARTICLES

Use zero article


 with
general examples, countable or
uncountable.

Doctors often have to work more than a


hundred hours a week.
Water is a scarce resource in many parts of
the world.
ARTICLES: THE VS A/AN

1. A: Did you have ___ good


time at ___ party last night?
• B: Yes.
• A: So did I. I'm glad that you
decided to go with me.
ARTICLES: THE VS A/AN

• 2. A: What did you do


last night?
• B: I went to ____ party.
• A: Oh? Where was it?
ARTICLES: THE VS A/AN

• 3. A: Do you have ____


car?
• B: No. But I have ___
bicycle.
ARTICLES: THE VS A/AN

• 4. A: Do you need ____ car today?


• B: Yes. I have a lot of errands to
do. Why don't I drive you to work
today?
• A: Okay. But be sure to fill ____ car
up with gas sometime today.
ARTICLES: THE VS A/AN

• 5. A: I bought ____ table


yesterday.
• B: Oh? I didn't how you
went shopping for furniture.
ARTICLES: THE VS A/AN

•6. A: Have you seen my


keys?
•B: Yes. They're on ____
table next to ____ front
door.
ARTICLES: THE VS A/AN

•7. A: Is Mr. Jones ____


graduate student?
•B: No. He's ____
professor.
ARTICLES: THE VS A/AN

•8. A: Where's ___


professor?
•B: She's absent today.
CONJUNCTION
 A conjunction is a word that joins two
independent clauses, or sentences, together.

 Example 1: Ellen wanted to take a drive into the


city, but the cost of gasoline was too high.
 Example 2: Richard planned to study abroad in
Japan, so he decided to learn the language.

 In the examples above, both but and so are


conjunctions. They join two complete sentences
with the help of a comma. And, but, for, or,
nor, so, and yet can all act as conjunctions.
PREPOSITION
 Prepositions work in combination with a
noun or pronoun to create phrases that
modify verbs, nouns/pronouns, or
adjectives. Prepositional phrases convey a
spatial, temporal, or directional meaning.
 Example 1 : She always sits beside me.
 Example 2: My boarding house is near the
campus.
 The prepositions in the examples above
are beside and near.
PREPOSITION
list of prepositions in the English language:

Aboard, about, above, across, after, against,


along, amid, among, around, at, before, behind,
below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by,
down, during, except, for, from, in, into, like,
near, of, off, on, onto, out, over, past, since,
through, throughout, to, toward, under,
underneath, until, unto, up, upon, with, within,
without.
PREPOSITIONS: in, at, on
PREPOSITIONS:
INTO, OUT OF
PREPOSITIONS:
INSIDE, OUTSIDE, TO, FROM
PREPOSITIONS:
BELOW, UNDER, BENEATH
PREPOSITIONS:
ABOVE, OVER
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