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![]() ![]() Determiners, nouns and pronouns Determiners
A determiner is a word which is used before a noun to show which particular example of the noun you are talking about. Examples My English class starts at 7o'clock These students live near the college The books are quite inexpensive In the above examples, the words 'my', 'these' and 'the' are determiners. Nouns A noun is a word that refers to a person, thing, place, event, substance or quality. Examples Man (person) Table (thing) Village (place) Party (event) Water (substance) Quality (trust) Nouns can be concrete: they refer to real things that you can touch. Examples: book, computer Nouns can be abstract: they refer to ideas and qualities. Examples: belief, cost Nouns can refer to actions and events: Examples: robbery, lesson Nouns can refer to jobs and roles: Examples: pilot, parent Pronouns A pronoun is a word that refers to or replaces a noun. Examples Peter has gone to visit his sister. She lives in Paris. We were late for the party. It started at 8 o'clock. Are there any cups? ? Yes, there's one on the table. Everybody enjoyed the cake. I made it myself. In the above examples, 'she', 'we', 'it', 'one,' 'everybody,' 'I', 'it' and 'myself' are pronouns. |
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