Demonstrative Pronouns
Q. How do you teach pronouns?
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Table of Contents
- Q. How do you teach pronouns?
- Q. What pronoun is used for dog?
- Q. Is a dog a who or a what?
- Q. Which pronoun is used for giraffe?
- Q. Is giraffe a proper noun?
- Q. Which pronoun is used for animal or a thing?
- Q. Which pronoun is used for frog?
- Q. Which pronoun is used for flowers?
- Q. Can they refer to things?
- Q. What to use instead of Whose for things?
- Q. Can they be used for a single person?
- Ask students which words have been replaced by new words.
- Explain that pronouns replace proper names and nouns such as “David,” “Anna and Susan,” “the book,” etc.
- Ask students which pronouns would replace different names and objects. Make sure to switch between singular and plural subject pronouns.
Q. What pronoun is used for dog?
An animal is referred as “it” unless the relationship is personal (like a pet that has a name). Then it’s OK to use “he” or “she” when referring to the animal.
| Demonstrative Pronouns These represent a thing or things. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Refers to things that are nearby | this | these |
| Refers to things that are far away | that | those |
Q. Is a dog a who or a what?
The Associated Press Stylebook (AP style) says that animals with names should be referred to as who, while animals without names should be referred to as that or which.
Q. Which pronoun is used for giraffe?
Why ‘he’ and ‘she’ are typically used for people For animals, genders may be appropriate when the gender is known, but it is standard to refer to general animal words. Without further information, cat, dog, giraffe, platypus – these are all neutral.
Q. Is giraffe a proper noun?
The names of specific animals are proper nouns. Hence, students write Giraffe, Snake, Lion, etc. The specific members of the family are proper nouns.
Q. Which pronoun is used for animal or a thing?
So, why do we use ‘she’ or ‘he’ to refer to animals? Simply, it acts to personalise the animal. Therefore, you can choose to use ‘she’ or ‘he’ as a pronoun for an animal be it a pet, a working animal or a wild animal.
Q. Which pronoun is used for frog?
Definition
| Subjective | Possessive | |
|---|---|---|
| frogs | frogs’ | |
| witches | witches’ | |
| Personal Pronouns | ||
| Singular | ||
Q. Which pronoun is used for flowers?
Here “I,” a pronoun, is the subject and the noun “flowers” is the object.
Q. Can they refer to things?
Yes “they” is correct when referring to inanimate objects. From Merriam-Webster: those ones — used as third person pronoun serving as the plural of he, she, or it… Your second sentence is incorrect because you are referring to multiple apples.
Q. What to use instead of Whose for things?
Which and that, the relative pronouns for animals and objects do not have an equivalent so “whose” can be used here as well, such as in “the movie, whose name I can’t remember.” Whose is appropriate for inanimate objects in all cases except the interrogative case, where “whose” is in the beginning of a sentence.
Q. Can they be used for a single person?
According to standard grammar, “they” and its related forms can only agree with plural antecedents. “They” most often turns singular in common usage when its antecedent is considered generic, not referring to a single known person.
