Bài giảng Chuyên đề ngữ pháp tiếng Anh - Ôn tập: Pronouns

 Pronouns
 Chapter 8
Rapa NuiEaster Island
 1 Possessive adjectives are followed 
immediately by a noun. 
 Many mysteries surround the Rapanui 
 and their statues.
 poss. 
 + noun
 adj.
 Whose statues? The Rapanui’s
 3 In formal English, use a singular pronoun to 
refer to an indefinite pronoun.
 Everyone who has ever studied the Rapanui 
 has his or her own theories about how and 
 why the statues were carved, but no one 
 knows the answers.
 5 Use a singular, gender-neutral pronoun when 
the collective noun refers to a single 
impersonal unit. 
The population has grown since then, and it is 
just under 4,000 people today.
 What is the collective noun? The population 
 Is it a single unit or a group? A single unit, so use it.
 7 9 Use reflexive pronouns when the subject and 
the object of a sentence are the same 
person.
 The Rapa Nui might have played a role themselves 
 in the deforestation.
 Subject? Object?
 same meaning
The Rapa Nui themselves might have played a role in 
the deforestation of the island.
 11 Use You, One, and They as impersonal 
pronouns that refer to “people in general”
Walking among the gigantic figures, you can’t 
help but be filled with questions.
 Who does the you refer to?
 Someone, anyone, people in general
 Walking among the gigantic figures, one can’t 
 help but be filled with questions.
 Same meaning, but one is much more 
 formal than you.
 13 15 Use forms of other as either adjectives or 
pronouns.
One theory is that colder weather killed all the 
(first example)
trees. Another theory is that lack of rain killed 
 adjective + noun
them. Others include cutting down all the trees 
 pronoun
for firewood or using the trees to transport 
moai. 
 17 Practice 3
Complete the sentences with a form of other.
1.Most tourists come to Rapa Nui to see the moai. 
 ____________Others come to see the beautiful beaches.
2.____________Every other island I’ve visited has palm trees, 
 but Rapa Nui does not.
3.With only 4,000 people on the island, neighbors 
 have to help each____________ other with large projects like 
 building houses.
4.Scientists have found ____________another five mo’ai 
 buried under a landslide.
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