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Discussion questions and exercise tasks: I. Consider your answers to the following:

1. 
   Present the general characteristics of pronoun as a part of speech. Do pronouns differ from other classes of words?
   
2. 
   Enumerate the classes of pronouns in the contrasted English and Ukrainian languages. Does their number differ?
   
3. 
   Highlight the opinions of different linguists concerning the issues of differentiating classes of pronouns.
   
4. 
   Dwell upon the grammatical categories characteristic of Bnglish and Ukrainian pronouns.
   
5. 
   What are the peculiarities of English versus Ukrainian personal pronouns?
   
6. 
   Compare English and Ukrainian possessive pronouns.
   
7. 
   Compare English and Ukrainian reflexive pronouns. State the difference between English reflexive and strengthening pronouns.
   

8. What are the peculiarities of Ukrainian versus English
demonstrative pronouns?
9. What is the correlation between the classes of interrogative
and relative pronouns in the contrasted languages?
10. What is the correlation between the classes of indefinite and
negative pronouns in English and Ukrainian languages?
11. Characterize the allomorphic classes of pronouns in the
contrasted languages.
II. Underline the pronoun in the following pieces of text, conversation. Identify the type of each pronoun; comment on their grammatical characteristics.
a) in the English language:
1. EastEnders star Tom Eytle sang to the Duchess of York as she attended a charity tea party. Mr Eytle, grandfather Jules Tavernier in the hit BBCl soap, played the guitar and sang Summertime to the Duchess at her request. "I would love to hear Summertime. It seems appropriate for such a nice day," she had told him. 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 I really love it" (newspaper writing).

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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).
*The material is taken from "Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook" by Susan Conrad, Douglas Biber, Geoffrey Leech, Pearson Education Limited, 2003. - P.26-27.
b) in the Ukrainian language:
Украшсыа веснянки - чудов1 зразки усноУ народно!' творчосп, IX текста заевщчують майстерне володщня словом, поетикою i мелодикою фрази. У них прагнення украшця умилостивити природу, психолопчно настроит себе на важку роботу перед вдаовщалъним циклом сшьськогосподарського календаря, а водночас - це i вихлюп радосп в'щ уевщомлення свое!' присутноетт в житп, ось тут i тепер, серед близьких людей i на оновленш весною рщшй земль Для нас веснянки - ще й вщголосок юторичного минулого украшського народу, багатого духовно i величного в свош самодостатносп, м1цного i незнищенного, здатного вщродитися для нового буття. Вони - щ* весел!, голосист!, бататт змютом nicm -здагш розважити век: i дггей, i молодь, i лпих людей, KOTpi милуючись молодечими забавами, й caMi серцем молод1ють. Це неперервний зв'язок поколйть, пов'язаних духовно - тенями i веснами, мовою i долею. % нашу долю, птеш не просто супроводжували - вони й творили п, щоразу актуал!зуючи в шй те весняне, перед яким вщегупають найлютш! зими.
The material is taken from the article "Петленко Лариса. А вже весна, а вже красна..." // Урок УкрашськоУ. - № 3^4, 2005. - Р.58.