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UNIT 1

GRAMMAR FOCUS

PRONOMBRES.-There are four types of pronouns in English:

1-Personal Pronouns (subject pronouns) 

2-Object Pronouns (complement pronouns),

3-Possessive Pronouns

4- Reflexive Pronouns.

1- PERSONAL PRONOUNS (subject pronouns) 

Estas palabras ocurren en la posición del sujeto dentro de una oración o después del verbo be. Reconozcamos el significado de estos pronombres.

SINGULAR	PLURAL
I ... Yo YOU...Tú HE…él SHE…ella IT….el-ella (para animales,cosas,estados del tiempo)	WE…nosotros,as YOU…Uds THEY…ellos-ellas

Examples.

I live in Boconó  

She and I have a new computer

They are enrolled in an English course

We have to do the English exercises for next class

It is very hot today in Boconó

PLEASE TRANSLATE INTO SPANISH THE PREVIOUS EXAMPLES.

2-OBJECT PRONOUNS ( complement pronouns)

Ocurren en la posición de complemento o luego del verbo de la oración, su uso es común después de una preposición.

SINGULAR	PLURAL
ME... a mi YOU... a ti HIM... a él HER ...a ella                 IT.. a el-ella	US... a nosotros, as YOU … a uds THEM…a ellos-ellas

Examples:

She gave some exercises to us

They sent me some abstracts to my mail

Of course, I want to see him in class

Most of them come from lower income families

Years of study gave her a lot of theoretical knowledge

PLEASE TRANSLATE THE PREVIOUS EXAMPLES.

3-POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Estos pronombres no pueden preceder un nombre. Son pronombres y por lo tanto reemplazan un nombre que es inferido por el contexto.

SINGULAR	PLURAL
MINE... mio, mia YOURS... tuyo,a HIS... de él HERS... de ella ITS... de el-ella	OURS… de nosotros,as YOURS  … de uds THEIRS… de ellos-ellas

Examples:

This is my pendrive.  This is mine

Her dress is red and my dress is green. Hers is red and mine is green

I forgot my translation exercise. Alfred forgot his too

Our thesis theme is interesting. Ours is interesting

PLEASE TRANSLATE THE PREVIOUS EXAMPLES.

4-REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

Estos pronombres normalmente van inmediatamente después del verbo o al final de la oración e indican que el sujeto genera y recibe la acción del verbo.

También se utilizan para dar énfasis  e indica que es la persona  quien ejecuta la acción y no otra.

SINGULAR	PLURAL
MYSELF... yo mismo,a YOURSELF...tu mismo,a HIMSELF..  él mismo HERSELF.. ella misma ITSELF... el-ella mismo,a	OURSELVES..nosotros, as mismos,as YOURSELVES … uds mismos,as THEMSELVES… ellos-ellas os,as

Examples:

a-Mary installed herself the new programme in her computer

b-Mary installed the new programme in her computer herself

c-Mary herself installed the new programme in her computer

1-We hurt ourselves playing football

2-You can see the differences for yourself

3-The dog itself caught the ball

4-They solved the Maths problems by themselves

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