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', 'my', 'your', 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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Give an example of a pronoun in a sentence.

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In the sentence 'Sara loves her dog,' 'her' is the pronoun that refers to 'Sara'.

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What is the pronoun in the sentence: 'The dog barked because it was hungry.'?

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The pronoun is 'it'.

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Identify the antecedent in the sentence: 'The teacher gave the students their assignments.'

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The antecedent is 'students'.

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What is the function of a pronoun in a sentence?

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Pronouns replace nouns to make sentences less repetitive and more fluid.

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What pronoun would replace 'the girls' in the sentence: 'The girls went to the park.'?

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They.

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In the sentence 'John and I went to the store, and we bought some milk.', what is the pronoun?

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The pronoun is 'we'.

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What is the antecedent of the pronoun 'he' in the sentence: 'Tom is my friend. He is very kind.'?

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The antecedent is 'Tom'.

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Replace the underlined words with a pronoun: 'I saw my friends at the mall.'

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I saw them at the mall.