English Grammar Pronouns Flashcard

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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', etc.

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What is a personal pronoun?

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Personal pronouns refer to specific people or things and can be in the first, second, or third person, e.g., I, you, he, she, it, we, they.

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What is a possessive pronoun?

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Possessive pronouns indicate ownership, such as 'mine', 'yours', 'his', 'hers', 'its', 'ours', 'theirs'.

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What is a reflexive pronoun?

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Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence and end in '-self' or '-selves', e.g., myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves.

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What is an indefinite pronoun?

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Indefinite pronouns refer to non-specific persons or things, such as 'everyone', 'somebody', 'anyone', 'few', 'many'.

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What is the difference between 'their' and 'there'?

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'Their' is a possessive pronoun indicating ownership, while 'there' refers to a place.

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Fill in the blank: Everyone has to do ______ own task.

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their

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Fill in the blank: It was ______ who called George.

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she

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Fill in the blank: They called ______ on the phone.

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us

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Fill in the blank: She forgot ______ homework this morning.

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her