Nouns/Pronouns

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What is a noun?

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A noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.

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What are common nouns?

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Common nouns are general names for a person, place, or thing, such as 'friend' or 'band'.

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What is a concrete noun?

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A concrete noun names something that can be recognized with the five senses, such as 'apple' or 'dog'.

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What is an abstract noun?

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An abstract noun names something that cannot be recognized with the senses, such as 'happiness' or 'freedom'.

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What is a proper noun?

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A proper noun is a specific name for a particular person, place, or thing, such as 'Sarah' or 'Paris'.

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What is a pronoun?

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A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun, such as 'he', 'she', or 'they'.

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What is an antecedent?

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

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What is a personal pronoun?

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A personal pronoun refers to a person or thing that is speaking, writing, listening, or being discussed, such as '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, 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'.