Note: Billion and milliard Примечание: Billion и milliard

A billion is a thousand million in American English (i.e., 1,000,000,000), and at present the word "billion" is used in British English in the same meaning.

"Billion" – тысяча миллионов в американском английском (т.е. 1,000,000,000), и в настоящее время слово "billion" употребляется в британском английском в таком же значении.

The word "milliard" is also used in British English for such numbers, but such use is becoming rare. The word "milliard" is not used in American English.

Слово "milliard" тоже употребляется в британском английском для таких чисел, но такое употребление становится редким. Слово «миллиард» не употребляется в американском английском.

The word "milliard" is used in Russian in the meaning "a thousand million". The word "billion" is not used in Russian.

Слово «миллиард» употребляется в русском языке в значении «тысяча миллионов». Слово "billion" не употребляется в русском языке.

In older British usage, the word "billion" was used in the meaning "million million". A million million is a trillion in American English.

В более раннем британском употреблении слово "billion" употреблялось в значении «миллион миллионов». Миллион миллионов – триллион (trillion) в американском английском.

(See examples of words with prefixes denoting number inLatin and Greek Number Prefixes in the section Writing.)

(Посмотрите примеры слов с префиксами, обозначающими число, в материале Latin and Greek Number Prefixes в разделе Writing.)

г) Займенники: особові, присвійні, вказівні, неозначені, заперечні та похідні від них.

Pronouns

What are pronouns?

Pronouns are words that substitute a noun or another pronoun. Examples of pronouns are he, she, who, themselves...

In the example:

Mike likes his daughter.

Mike and his daughter can be replaced by he and her:

He likes her

Types of pronouns

• Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they)

• Object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, them)

• Reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves)

• Possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs)

• Demonstrative pronouns (this, that, those, these)

• Relative pronouns (who, which, that, whose)

Parts of speech

Subject Pronouns

What are subject pronouns?

A subject pronoun, also called subjective or subject personal pronoun, is used as substitute for proper and common nouns.

Examples

John is a doctor - He is a doctor The laptop is on the desk - It is on the desk

A subject pronoun is used when the pronoun is the subject of the sentence.

Example

______ did the job. I, you, he, she, it, we, and they all fit into the blank and are, therefore, subject pronouns.

A subject pronoun indicates:

• number: singular or plural,

• gender: male or female,

• person: first, second or third person.

Examples

I (first person singular)

you (second person singular)

She (third person singular female)

  He (third person singular male)

It (third person singular inanimate )

We (first person plural)

  You (second person plural)

They (third person plural)

The words "I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they" are subject pronouns. They refer to a person or thing in speech or in writing.

You may also be interested in:

• object pronouns,

• possessive adjectives,

• possessive pronouns,

• and reflexive pronouns.

Review:

Subject pronouns	Possessive adjectives	Possessive pronouns	Reflexive pronouns	Object pronouns
I	my	mine	myself	me
you	your	yours	yourself	you
he	his	his	himself	him
she	her	hers	herself	her
it	its	its	itself	it
we	our	ours	ourselves	us
you	your	yours	yourselves	you
they	their	theirs	themselves	them

Exercise on subject pronouns.