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2. Jack doesn't have a radio in his car.
3. Monkeys and apes have thumbs.
4. Scientists don't agree on the origin of the earth.
5. Does Janet work in a large office?
6. Egypt has hot summers and mild winters.
7. Many Vietnamese farmers live in small villages near their fields.
8. Large cities face many serious problems.
9. These problems include poverty, pollution, and crime.
10. An hour consists of sixty minutes. Does a day consist of 1440 minutes?
SUBJECT PRONOUNS
(a) I speak English.
(c) You speak English.
(e) She speaks English.
(g) He speaks English.
( i ) It starts at 8:OO.
(k) We speak English.
(m) You speak English.
(0) They speak English.
OBJECT PRONOUNS
(b) Bob knows me.
(d) Bob knows you.
( f) Bob knows her.
(h) Bob knows him.
( j ) Bob knows it.
(1) Bobtalkstous.
(n) Bob talks to you.
(p) Bob talks to them
SUBBCT - OBJECT
I - m e
you - you
she - her
he - him
it - it
we - us
you - you
thoy - thm
(q) I know Ton~He is a friendly person,
( r ) I like Tony. I know him well.
u-
( s ) I have o red book. It is on my desk.
u-
A pronoun has the same meaning as a noun. In
(q): he has the same meaning as Tony. In (r):
him has the same meaning as Tony. In grammar,
we say that a pronoun "refers to" a noun. The
pronouns he and him refer to the noun Tony.
Sometimes a pronoun refers to a "noun phrase."
In (s): it refers to the whole phrase a red book.
NOUNS AND PRONOUNS .
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