Spiral review-pronouns and subject verb agreement

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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'.

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What is a vague pronoun?

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A vague pronoun is a pronoun that does not clearly refer to a specific noun, making the sentence unclear.

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What is a subject pronoun?

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A subject pronoun is a pronoun that acts as the subject of a sentence, such as 'I', 'you', 'he', 'she', 'it', 'we', 'they'.

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What is an object pronoun?

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An object pronoun is a pronoun that acts as the object of a verb or preposition, such as 'me', 'you', 'him', 'her', 'it', 'us', 'them'.

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What is a linking verb?

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A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, often describing a state of being, such as 'is', 'are', 'was', 'were'.

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What is a helping verb?

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A helping verb, or auxiliary verb, is used with a main verb to form a verb phrase, indicating tense, mood, or voice, such as 'is', 'have', 'will'.

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Identify the linking/helping verb in the sentence: 'She is running fast.'

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The linking/helping verb is 'is'.

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Identify the vague pronoun in the sentence: 'They went to the park.'

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The vague pronoun is 'They'.

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What is subject-verb agreement?

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Subject-verb agreement means that the subject and verb in a sentence must agree in number (singular or plural).

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Give an example of subject-verb agreement with a singular subject.

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Example: 'The dog barks.' (singular subject 'dog' agrees with singular verb 'barks').