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What are p ronouns?

Grammar Toolkit. Pronouns. What are p ronouns?. Grammar Toolkit. Pronouns. A pronoun stands in place of a noun. Using pronouns means you don’t have to repeat nouns over and over again. without pronouns.

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What are p ronouns?

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  1. Grammar Toolkit Pronouns What are pronouns?

  2. Grammar Toolkit Pronouns A pronoun stands in place of a noun. Using pronouns means you don’t have to repeat nouns over and over again. without pronouns Saskia lost Saskia’s lunchbox. Alex said that Alex would help Saskia look for the lunchbox. with pronouns Saskia lost herlunchbox. Alex said that hewould help herlook for it.

  3. Grammar Toolkit Pronouns Choose pronouns from the list to replace the coloured words. His They He It Josewants to join the school band. The saxophoneis his favourite instrument. Jose’s friendslearn instruments too. Jose’s concertis next week! He It They His

  4. Grammar Toolkit Pronouns A pronoun can be singular or plural, just like a noun. Are these pronouns singular or plural? The family watched the movie with her. Wepicked a 3D movie. Itwas a horror movie. Itsending was really scary. Theyhid under the cushions. singular plural singular singular plural

  5. Grammar Toolkit Pronouns A pronoun has gender. There are four genders and a pronoun has the same gender as the noun it refers to. neuterneither male nor female commoneither male or female masculinemale femininefemale it, its, those us, them, everyone she, her, hers he, him, his

  6. Grammar Toolkit Pronouns The cake is ready — let’s eat it! “I have so much homework,” said Toby. The officers got out of theircar. Phoebe was lonely, so Marcus sat next to her. Anyonewith a ticket can join us. What are the genders of these pronouns? neuter because it refers to cake masculine because it refers to Toby common because it refers to the officers feminine because it refers to Phoebe common because they refer to men and women

  7. Grammar Toolkit Pronouns • A pronoun stands in place of a noun. • A pronoun can be singular or plural. It takes the gender of the noun it replaces. • In the following sentences, the pronouns are red. Martin took Maisy’s bicycle. “Shewill never miss it,” hesaid.

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