Pronouns and Antecedents

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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 an antecedent?

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

Front

Identify the pronoun in the sentence: 'The teacher gave her students homework.'

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her

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Identify the antecedent in the sentence: 'The dog chased the ball, and it rolled away.'

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the ball

Front

What is the function of a pronoun in a sentence?

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Pronouns help to make sentences less repetitive and more fluid.

Front

In the sentence 'Sara loves her cat,' what is the antecedent for the pronoun 'her'?

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Sara

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What type of pronoun is 'they'?

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They is a plural pronoun used to refer to multiple people or things.

Front

In the sentence 'The children played outside. They were happy,' what is the antecedent for 'they'?

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The children

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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, it, we, and 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, and theirs.