NOMINAL MORPHOLOGY

Seminar 6
Tutor: Ionela Neagu

THE PRONOUN

1. Identify the determiners and modifiers in the following contexts:

1. Both girls are ill.

2. Which of you is going to see them off?
3. All of us were very tired.
4. What nonsense!
5. You can take either orange.
6. None of the boys has/have come back.
7. Give me the other book.
8. I offered him another cup of tea.
9. She has (a) few books.
10. Whose portrait is this?
11. We both want to go.
12. We saw the Queen herself.
13. On my way home, I met a friend of mine.
14. They flung themselves into each other’s arms.
15. I believe you, but there are those who wouldn’t.
16. My father’s portrait is hung beside that of my mother.
17. He is ready to attend anybody’s business but his own.
18. It is nobody’s fault but yours.
19. He was a different man from the one I knew.
20. One must do one’s duty.

2. a. Provide examples to illustrate the interrogative pronoun as determiner.

b. Provide examples to illustrate the indefinite pronoun as determiner.

3. a. Explain and illustrate the difference in use between: much – many; little – a
few; few – a few; little – a little
b. Indefinite pronouns used only to denote dual reference.
c. Elaborate on SOME, ANY, NO.
d. Explain and exemplify the reflexive versus the emphasizing pronouns.

4. Illustrate the functions of the pronoun IT:

a. impersonal:
b. introductory – anticipatory:
c. introductory emphatic:
d. demonstrative:
e. empty object:
f. cataphoric:
 g. anaphoric:
h. idiomatic:

5. Identify the functions of the pronoun IT in the following examples.

Sometimes they may overlap!

1. That’s it!
2. It was John who did it!
3. It is easy to get there.
4. It’s morning.
5. Step on it – or we’ll miss the train.
6. This car’s certainly had it. I’ve got to get a new one.
7. Does it matter if I’m late?
8. He may ask for a loan, though I doubt it.
9. If the last train’s gone, there’s nothing for it. We’ll have to walk.
10. I think he resents advice. At least it appears so.
11. Perhaps I shouldn’t say it, but I think he’s lazy.
12. He failed the exam. It was a great blow to his pride.
13. I could lend him some money, but I’d rather not risk it.
14. If it hadn’t been for your help he would be in a worse mess.

6. Illustrate the types of reference of the demonstrative pronouns.