Pronouns and Antecedent

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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, such as 'he', 'she', 'it', 'they', 'me', etc.

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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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Choose the word that is not a pronoun: is, me, he, they.

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is

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Fill in the blank: The teacher brought ______ cookies to celebrate. (Options: we, I, us, it)

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us

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What is the antecedent for 'their' in the sentence: The boy and the girl were playing in the mud, causing both to stain their shirts?

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Boy, girl

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Fill in the blank: I have got a bicycle. This is _____ bicycle. (Options: my, me, I, your)

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my

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What is the correct antecedent for 'it' in the sentence: Because global warming acts to 'put Earth in a greenhouse,' it is also called the greenhouse effect?

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global warming

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What is a personal pronoun?

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A personal pronoun is a pronoun that is associated with a particular grammatical person, such as 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'we', 'they'.

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What is a possessive pronoun?

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A possessive pronoun shows ownership, such as 'mine', 'yours', 'his', 'hers', 'its', 'ours', 'theirs'.

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What is a reflexive pronoun?

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A reflexive pronoun refers back to the subject of the sentence, such as 'myself', 'yourself', 'himself', 'herself', 'itself', 'ourselves', 'themselves'.