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8 Parts of Speech Nouns

8 Parts of Speech Nouns. College Prep. English 7. What is a pronoun?. A pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns: An antecedent is the word or word group that is replaced by the pronoun Examples: John is kind; he is also funny. Samantha , where is your book?

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8 Parts of Speech Nouns

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  1. 8 Parts of SpeechNouns College Prep. English 7

  2. What is a pronoun? • A pronoun is a word used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns: • An antecedent is the word or word group that is replaced by the pronoun • Examples: • John is kind; he is also funny. • Samantha, where is your book? • Dara and her friends said they were coming today. • Work can be fun because it gives you something to do.

  3. Pronouns and Antecedents • An antecedent is the word or word group that is replaced by the pronoun • Examples: • John is kind; he is also funny. • Samantha, where is your book? • Dara and her friends said they were coming today. • Work can be fun because it gives you something to do.

  4. Pronouns and antecedents • Read the following sentences. Write down the antecedent & the pronoun used to replace it • Example: John has his book. answer: John – his • That dog loves his toy. • Casey already ate his lunch • Paul, did you bring your homework? • Running is good because it increase your heart rate.

  5. Pronouns and antecedents • That dog loves his toy. • Dog- his • Cassie already ate her lunch • Cassie - her • Paul, did you bring your homework? • Paul - you • Running is good because it increase your heart rate. • Running - it

  6. Personal Pronouns • Refer to the one speaking (1st person), the one spoken to (2nd person), or the one spoken about (3rd)

  7. Personal Pronouns • Rewrite the following sentences; replace the underlined nouns with pronouns. • Do you like John’s new shoes? • Did Paula eat Paula’s lunch? • The shoes in my room belong to Mark.

  8. Removing Personal Pronouns • In essay writing one should NEVER use first or second person personal pronouns such as I, we, you, us, ours, etc • Instead, restructure the sentence so the pronoun is not needed or replace the pronoun with words like one, some, many, people, etc. • Some may argue… • One may think … • It is important …

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