Types of pronouns in an English report on agriculture
1. School agricultura north-east
EANOR
English ll
Ing. Oscar Garcia
report # 5
different types of pronouns
Echeverria Alvarado, Sulmi
5th. Agrónomo Expert “A”
Zacapa, March 4th of two thousand and fifteen
4. PRESENT PARTICIPLE
He present participle is often used when we want to express an active action. In English we add -ing
to the infinitive of the verb.
Use of the present participle
Progressive Tenses
• He is reading a book.
• He was reading a book.
Gerund
• Reading books is fun.
• He likes reading books.
• Adjective
• Look at the reading boy.
Together with other words
• He came reading around the corner.
• He sat reading in the corner.
• I saw him reading.
5. PAST PARTICIPLE
The present participle is often used when we want to express a passive action. In English we add -ed to the infinitive of regular verbs.
We use the 3rd column of the table of the irregular verbs.
Passiv voice
• A house is built.
• A house was built.
Adjective
• Look at the washed car.
Together with other words
• The car washed yesterday is blue.
• He had his car washed.
Compounds with the past participle
• This combination is also known as perfect participle. It is used to form an active sentence with the past participle. There is a time
gap between the actions.
Past participle and having
• Having read the book the boy came out of the room.
• One action happened after the other.
Present participle
• The boy came reading out of the room.
• Both actions happened at the same time.
6. USO DE SHOULD
Positive form
SUBJECT + (SHOULD + Verb BASE FORM) + COMPLEMENT
EXAMPLES:
– YOU SHOULD GO TO THE DOCTOR.
– ELENE SHOULD TALK TO HER HUSBAND MORE.
– THEY SHOULD STOP SMOKING.
Negative form
SUBJECT + (SHOULDN’T (should not)+ Verb BASE FORM)+ COMPLEMENT
EXAMPLES:
– YOU SHOULDN’T WORK TOO MUCH.
– JOHN SHOULDN’T PLAY FUTBOL BECAUSE HE IS NOT FEELING WELL.
– THEY SHOULDN’T WEAR JEANS TO GO TO WORK.
Question form
QUESTION WORD + (SHOULD + SUBJECT + Verb BASE FORM) + COMPLEMENT
– WHERE SHOULD I STUDY ENGLISH?
– WHAT SHOULD WE DO WHEN THERE IS AN EARTHQUAKE?
– SHOULD WE BUY A USED OR NEW CAR?
7. • USO – Cuando usamos SHOULD
• – We use SHOULD to express an ADVICE or SUGGESTION
• Example:
• a) What’s wrong?
b) I have a headache.
a) You should take a pill.
• * Usar SHOULD es la forma mas practica de dar CONSEJOS y sugerencias. Es muy facil de usar ya que todas las personas (I,
you, he, she, it, we, you, they) usan la misma estructura y conjugacion.
• REPASO
8. reflexive pronoun
singular
myself
yourself
himself, herself, itself
plural
ourselves
yourselves
themselves
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
reflexive (adj.) [grammar]: reflecting back on the subject, like a mirror
We use a reflexive pronoun when we want to refer back to the subject of the sentence or clause.
Reflexive pronouns end in "-self" (singular) or "-selves" (plural).
There are eight reflexive pronouns:
9. non-reflexive
the underlined words are NOT the same person/thing
REFLEXIVE pronouns
the underlined words are the SAME person/thing
John saw me. I saw myself in the mirror.
Why does he blame you? Why do you blame yourself?
David sent him a copy. John sent himself a copy.
David sent her a copy. Mary sent herself a copy.
My dog hurt the cat. My dog hurt itself.
We blame you. We blame ourselves.
Can you help my children? Can you help yourselves?
They cannot look after the babies. They cannot look after themselves.
Look at these examples:
10. PERSONAL PRONOUNS
are words we use in the place of a full noun. We have both subject and
object pronouns:
We use he/him to refer to men, and she/her to refer to women. When we are not sure if we are talking about a
man or a woman we use they/them.
This is Jack. He’s my brother. I don’t think you have met him.
This is Angela. She’s my sister. Have you met her before?
Talk to a friend. Ask them to help you.
You could go to a doctor. They might help you.
Subject pronouns
We use subject pronouns as subject of the verb:
I like your dress.
You are late.
He is my friend
It is raining
She is on holiday
We live in England.
They come from London.
Subject Object
I me
you you
he him
she her
it it
we us
you you
they them
11. Object pronouns
We use object pronouns:
• as the object of the verb:
Can you help me please?
I can see you.
She doesn’t like him.
I saw her in town today.
We saw them in town yesterday, but they didn’t see us.
• after prepositions:
She is waiting for me.
I’ll get it for you.
Give it to him.
Why are you looking at her?
Don’t take it from us.
I’ll speak to them.
12. SOMEBODY SOMEONE SOMETHING
anybody anyone anything
nobody no one nothing
everybody everyone everything
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
We use indefinite pronouns to refer to people or things without saying exactly who or what
they are. We use pronouns ending in -body or -one for people, and pronouns ending in -
thing for things:
Everybody enjoyed the concert.
I opened the door but there was no one at home.
It was a very clear day. We could see everything.
13. We use a singular verb after an indefinite pronoun:
• Everybody loves Sally.
• Everything was ready for the party.
When we refer back to an indefinite pronoun we normally use a plural pronoun:
• Everybody enjoyed the concert. They stood up and clapped.
• I will tell somebody that dinner is ready. They have been waiting a long time.
We can add -'s to an indefinite pronoun to make a possessive. They were staying in somebody’s
house. Is this anybody’s coat?
We use indefinite pronouns with no- as the subject in negative clauses (not pronouns with any.)
We do not use another negative in a clause with nobody, no one or nothing:
• Nobody came.
Nothing happened.
We use else after indefinite pronouns to refer to people or things in addition to the ones we already
mentioned.
• All the family came, but no one else.
If Michael can’t come we’ll ask somebody else.
So that's eggs, peas and chips. Do you want anything else?
