Pronouns

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What is a pronoun?

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A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun to avoid repetition.

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What is a personal pronoun?

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A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing and can be in the first, second, or third person (e.g., I, you, he, she, it, we, they).

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What is a possessive pronoun?

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A possessive pronoun shows ownership or possession (e.g., mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs).

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What is an antecedent?

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An antecedent is the noun that a pronoun refers to or replaces in a sentence.

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Identify the personal pronoun in this sentence: 'She loves to read.'

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The personal pronoun is 'She'.

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Fill in the blank with a possessive pronoun: 'This book is ____.' (referring to you)

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yours.

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What is the difference between 'its' and 'it's'?

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'Its' is a possessive pronoun meaning belonging to it, while 'it's' is a contraction for 'it is'.

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Identify the antecedent for the pronoun in this sentence: 'The dog wagged its tail.'

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The antecedent is 'dog'.

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Fill in the blank with a personal pronoun: '_____ are going to the park.'

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We.

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What is a reflexive pronoun?

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A reflexive pronoun refers back to the subject of the sentence (e.g., myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves).