''GROUP PRESENTATION''
Today Iqa and Farhani were present about ''pronouns and article''Definition:pronouns are small words tahat take place of a noun.
Type of pronoun:
1.Personal pronouns-replace nouns
*I,you(singular)
*he,she,it,we,they,you(plural)
Example:
*Adi and saufi are from Shah Alam.(They are from Shah Alam)
2.Reflexive pronouns-intensity antecedents,reflect antecedents.
*myself,yourself,himself,herself,itself,ourself,yourself,themselve.
Example:
*John is talking to him
*John is talking to himself
*Dr Zara Ismail herself conducts the seminar(intensifies antecedent)
*Dr Zara Ismail conducts the seminar herself.(Reflects antecedent)
3.Relative pronouns-join 2 senences,take the place of nouns/pronouns or refer to antecedents.
*who,whose,which,that.
Example:
*The talk on self-development that was attended by many participants was great success.
*Dr Aiman Abdul Rahim,whose reputation is well known across the nation,is from Mersing.
*He conducts workshops on self-development in Putrajaya where his office is located.
4.Interrogative pronouns-form questions
*what,when,where,why,who,how.
Example:
*How do you manage yourself?
*When do you usually face difficulties?
*Where do you go to seek help?
*What do you benefit from a workshops?
*Why do you face diffilculties?
*Who usually helps you?
Articles
A,an
*indifinite used before singular countable nouns.
Ex:
#a guideline,an expert,an apple
The
*definite,used before singular and plural nouns and before countable and uncountable nouns.
Ex:
#the presenter,the audience,the sessions,the time,the money.
*before a superlative
Ex:
# the easiest,the least,the most
*before title or position,where the person's is not mentioned
Ex:
#the presenter,the Queen of England
*before noun,which only one.
Ex:
#the sun.the sky,the moon
We do not use articles with..
*proper nouns such as names of towns,countries,roads or streets
Ex:
#The venue for the workshop is University of New Challenge
*name of games
Ex:
#The male participants love soccer.
Articles
A,an
*indifinite used before singular countable nouns.
Ex:
#a guideline,an expert,an apple
The
*definite,used before singular and plural nouns and before countable and uncountable nouns.
Ex:
#the presenter,the audience,the sessions,the time,the money.
*before a superlative
Ex:
# the easiest,the least,the most
*before title or position,where the person's is not mentioned
Ex:
#the presenter,the Queen of England
*before noun,which only one.
Ex:
#the sun.the sky,the moon
We do not use articles with..
*proper nouns such as names of towns,countries,roads or streets
Ex:
#The venue for the workshop is University of New Challenge
*name of games
Ex:
#The male participants love soccer.
Next,Azreen & Hasmin were present about ''Determiners,conjunctions and prepositions''
Determiners
Def:
Determiners are used to measure uncountable nouns to show quantity.
#Technology is very useful. Nowadays,many seminar rooms are equipped with computers and projectors.Participants are not allowed have food or drinks in the rooms after an incident last month,whereby a participant spilled some coffee and damaged a computer.One of the reason why food and drinks are not permitted in the room to prevent room getting dirty.However some participant are stubborn and still break the rules.
Conjunctions
Def:
Conjunction are words use to link word,phrases,clauses or sentences.Each conjunction can sometimes have more than one function.
Preposition
Def:
Preposition is a word which shows relationships among words in a sentence.The relationships include direction,place,time,cause,manner and amount.
*Preposition of place show you where something is:
*Preposition of time show you the concept of time or duration of time:
*Preposition of movement show younhow something moves in relation to other things.
Next Miss Zue explain about ''subject verb agreement''
*singular subject use singular
#Jack robs liquor stores.
*Plural subject use plural
#Jack and Charlie rob liquor stores.
Ignore word that come between subject and verb
*reduce sentence to simplest form.
Ex:
A good set of skis costs/cost hundreds of dollar.
Compound subject using ''or''
*Look the noun near to the subject.
-neither nor
-either nor
-both or
Indefinate pronouns:
#Everybody
#Everyone
#Somebody
#Anybody
#Every student
#Each of student
*singular ''has''
-Collective nouns ---> singular
-word ending in ''s'' are singular
-Money and measurement are singular
-Expression the number is singular.
*the number -- is
*a number -- are
ex:
Bill is going to exercise
Pronouns
Determiners
Article
Subject verb agreement
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