What nouns in this lesson mean but one thing?

What nouns mean more than one thing?

In these sentences, do you see any words that take the place of nouns? What does it take the place of? its? they? them? Then

it, its, they, and them are what kind of words?

Which pronouns

mean one? Which pronouns mean more than one?

A word that means but one person or thing is said to be in the singular number.

A word that means more than one person or thing is said to be in the plural number.

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PRACTICE WORK.

Copy the following sentences, and fill the blanks with it, its, they, them, is, are, was, or were:

What words are used instead of names? I, my, mine, we, our, and us denote what person or persons?

You and your denote what persons? He, his, him, she, her, hers, it, its, they, their, and them denote what persons or things?

Can you tell by the word alone whether it denotes the speaker, the person spoken to, or the person or thing spoken of?

Which of the words mean only one? Which of them mean more than one? Which ones are used to mean either one, or more than one? Does the word you have the same verb form when it means one and when it means more than one?

Pronouns that show by their form what persons they denote are called personal pronouns.

Write a sentence containing two forms of the personal pro

nouns that denote the speaker.

Write a sentence in which you denotes but one.

Can you tell by the form of the sentence how many it denotes ? How can you tell?

Write a sentence using the pronouns denoting the person or thing spoken of, taking the forms that mean more than one.

Can you tell by the forms whether they denote persons or things?

A pronoun that denotes the person speaking is in the

first person.

A pronoun that denotes the person spoken to is in the

second person.

A pronoun that denotes the person or thing spoken of is in the third person.

Use each of these words in a sentence:

In the first sentence, how many boys are spoken of?
In the second sentence, how many girls are spoken of?
In speaking of one thing, do you use has or have?
When do you use have?

In each of the sentences, tell why has or have is used.

Change the statements in the numbered sentences to questions.

PRACTICE WORK.

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Copy the following statements, and fill the blanks with has Then change the statements to questions.

or have.

Use in sentences the following words with has or have: