A spider has eight legs on a spiders

A spider has eight legs on a spider’s body. Spiders trap spiders’ prey in webs. The female black widow spider may eat the black widow’s mate. Tarantulas can be 10 inches long, but tarantulas are not as dangerous as black widows.

A word that takes the place of a noun or of a group of words acting as a noun.

Definition: Example: My father opened his mail first. Trying to make the team is hard work. It takes hours of practice every day.

Refer The to person The person

Used by the person or people speaking to refer to himself, herself, or themselves Singular: Plural: I waited for my computer to boot up.

Speak directly to another person or to other people Singular/Plural: Sheila, you left your computer on.

Refer to someone or something that may not even be present Singular Masculine: Feminine: Neuter: Plural: Example: I haven’t seen my grandfather in a year. He will arrive from Florida tomorrow.

Points out a _______person, place, or thing Singular: this, that Plural: these those Example: This is the book I chose.

Begins a subordinate clause and connects it to another idea in the same sentence __________________: has both a subject and verb but does not form a complete sentence. Usually starts with relative pronoun OR subordinating conjunction (see pg. 452)

That, which, whom, whose Examples: Here is the book that Betsy lost. Dino bought our old house, which needs many repairs. She is a singer who has an unusual range.

Used at the beginning of a question _ Example: What kind of understanding of another person can email give you?

Refer to people, places, or things, often without specifying which ones Anyone can learn to operate a computer. All of the students learned to operate a computer.

Another Anybody Anyone Anything Each Either Everybody Everyone Everything Little • Much • Neither • Nobody • No one • Nothing • One other • Somebody • Someone • Something

_ The people ate the tuna fish salad. The next day many were sick.

All went to the party after the wedding.