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Subject, Verb, Complement, Modifier (Definition)
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Make 5 sentences and determine its pronoun
Definition Of Subject
The subject of a sentence or clause is the part of
the sentence or clause about which something is being said. It is usually the doer of the action. It is a noun or a pronoun. All of the subjects on this page are
italicized.
The location of the
subject in English is normally located before the verb (verb). In the words of
the command (imperative / command), you are considered as the subject says.
Subject may be in the form of the word.
Example :
1. I am cooking now.
2. You never walk alone.
3. He makes me angry.
4. She is perfect girl.
5. It is growing up
very fast.
Definition Of Verb
a word that
characteristically is the grammatical center of a predicate and expresses an
act, occurrence, or mode of being, that in various languages is inflected for
agreement with the subject, for tense, for voice, for mood, or for aspect, and
that typically has rather full descriptive meaning and characterizing quality
but is sometimes nearly devoid of these especially when used as an auxiliary or
linking verb.
Example :
1. We gathered the
party at 7 pm with Stefi yesterday.
2. The building has
been ruined by the plane.
3. The Postman
delivered those letters to Me 2 days ago.
4. He had killed my
uncle when I was 21 years old.
5. I don’t know that
you came to my house last night
Definition Of
Complement
a word or group of
words that completes the meaning of the subject, verb, or object. Thus, there
are three kinds of complement, namely: subject, verb, and object complement.
Example :
1. I need lime to
reduce soil acidity.
2. Plants absorb water
and nutrients from soil.
3. She saw Santi at the
movie last night.
4. My father drives an
old motorcyle.
5. John bought a new game
yesterday.
Definition Of Modifier
a word, phrase, or
clause that functions as an adjective or adverb that describes another word or
group of words. Propositional modifier is a phrase or sentence that can be said
to be started by the next word and terminated by a noun
Example :
1.My Mother / is
cooking / dinner / tonight
subject / verb phrase/
complement / modifier of time
2.Dhitya/ has visited /
his Girlfriend
subject / verb phrase /
complement
3. They/ eat / lunch
/in this restaurant/ today
subject/ verb phrase /
complement/ modifier of place/ modifier of time
4. Don/ should have
bought/ gasoline /yesterday
subject/ verb phrase/
complement/ modifier of time
5. It/ was cloudly /at
seven o’clock this morning
subject/ verb phrase /
modifier of time
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Mention & define the kinds of pronoun
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Give the example of each kind pronoun
Definition Of Pronoun
Pronoun is a word that
is used instead of a noun, e.g. he, she,
it, they, his, her, him its etc.
Example :
John is an intelligent
student. He goes to school daily. He studies a lot. He is making preparation
for examination. He will get high marks examination.
In the above paragraph
pronoun “he” is used instead of noun “John”. If we do not use pronoun in above
paragraph we will have to use the noun “John” again and again in each sentence.
So, the purpose of pronoun is to avoid the repetition of a noun.
Examples. He, she, it, they, you, I, we, who, him,
her, them, me, us, whom, his, its, their, your, mine, our and whose, myself,
himself, herself , yourself, which,
this, that these, those, are the
pronouns which are mostly used.
Types Of Pronoun
*Personal Pronoun
Personal pronoun
describes a particular person or thing or group.Personal pronoun describes the
person speaking (I, me, we, us), the person spoken to (you), or the person or
thing spoken about (he, she, it, they, him, her, them).
Example :
He helps poor.
The pronoun “he” in above sentence describes a person who
helps poor.
*Possessive Pronoun
Possessive Pronoun
indicates close possession or ownership or relationship of a thing/person to
another thing/person.
e.g. yours, mine, his,
hers, ours, theirs, hers,
Example :
This book is mine.
The pronoun “mine” describes the relationship between book
and a person (me) who possesses this book or who is the owner of this book.
*Reflexive pronoun
Reflexive pronoun
describes noun when subject’s action affects the subject itself.
e.g himself, yourself, herself, ourselves, themselves, itself are reflexive pronouns. Reflexive pronouns always act as objects not subjects,
and they require an interaction between the subject and an object.
Example :
1.
I looked at myself
in the mirror.
2.
You should think about
yourself.
3.
They prepared themselves
for completion.
* Reciprocal Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronouns are
used when each of two or more subjects reciprocate to the other.
or
Reciprocal pronouns are
used when two subjects act in same way towards each other, or, more subjects
act in same way to one another.
For example, A loves B and B love A. we can say that A and
B loves each other.
There are two
reciprocal pronouns
Each other
One another.
Examples.
1.
John and Marry are
talking to each other.
2.
The students gave cards
to one another.
3.
The people helped one
another in hospital.
* Relative Pronoun
Relative Pronoun
describes a noun which is mentioned before and more information is to be given
about it.
Or
Relative pronoun is a
pronoun which joins relative clauses and relative sentences.
For example, It is the
person, who helped her.
In this sentence the
word “who” is a relative pronoun which refers to the noun (the person) which is
already mentioned in beginning of sentence (It is the person) and more
information (he helped her) is given after using a relative pronoun (who) for
the noun (the person).
Similarly, in above
sentence the pronoun “who” joins two clauses which are “it is the person” and
“who helped her”.
Example :
1.
It is the girl who
got first position in class.
2.
Adjective is a word that
modifies noun.
3.
The man whom I
met yesterday is a nice person.
*Demonstrative pronoun
Demonstrative pronoun
is a pronoun that points to a thing or things.
e.g. this, that, these, those, none, neither
These pronouns point to
thing or things in short distance/time or long distance/time.
Short distance or time: This,
these.
Long distance or time: That,
those.
Demonstrative pronouns
“this and that” are used for singular thing while “these or those” are used for
plural things.
Example :
1.
This is black.
2.
That is heavy.
3.
Can you see these?
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