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General Grammar Booklet for European Language Learners Do you know a noun from a pronoun? What sort of thing is a direct object? Ever heard about agreements? What is grammar, anyway? Humanities Programme Imperial College Cases In languages like German, Russian or modern Greek, nouns and accompanying words (adjectives and determiners) change their form (especially their endings) according to their grammatical function. They show different forms (called cases) according to whether they are functioning as subject (nominative case), direct object (accusative case), indirect object (dative case) or possessor (genitive case). Languages with cases are called inflected languages. This feature, that existed in many old languages such as Latin, has been lost in English and most Western European languages and therefore the study of inflected languages seem a daunting task for most students. However, some cases still exist in English pronouns and structures used to show possession. Perhaps you have already noticed that the pronoun who changes to whom and whose according to its function in the sentence. To facilitate the understanding of cases to students of Central and Eastern European languages, the exercise below has been included in this workshop. Try to fill in the gaps with the pronouns who, whom, whose and explain their functions in each sentence. 1. ……………….. ordered the pizza? 2. To ……………. it may concern. 3. I asked the neighbours …………… letters were these. 4. …………. do I have to ask the keys for? Bibliography This booklet is based on the following bibliography: Aust D Italian Grammar Handbook Berlitz 1994 Gee R and Watson C English Grammar Usborne 1983 Chambers English Grammar Lodnon 1998 Goscini and Uderzo: copies of Asterix in different languages 1966 Mc Cormick, CA Basic Italian Grammar Nelson 1988 Pollock J, Waller E English Grammar and Teaching Strategies 1999 Shiach, D Basic Grammar John Murray 1995 Swann, M Practical English Usage Oxford 1996 M Swann and B Smith Learning English CUP 2001 Thomson, R Grammar is great! Thomson, R Go further with grammar Lonson 2002 Williams E Good grammar Chambers 1995.

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