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2. The pupil can identify the place value of a column or a
digit for values of tenths, hundredths and thousandths (academic
text).
3. I was doing my third week as a young crime reporter and
had just about finished my school and last story of the day when
the phone rang (fiction text).
4. Four of the ten traders have pleaded guilty (newspaper
text).
5. Damage is estimated at hundreds of millions of pounds
(newspaper text).

III. Underline the pronouns in the following piece of
text, conversation. Indentify the type of each pronoun;
comment on their grammatical characteristics.
1. Then she sat beside Mr. Tavernier and listened. As the
song finished she applauded and said: “Thank you very much. I
haven’t heard that song since I was at school and really love it”
(newspaper writing).
2. A: Yes, I bought two new containers. They’re out in the
garage. [Person A goes to the garage and returns]
A: Oh, hey, this is nice.
B: What?
A: They come out so you can fill them (conversation).
3. A: That’s all I needed to do.
B: Yeah, it was painless. Somebody left their keys. Those
aren’t yours? (Conversation).
4. A: We didn’t have the peanut butter, that’s what I’m
going back for.
B: Oh, I made it for you, guys; I didn’t make it for myself
(conversation).
5. A: Do you have papers?
B: I have none. I left mine with Dave (conversation).

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