Nouns and 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 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 intensive pronoun?

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An intensive pronoun adds emphasis to a noun or another pronoun in the same sentence. Examples include 'myself', 'yourself', 'herself'.

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Identify the intensive pronoun in the sentence: 'The mayor herself attended the carnival.'

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herself

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What is a collective noun?

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A collective noun is a word that represents a group of individuals or things, such as 'class', 'team', or 'flock'.

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Identify the collective noun: class, student, feather, doll.

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class

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What are demonstrative pronouns?

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Demonstrative pronouns are used to point to specific things or people. Examples include 'this', 'that', 'these', and 'those'.

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Identify the type of pronoun: this, that, these, those.

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demonstrative pronoun

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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'.

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Fill in the blank: The dog wagged _______________ tail to show how happy he was.

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its