Question 1: Read the following passage on speaking, and identify all the pronouns. Indicate whether each is personal, interrogat
ive, indefinite, demonstrative, possessive, or relative. What is the value of clear speaking? Is yours as clear as it can be? Everyone knows clear speaking is important for success in every kind of business, and that it is important in interactions with relatives and friends. Anyone who will study and practice good speaking for a reasonable time can acquire the skill. These are some of the things that you should keep in mind if you would like to improve yours. Good speaking depends, first of all, on correct breathing. What is “correct breathing”? In time you will come to breathe correctly without giving it thought, for “correct” is whatever is easiest and most natural for each of us.
Interrogative pronouns: They are used in formulating questions, whether direct or indirect. Like indefinite pronouns, they refer to the 3rd person of speech in an imprecise way. In the text this pronoun is the word "what".
Possessive pronouns: They are those pronouns that, in indicating the grammatical person (possessor), add to it the idea of possessing something (something possessed). In the text, this pronoun is the word "yours."
Indefinite pronouns: are those words that refer, vaguely, to the 3rd person of the speech. In the text, they are the words "everyone", "anyone", "some", "all" and "each".
Relative pronouns: They are those that represent names mentioned previously and with which they relate. Introduce subordinate clauses. In the text are the words "who", "that" and "whatever".
Demonstrative pronouns: they are used to make explicit the position of a certain word in relation to others or to the context. This relationship can occur in terms of space, time or speech. In the text is the word "these".
