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Grammar: 3 Grade

The document explains pro-forms, which are substitutes for words or expressions that avoid repetition. It details various types of pronouns, including personal and relative pronouns, and provides examples of pro-forms used for place, time, and process. Additionally, it discusses the use of 'do, does, did + so' and operators as pro-forms in sentences.

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Grammar: 3 Grade

The document explains pro-forms, which are substitutes for words or expressions that avoid repetition. It details various types of pronouns, including personal and relative pronouns, and provides examples of pro-forms used for place, time, and process. Additionally, it discusses the use of 'do, does, did + so' and operators as pro-forms in sentences.

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GRAMMAR

3 RD G R A D E
PRO-FORM

It could be defined as a substitute form, that is a word


or expression which has no detailed meaning of its
own but has the function of ‘stand-ing in the place’ of
another (often more complex) expression. It is used
usually to avoid repetition and redundancy.
PRONOUNS

• The pronouns are considered as familiar type of pro-forms.


• We have some types of pronouns in English :
1. Personal pronouns ( I, they, you, we , he ,etc.) . All the forms of these pronouns are
examples of pro-forms.
2. Relative pronouns ( who, when, where, whose, whom , which, etc.)
These pronouns function as relative ( linking two clauses) and substituting other expressions.
3. One : it is also considered as a pronoun in which it substitutes a noun e.g. I liked the big car
and the small one
PRO-FORMS FOR PLACE AND TIME,
AND PROCESS
• Mary is in London and John is there too
• In this example, the word there is used to indicate the place (in London)
• Mary arrived on Tuesday and John arrived then too
• In this example, the word then is used to indicate the time (on Tuesday)
• John searched the big room very carefully and the small one less so
• In this example, the word so is used to indicate the adverb of process
(carefully)
DO, DOES, DID + SO

• She hoped that he would search the room carefully before


• her arrival but he didn’t do so.
• In this example, the expression do so is used to substitute
the predication (search the room carefully before her arrival)
OPERATOR AS A PRO-FORM

• The operator is usually used as a pro-form for the


predicate of the sentence :
• They suspected that he had given her an apple and he
had

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