01.000 Chapter 1: Referring to people and things

Chapter 1: Referring to people and things

1.1 Introduction to the noun group

1.14 Identifying people and things: nouns

1.16 Things which can be counted: count nouns

1.24 Things not usually counted: uncount nouns

1.38 using the context

1.42 Referring to more than one thing: plural nouns

1.48 Referring to groups: collective nouns

1.53 Referring to people and things by name: proper nouns

1.60 Nouns which are rarely used alone

1.67 Sharing the same quality: adjectives as headwords

1.74 Nouns referring to males or females

1.78 Referring to activities and processes: '-ing' nouns

1.84 Specifying more exactly: compound nouns

1.94 Referring to people and things without naming them: pronouns

1.96 Referring to people and things: personal pronouns

1.110 Mentioning possession: possessive pronouns

1.115 Referring back to the subject: reflexive pronouns

1.123 Referring to a particular person or thing: demonstrative pronouns

1.127 Referring to people and things in a general way: indefinite pronouns

1.141 Showing that two people do the same thing: reciprocal pronouns

1.145 Joining clauses together: relative pronouns

1.150 Asking questions: interrogative pronouns

1.153 Other pronouns

1.161 Identifying what you are talking about: determiners

1.162 The specific way: using 'the'

1.182 The specific way: using 'this', 'that', 'these', and 'those'

1.192 The specific way: using possessive determiners

1.208 The general way

1.213 The general way: using 'a' and 'an'

1.221 The general way: other determiners