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Pronouns & Basic Sentence Structure

Subject and object pronouns, possessives, demonstratives, and basic SVO word order
Reflexive pronouns: -self / -selves
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Reflexive — emphatic use
I did it myself / She painted it herself / We cooked it ourselves — no help from others
each other / one another
They love each other / We help one another — used for mutual actions
Indirect object: verb + person + thing
Give me the book / She sent him a letter / Tell me the truth
Indirect object with "to" or "for"
Give the book to me / She sent a letter to him / Buy a gift for her
There is / There are — more patterns
There was a storm / There will be a meeting / There have been changes
It takes / It seems / It looks
It takes two hours / It seems like rain / It looks difficult
Both / Either / Neither
Both are correct / Either option works / Neither answer is right
Everyone / someone / no one / anyone
Everyone knows / Someone called / No one was there / Anyone can try
all / most / some / none + of
All of us agree / Most of them left / Some of the food / None of it worked