We use pronouns in place of nouns. They may be subject (she) or object (her). We already studied thta topic, but there are many things that we don`t know yet.
Examples:
Personals:
She bought a new car yesterday.
We were making the dinner the last month.
Objective:
Carmen helped me with my homework the last night.
My boyfriend invited us to a party.
Possessive:
That wallet which is on the bed is mine.
The cellphone that has my brother is yours.
Reflexive:
Sindy has finished to wash the dishes by herself.
The soccer player scored goals by themselves.
Besides. we have indefinite pronouns:
they have an important characteristic, they are always 3rd person singular.
Examples:
Can somebody help me?
No body helped the elder that fell down in the subway.
In addition we have demonstrative pronouns. They can be use subject and object.
Examples:
These roses belong to my mother.
I would like to buy that blue jacket which is in that boutique.
both of the indefinite articles have the same meaning, the diference is that, we use "a" in front of consonant, on the other hand we use "an" in front of vowel, also both of them are general.
Examples with "a" .
-My father gave to my mother a flower.
-Lucy is drinking a bottle of water.
examples with "an"
My cousin bought an umbrella yesterday.
She has an ugly animal which bought the last Friday.
THE PLURAL OF "A" IS ZERO!
b) The definite article.
When we want to refer an specific thing or something that is known, we must use "the". Also, we sue "the" when thing are unique, its doesn`t matter if it is plural or singular.
Examples.
The children whose are in my school are smart.
The boyfriend of my sister is handsome and attractive.
The Suchitlan lake is one of the most beautiful places in Suchitoto.
The National University of El Salvador has students whose are poor, but intelligent.
My father`s garden is really beautiful and the weather is cold.
The basic rule that you need to know is: Add 's to any personal noun unless it is in the form of a plural ending in -s- in which case, just add an apostrophe (`) .
Examples:
My teacher`s book is very interesting.
Beatris`s watch is very nice.
Lucy`s ring is new.
Plural endings.
The girls`uniforms are the most fascinating of the town.
Being able to find the right subject and verb conrrectly will also help you with commas and semicolons, on that way is important to have knowledge toward subject-verb agreement.
There are many rules, but we are going to study some of them.
1- Two singular subjects connected by or or nor require a singular verb.
Examples:
My nephew or my mother is going to help me with my asingment .
My teacher nor my classmate knows the answer of my question.
2- Two singular subjects connected by either/or or neither/nor require a singular verb.
Neither my friend nor my boyfriend is going to help you.
Either Karly or Sebastian is the right person for the job.
3- When a singular subject is connected by or or nor to a plural subject, put the plural subject last and use a plural verb.
Examples:
The cellphone or the computers go on that table.
The internet or the books are going to help you with your homework.
4- As a general rule use a plural verb with two or more subjects, when they are connected by "and".
Examples:
Carmen and Morena are washing their father`s car.
Flor and Lucy are fighting for Midey, because both of them want to be with her.
1. The studentshave finishedthe examan hour ago. Subject verbal form object time
There are 4 kind of sentence.
Simple.
Compound.
Complex.
Compound sentence.
Simple:: A simple sentence, also called independent clause contains a subject and a verb.
Examples: (A subject is in blue and a verb is in red)
I go to the bed every night.
Juliadances with her boyfriend everyday.
Carlos drinks coffee at the morning.
Compound: A compound sentence should have 2 independent clause joined by a coordinating conjunction . (2 verbs). ( Verbs are in blue and conjunction is in red)
Examples:
Julia and Robert watch tv at night and Taty enjoys a delicious dinner.
My brother writes a gossip column in a newspaper and My sister works with my cousin at the airport.
Also, you can use other conjunction. (For, and nor, but, or, yet and so).
If you want, you can practice coordinating conjunctions following this link.
Complex: A complex sentence has an independent and a dependent clause joined by a subordinating conjunction. ( The subordinating conjunction is in red).
Examples:
A doctor need to study before he does an operation.
A teacher must to prepare a class because he is going to teach a new topic.
Compound- complex sentence: A compound-complex sentence has 2 independent clause + an independent clause. ( dependent clause are in blue and independent in red).
Examples:
She wanted to go with me but She couldnt go out , because She didn´t have a nice dress.
They tried to understad butThe teacher didn´t explain very well, because The teacher didn´t know anything about Math.
A sentence could be affirmative, negative, interrogative, and exclamative.
Other important thing for increasing our knowledge is to know type clauses.
The clauses could be...
and these independent or dependent could be...
Examples:
I know an old man who went to the U.S.
relative clause.
The man with whom you were speaking is my boyfriend.
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