Intensive and Reflexive Pronouns
Identify the pronoun in "She bought herself a new book."
herself
A group of words wrongly capitalized and punctuated as though it were sentence. This type of sentence fails to express a complete thought.
Fragment
the book of the girl
the girl's book
Words that stand for or take the place of nouns
pronouns
"The chef cooked dinner." What is the action verb?
action
"The cat chased itself up the tree." What is the pronoun? Is it reflexive or intensive?
itself, reflexive
"The sun set beautifully." Is this a fragment, run-on or complete sentence?
complete sentence
Is the following word singular, singular possessive, plural or plural possessive?
student's
singular possessive
List 5 personal pronouns
I, he, her, his, she, you, mine, it, its, him, hers, we, us, them they, their, theirs, your, yours
"They _______ soccer." Add an action verb.
play, watch, kick
"The president _____ approved the new policy."
What pronoun will complete the sentence?
Is it reflexive or intensive?
himself, intensive
"The dog ran with the ball he was very happy." Is this a fragment, run-on or complete sentence?
run-on
Is the following word singular, singular possessive, plural or plural possessive?
women's
plural possessive
Identify the personal pronoun/s:
We decided to give the girl who was standing next to us a cup of soda.
we, us
"The milk smells sour." What type of verb is smells?
True or false: Intensive pronouns can be removed from a sentence without changing its basic meaning.
True
"She bought apples they were ripe they were delicious." Is this a fragment, run-on or complete sentence?
run-on
the chairs of the professors
the professors' chairs
The name of the noun or pronoun that a pronoun replaces
antecedent
"We will go to the park." What is the complete verb phrase? What type of verb is this?
will go, helping
What type of pronoun is used to place special emphasis on another noun or pronoun?
intensive pronouns
"Went to the park and played on the swings." Is this a fragment, run-on or complete sentence?
fragment
the roles belonging to the actresses
the actresses' roles
Complete the sentence with the correct pronoun.
The students cheered after _____ learned the test was canceled.
What is the antecedent?
they, students
"The dog tasted the food." Is "tasted" an action or linking verb here
action verb