STEP NUMBER 12

HERE ARE EXAMPLES OF INDEPENDENT AND DEPENDENT CLAUSES

INDEPENDENT
SUBJECT + VERB = IMPORTANT IDEA
IMPORTANT IDEA = INDEPENDENT CLAUSE

EXAMPLES:

The teacher laughed at the crying student. The students worshiped the teacher.

IF ONLY LIFE WERE LIKE THAT

WED ALL BE BETTER OFF!

BACK TO REALITY
The teacher laughed at the crying student.
Laughed = a verb (you know this because of the ed ending, which means it is in the past. Thus, it has been conjugated). The teacher = the subject (you know this because it has the article the in front of the word teacher making teacher the subject. When a noun precedes the verb, which is normal English syntax, that noun becomes the subject of the verb).

CONTINUED
The students worshiped the teacher.
Worshiped = a verb (you know this because of the ed ending, which means it is in the past. Thus, it has been conjugated). The students = the subject (you know this because it has the article the in front of the word students making students a noun. When a noun precedes the verb, which is normally English syntax, that noun becomes the subject of the verb).

STEP (LUCKY) NUMBER 13

The subject of a verb can be either a noun or a pronoun

REPEAT NUMBER 13
The subject of a verb can be either a noun or a pronoun.
You know a word is a noun because it has a, an, or the in front of it. Or It can be made plural (more than one).

quick reminder
When we place a noun in front of a verb, the noun becomes the subject of the verb. (Thats normal English syntax.)

STEP NUMBER 14
Pronouns are different than nouns. The following is the test that determines which words are pronouns.

SORRY!!!
THERE IS NO TEST TO DETERMINE WHICH WORDS ARE PRONOUNS.

YOU HAVE TO MEMORIZE THEM

STEP NUMBER 15: THE FOLLOWING IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF PRONOUNS

A COMPREHENSIVE LIST
1ST PERSON SINGULAR 2ND PERSON SINGULAR YOU 3RD PERSON SINGULAR HE/SHE/IT 1ST PERSON PLURAL WE 3RD PERSON PLURAL THEY

SUBJECTIVE PRONOUNS OBJECTIVE PRONOUNS

ME

YOU

HE/SHE/IT

US

THEM

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

MY

YOUR

HIS/HER/ITS

OURS

THEIR

MYSELF

YOURSELF

HIMSELF HERSELF ITSELF

OURSELF

THEMSELVES

EXPANDING OUR DEFINTIONS

A SUBJECT WAS WHEN A NOUN WAS PLACED IN FRONT OF A VERB. -THEN THAT NOUN BECAME THE SUBJECT OF THE VERB.

STEP NUMBER 16
A SUBJECT IS EITHER A NOUN OR A PRONOUN TO THE LEFT OF THE VERB.