Pronoun, Conjunction, Interjection and Preposition

1. B Y:
ER SIK A PU SPITA D A N I, S. PD , M. H U M
PART OF SPEECH II
(PRONOUN, CONJUNCTION,
INTERJECTION, AND PREPOSITION)

2. PERSONAL PRONOUNS: SUBJECTS
AND OBJECTS
Kinds Subject
Pronoun
Object
Pronoun
Examples
: Subject
Verb Object
Singular
He Him She Loves Her
She Her He Loves Him
It It We love It
I Me You love Me
plural
You You I love You
We Us They Love Us
They Them We Love Them

3. Explanation:
• We can use an object pronoun to substitute for an object noun.
e.g: Jhon has two laptops. He is installing them well. I
know him.
• “he” is a pronoun. It refers to “John”. It is used in place of the noun
“John”
• “Him” is a pronoun. It refers to“John”.
• He is subject pronoun, him is an object pronoun.
• We use them for plural people and things
E.g: I have two brothers. You know them.
•
An object pronoun can follow preposition.
e.g: My mother has a son. She always talks about
him.

4. POSSESIVE PRONOUN AND
POSSESIVE ADJECTIVE
• A possessive pronoun is used alone, without a noun
following it.
• A possessive adjective is used only with a noun following
it.

5. Kinds Subject
Pronoun
Possessive
Pronoun
Possessive
Adjectives
Singular
He His His
She hers Her
It - Its
I mine My
plural
You yours Your
We ours Our
They theirs Their

6. e.g: This book belongs to me
Possessive Pronoun Possessive Adjectives
I It is mine It is my book
You It is yours It is your book
We It is ours It is our book
They It is theirs It is their book
She It is hers It is her book
He It is his It is his book
It - I have a book. Its cover is blue

7. REFLEXIVE PRONOUN
• Reflexive pronouns end in –self/-selves.
• e.g: I saw myself in the mirror
You can do it by yourself
Kinds Subject Reflexive
Pronoun
Singular
He Himself
She Herself
It Itself
I Myself
plural
You Yourself/
yourselves
We Ourselves
They Themselves

8. CONJUNCTION
join or connect
words,
phrases, and
clauses within a sentence.

9. COORDINATING CONJUNCTION
• connect words, phrases, and clauses that are equally
important.
• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS)
• e.g:
A. We went to the zoo, but we did not have time for the museum.
B. She has to work late tonight, so she cannot make it to party.
c. Let's go to the beach or mountain.
d. On Friday night we watched TV and a movie.

10. CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS
 connect words, phrases, and clauses that are equally
important, but these conjunctions are always used in pairs.
• Both - and
• Not only - but also
• Neither - nor
• Either - or
E.g: Both Bella and Lissa are busy.
Neither Kina nor Tri was mentioned.

11. SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
show relationships
time  reason  purpose  condition
after before although even though
Because as if as long as
Till provided that Until unless
When once as soon as while
Whereas in spite of despite etc
Examples:
1. When I went to Berastagi, I took a picture of Monkey. (Time relationship)
2. Keisha was upset because her boyfriend moved away. (Cause or
reason)

12. INTERJECTIONS!
• Interjections are used to express feelings or emotions.
• They are the least used part of speech.
• Interjections function independently from the rest of the
sentence
• Huh? What does that mean?
• It is therefore set off from the rest of the sentence by a
comma or exclamation mark.

13. INTERJECTIONS!
• Common interjections (Complete list on p. 388 of your
text)
• Wow
• Oh
• Ouch
• Tsk
• Uh
• Alas
• Woah
• Oops
• Psst

14. INTERJECTIONS!
• Wow! Did you see that play?
• Ouch! That hurts!
• I, uh, think we should leave now.
• Woah! How did he catch that?
• My, that certainly is a huge cat.

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16. PREPOSITION
About beside inside To
Above Besides Like Toward
Across Between Near Under
After Beyond Of Underneath
Against By Off Until
Along Despite On Up
among Down Out With
Around During Outside Within
At Except Over Without
Before For Past Out of
Behind From Since Up to
Below In Through With the exception
of
Beneath Into throughout Due to