tailieunhanh - Grammar for everyone part 17

But before the age of 12 or 13 - long after the need for basic grammar tuition - children do not normally begin to think in abstract terms. No wonder that both parents and teachers complained that the children disliked 'new* grammar, while they themselves found it difficult to follow. | 102 GRAMMAR FOR EVERYONE Personal pronouns as subject Singular Plural I gave Dad We gave Dad You gave Dad You gave Dad He she it gave Dad They gave Dad The earlier versions of second person still found in old bibles early poetry and Shakespeare s plays were thou singular and ye plural . Personal pronouns as direct and indirect objects Singular Plural Dad gave me Dad gave us Dad gave you Dad gave you Dad gave him her it Dad gave them Note The pronoun stays the same when two people are mentioned. The trick is to think how it would be said before you add in the other person. For example Subject He and I want to buy the DVD. Object Dad gave him and us our pocket money. Mum lost her and me in the shopping centre. It is always polite to mention the other person first OBJECTS - DIRECT AND INDIRECT 103 Activities pronouns and objects 1. Students write their own sentences or jointly compose them on the board with various pronouns used as subjects or objects. 2. Students use the correct pronouns to fill gaps in sentences using as many of the following as possible. he them us him you I her we she they a. t be there. b. Lucy sent .and .a postcard. going to the fete. d. Mr Baugor told .off. e. Can .tell Jo and .about it Checklist direct and indirect objects Students should now be able to define the term direct object and explain how to check it Ask what define the term indirect object and explain how to recognise it Ask for or to whom give examples of each in sentences explain the use of pronouns as objects . the correct use of I and me etc. use pronouns correctly in written work The complement Definition The word complement is from Latin complere meaning to fill or complete . In grammar that means to complete the sense. Some grammars interpret this to mean any completion but by adopting its specific meaning we enable both ourselves and our students to differentiate clearly and painlessly between for example the use of me as the object and I as the .