Nouns and Pronouns Review

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What is a noun?

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

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What is a pronoun?

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A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

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What is a proper noun?

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A proper noun names a SPECIFIC person, place, thing, or idea, and is always capitalized.

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What is a common noun?

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A common noun names ANY person, place, thing, or idea and is not capitalized.

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What is an object pronoun?

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An object pronoun is a pronoun that receives the action in a sentence (e.g., me, you, him, her, it, us, them).

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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 (e.g., 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 (e.g., 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 (e.g., myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves).

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What is the difference between 'its' and 'it's'?

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'Its' is a possessive pronoun meaning 'belonging to it', while 'it's' is a contraction for 'it is' or 'it has'.

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What is an antecedent?

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