First topic is PRONOUNS, presented by Aini, Zura and Jiha.
                   PRONOUNS

DEFINITION.

•       A pronoun can replace a noun or another pronoun. You use pronouns like "he," "which," "none," and "you" to make your sentences less difficult and less repetitive.

•       Types of pronouns:

Ø  Personal pronouns

Ø  Demonstrative pronouns

Ø  Interrogative pronouns

Ø  Indefinite pronouns

Ø  Relative pronouns

Ø  Reflexive pronouns

Ø  Intensive pronouns

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

SUBJECTIVE  PERSONAL PRONOUNS

•       To replace nouns as the subjects of sentenses

•       Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they)

•       Example:

1. Wewill meet at the library at 3.00 p.m.
2. You are surely the strangest child I have ever met.
3. After many years, they returned to their homeland.

OBJECTIVE PERSONAL PRONOUNS

•       To replace nouns as the objects of verbs and prepositions

•       Object pronouns(me, you, her, him, it, us, them)

•       Example:

1. Lis    and Evan will meet us at the newest café in the market.
2. Give the list to me.
3. Christopher was surprised to see her at the horse races.

POSSESSIVE PERSONAL PRONOUNS

•       To replace nouns to show possession and defines who owns a particular object or person

•       Possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, its, theirs, ours)

•       Example:

1. The smallest gift is mine.
2. Ours is the green one on the corner.
3. His is on the kitchen counter.

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

•       Demonstrative pronouns points to and identifies a noun or a pronoun.

•       “This” and “These” refers to things that are nearby either in space or in time.

•       “That” and “Those” refers to things that are farther away in space or time.

•       Example:

1. This is nice; that is the tree I want.
2. I'll take these.

INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS

•       To replace nouns used to ask questions.

•       Interrogative pronouns (who, whom, which, what, whoever, whomever, whichever, whatever)

•       Example:

1. Who wrote the novel Rockbound?
2. Whom do you think we should invite?
3. What do you think about this situation?

RELATIVE PRONOUNS

•       To replace nouns used to link one phrase or clause to another phrase or clause.

•       "who" and "whoever" to refer to the subject of a clause or sentence

•       "whom" and "whomever" to refer to the objects of a verb, a verbal or a preposition.

•       Example:

1. You may invite whomever you like to the party.
2. The crate which was left in the corridor has now been moved into the storage closet.
3. Whoever broke the window will have to replace it.

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

•       Refers to an identifiable but not specified person or thing.

•       An indefinite pronoun conveys the idea of all, any, none, or some.

•       The most common indefinite pronouns are "all," "another," "any," "anybody," "anyone," "anything," "each," "everybody," "everyone," "everything," "few," "many," "nobody," "none," "one," "several," "some," "somebody," and "someone."

•       Example:

1. We donated everything we found in the attic to the woman's shelter garage sale.
2. Although they looked everywhere for extra copies of the magazine, they found none.
3. Anyone can do that.

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

•       To replace nouns to replace an object which refers to the subject.

•       The reflexive pronouns are "myself," "yourself," "herself," "himself," "itself," "ourselves," "yourselves," and "themselves."

•       Example:

1. Although the landlord promised to paint the apartment, we ended up doing it ourselves.
2. Diabetics give themselves insulin shots several times a day.
3. John cut himself.

INTENSIVE PRONOUNS

•       Intensive pronouns used to emphasise its antecedent.

•       Intensive pronouns are identical in form to reflexive pronouns.

•       Example:

1. The Prime Minister himself said that he would lower taxes.
2. They themselves promised to come to the party even though they had a final exam at the same time.
3. I did it myself.

During night class, they had learn on reading part. They had learn on how to skimming and scanning information from the text. 

SKIMMING - refers to the process of quickly identifying the main ideas within a passage to get an overall impression of its content.

SCANNING - reading skill used to find spesific information quickly