SEMINAR 7 Pronouns and Quantifiers http://www.learnbritishenglish.co.uk/english-pronouns-visual-chart/ Task 1: Find mistakes in the following sentences. 1. One my friend is going to study at Harvard University next year. 2. He recommended a book to us but I cannot remember her name now. 3. Is this essay her? 4. I do not absolutely agree with that your colleague. 5. I met a friend of him at the seminar last week. Reflexive Pronouns We use a reflexive pronoun after a transitive verb (see Clauses, Sentences and Phrases) when the direct object is the same as the subject of the verb: I am teaching myself to play the piano. Be careful with that knife. You might cut yourself. These are the verbs most often found with reflexive pronouns:
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1. One my friend is going to study at Harvard University next year. 2. He recommended a book to us but I cannot remember her name now. 3. Is this essay her? 4. I do not absolutely agree with that your colleague. 5. I met a friend of him at the seminar last week.
Reflexive Pronouns
We use a reflexive pronoun after a transitive verb (see Clauses, Sentences and Phrases) when the direct object is the same as the subject of the verb:
I am teaching myself to play the piano. Be careful with that knife. You might cut yourself.
These are the verbs most often found with reflexive pronouns:
5. Gayle asked if Paul and herself could leave work early that afternoon.
6. Mannie's mother left him at home by hisself while she went to the departmental meeting.
7. The president gave additional responsibilities to her staff and to ourselves.
8. Two of my colleagues completed the project by theirselves.
9. On behalf of my colleague and myself, I would like to thank you for your support.
10. I always ask for challenging projects, but my supervisor never gives them to myself.
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Task 4: Read the following text and correct the errors.
This generation's most successful business leader is no longer leading a business. With Steve Jobs' resignation as CEO of Apple, some are asking questions about the future of the technology industry.
A cruel disease is forcing the 56-year-old Jobs, who has done as much as anyone to transform the world through technology, to give up doing what he does better than anybody.
Jobs has been battling pancreatic cancer and other health problems since at least 2004, and has already taken three leaves of absence. Not nobody in the tech world is surprised by his departure, but everyone is saddened.
It's a sad moment for the Silicon Valley business world, which is losing his talents. It's a sad moment for all of customers who have been delighted by the products he gave to the world. And it's a sad moment for Steve Jobs and his family.
He has been one of the most influential leaders in the information age, continually pushing engineers to design consumer-friendly products. Everybody are familiar with his vision of elegant design and simplified features. You can pick up anyone of his products and be impressed by its design. Each has a look and feel that delights consumers.
The business world wonders if there is another who have the vision to carry on the Apple product line. Tim Cook officially began as interim CEO of Apple. Everyone at Apple hopes Cook will continue the vision of Jobs. However, the price of Apple stock dropped the day after Jobs resigned. Nobody doubts that the stock will rise again soon with the release of the next iPhone or iPad product.
Everybody who are making PCs, tablets, smart phones and cameras will continue to apply the lessons Steve Jobs put into the tech mind-set. But what of those brand new categories he didn't have time to dream up?
Some indefinite pronouns are always singular. Others are always plural. Some, none, all, any, and most are singular when they refer to a quantity. They are plural when they refer to a number of individual items. SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR OR PLURAL each someone nobody several some any either everyone somebody few none most neither anyone everybody both all one no-one many One of the books was lost. Several in the club are good at speaking in public. Some of the money was missing. Some of the windows are dirty.
Task 5: Work in pairs. Explain the usage of the indefinite pronouns in the following sentences.
1. a) Nobody could help us. b) Anybody should be able to help you.
2. a) Do you have any questions? b) If you have any questions, I am ready to answer them now.
3. a) Can I have some more tea? b) Is there any more tea in the pot?
4. a) You can park on either side of the road. b) I like both English and French but I am not able to study them both right now.
5. a) Everybody knew the answer. b) Each of us knew the answer.
6. a) Neither of us wants to join their team. b) None of us want to join their team.
7. a) Few people send handwritten letters these days. b) A few people showed interest in our work.
8. a) I need another day to finish my presentation. b) The teacher asked us to do another five pages of the book.
9. a) Some scientists support this theory whereas others vehemently deny it. b) Some of your colleagues are already here but I do not know anything about the others.
10. a) Little knowledge is a dangerous thing. b) I know his books just a little.
We use indefinite pronouns to refer to people or things without saying exactly who or what they are. We use pronouns ending in -body or -one for people, and pronouns ending in -thing for things:
Everybody enjoyed the concert. I opened the door but there was no one at home. It was a very clear day. We could see everything.
We use a singular verb after an indefinite pronoun:
Everybody loves Sally. Everything was ready for the party.
When we refer back to an indefinite pronoun we normally use a plural pronoun:
Everybody enjoyed the concert. They stood up and clapped. I will tell somebody that dinner is ready. They have been waiting a long time.
We can add -'s to an indefinite pronoun to make a possessive.
They were staying in somebody’s house. Is this anybody’s coat?
We use indefinite pronouns with no- as the subject in negative clauses (not pronouns with any.)
Anybody didn’t come >> Nobody came.
We do not use another negative in a clause with nobody, no one or nothing:
Nobody came. Nothing happened.
We use else after indefinite pronouns to refer to people or things in addition to the ones we already mentioned.
All the family came, but no one else. If Michael can’t come we’ll ask somebody else. So that's eggs, peas and chips. Do you want anything else?
Task 6: Read the questions below and decide which answer best fits each space.
1. Before you apply for the course, I must tell you ... about the school. a) anything b) nothing c) something 2. It is a nice university town but there is ... to go in winter. a) nowhere b) nothing c) anywhere 3. ... wanted to talk to you when you were in the meeting. He left his number. a) Nobody b) Anybody c) Somebody 4. It's up to her so ... should tell her what to do. a) somebody b) nobody c) anybody 5. I can't see Kate ... Do you know where she is? a) anywhere
b) nowhere c) somewhere 6. Would you like me to do ... for you? a) something b) anything c) nothing 7. The workshop was great. We could do almost ... we wanted. a) something b) nothing c) anything 8. Is ... going to the presentation with me? a) anybody b) somebody c) nobody 9. He's not a liar. I'm sure ... he said was true. a) something b) everything c) anything 10. I didn't feel good at the conference, because there was ... I knew. a) anybody b) no-one c) someone 11. Paul lives ... in Canada. a) somewhere b) anywhere c) nowhere 12. We had known all the facts ha said. We found out ... new. a) anything b) something c) nothing 13. Don't worry, ... will be ok. a) anything b) something c) everything 14. Don't trust ... a) no-one b) anyone c) someone 15 . ... was surprised when he turned down the job offer. We didn't expect it. a) Someone
b) Nobody c) Everyone
Task 7: In the following sentences, fill in the gaps with one of the following quantifiers: much, many, a lot of, little, few.
1. It seems to me that we haven't had assignments in English this term.
2. How material can we be expected to read in one week?
3. I've unfortunately had headaches already because of stress.
4. My study room looks awful. There are so books everywhere.
5. I didn't write in my thesis and the teacher made me completely redo it.
6. Also, I've paid very attention to how to acknowledge the authors.
7. I'm afraid I haven't been to the lectures times this semester, that's why I failed the exam.
8. How good would it do if we contributed some money to this charity?
9. of the advice I have ever received from so-called "experts" has been useless.
10. They said that just help could make a big difference.
11. people know as much about computers as Tomas does.
12. It does us good when the banking system collapses. Adapted from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/cross/quantifiers2.htm
Task 8: Choose the appropriate letter A,B, C, D or E to complete the sentences.
1. Today ________ people who enjoy winter sports is bigger than that of twenty years ago.
1. Ocitli jsme se v trapné situaci. 2. Parkovat můžete na kterékoli straně ulice. 3. Pokud budete mít nějaké problémy, neváhejte se mě zeptat. 4. Nikdo z nás o tom nevěděl. 5. Nevidí ani na jedno oko. 6. Nic z toho, co říkala, nebyla pravda. 7. Jak vy, tak my chceme získat ty nejlepší výsledky. 8. Buďto náš, nebo jejich projekt bude prezentován na příští konferenci. 9. Dohlédneme na to osobně. 10. Samotná studie bude finančně náročná.
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