Compose an Essay on Grammar: Pronouns
Solution Guide:
Question 1 (page 92 Vietnamese Grade 5 textbook): What is the purpose of the bolded words below?
a) Hùng said: 'According to me, the most precious thing is rice. Do you see anyone who can live without eating?' Quý and Nam think it makes sense.
b) Chích carefully goes into the vegetable garden. It catches insects.
Answer:
- In section a, the bolded words are used for addressing.
- In section b, the bolded word is used to refer to Chích, used for addressing. It avoids the repetition of words in the sentence.
Question 2 (page 92 Vietnamese Grade 5 textbook): How is the usage of the bolded words below similar to the usage of the words mentioned in exercise 1?
a) I really like poetry. My younger sister is the same.
b) Rice and gold are both valuable. Time is also the same. But the most valuable is the laborer.
Answer:
The usage of the bolded words is similar to the usage of the words in exercise 1. They are also used to replace other words to avoid repetition (the same replaces like, the same replaces valuable).
Question 1 (page 92 Vietnamese Grade 5 textbook): The bolded words in the following poem are used to indicate whom? Why are these words capitalized?
I return to Uncle down the straight road
Kindly tell Uncle Bac's eternal memory Person
Remember Grandpa with shining eyes
Brown shirt, cloth bag, remarkably beautiful
Remember Person on dewy mornings
Gracefully riding a horse along the babbling stream
Remember Person's steps up the mountain pass
As Person walks, the forests and mountains gaze at Person's shadow.
Tố Hữu
Answer:
- The bolded words are used to refer to Uncle Ho.
- These words are capitalized to express reverence for Uncle Ho.
Question 2 (page 93 Vietnamese Grade 5 textbook): Find the pronouns used in the following folk song:
The pronouns used in the folk song (the bolded words).
- The stork, the egret, the crow,
Why do you trample on my rice, oh stork?
- No no, I stand on the bank,
My mother and children blindly believe in me.
They don't believe, come and see,
My neighbor's mother is still sitting here.
Answer:
- The stork, the egret, the crow,
Why do you trample on my rice, oh stork?
- No no, I stand on the bank,
My mother and children blindly believe in me.
They don't believe, come and see,
My neighbor's mother is still sitting here.
Question 3 (page 93 Vietnamese Grade 5 textbook): Use pronouns in the appropriate blanks to replace the repeated nouns in the following story:
Greedy Mouse
Our mouse gnaws on the house wall. A crack appears. The mouse goes through the crack and finds a lot of food. Being a greedy mouse, it eats too much, so much that the mouse's stomach bulges out. By morning, the mouse tries to find its way back home, but with the stomach so large, the mouse cannot squeeze through the crack.
Above is the section on Creating Exercises on Pronouns, the next lesson. Prepare to answer textbook questions, Practice presentation and debate on pages 93, 94 of the textbook, along with the section on Creating Exercises on Pronouns: Practicing Prepositions for a better understanding of Vietnamese in grade 5.
