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Language Network. Pronouns. What is a Pronoun?. Pronouns. Here’s the Idea. Why It Matters. Practice and Apply. Here’s the Idea. Pronoun. A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun. Here’s the Idea. A pronoun can refer to a person, place, thing, or idea.

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  1. Language Network Pronouns

  2. What is a Pronoun? Pronouns Here’s the Idea Why It Matters Practice and Apply

  3. Here’s the Idea Pronoun A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun or another pronoun.

  4. Here’s the Idea A pronoun can refer to a person, place, thing, or idea.

  5. REFERS TO Here’s the Idea The word that a pronoun refers to is called its antecedent. Ramon visited Death Valley, and he was impressed.

  6. Why It Matters Pronouns help you talk about people concisely when you’re telling a story.

  7. 1. Death Valley is famous for its strange moving boulders. Practice and Apply Find the pronoun in the sentence below.

  8. 2. The rocks slide and leave long tracks behind them. Practice and Apply Find the pronoun in the sentence below.

  9. 3. Do you know why this happens? Practice and Apply Find the pronoun in the sentence below.

  10. Pronoun Agreement Pronouns Here’s the Idea Why It Matters Practice and Apply

  11. Here’s the Idea Antecedent The antecedent is the noun or pronoun that a pronoun replaces or refers to.

  12. REFERS TO story its Here’s the Idea Use asingularpronoun to refer to asingularantecedent. One story has its setting in Egypt.

  13. REFERS TO characters their Here’s the Idea Use apluralpronoun to refer to apluralantecedent. The characters have their motives for murder.

  14. Here’s the Idea The genderof the pronoun must be the same as the genderof its antecedent.

  15. Here’s the Idea Personal pronouns have three gender forms: • masculine he, his, him • feminine she, her, hers • neuter it, its

  16. FEMININE his Agatha Christie hero her MASCULINE Here’s the Idea Agatha Christie sets many of her stories in England. The hero has to use all his wits to solve the crime.

  17. Why It Matters In your writing, you will sometimes refer to several people or groups of people. Correct pronoun-antecedent agreement will help your readers keep track of who is who in your writing.

  18. 4. Agatha Christie loved real-life mysteries of the past. She helped to investigate them in the Middle East. Practice and Apply Find the pronouns and their antecedents in these sentences.

  19. 5. Agatha Christie and her husband went on many archaeological trips and found them exciting. Practice and Apply Find the pronouns and their antecedents in this sentence.

  20. 6. A mystery writer may use exotic places and backgrounds for his or her stories. Practice and Apply Find the pronouns and their antecedents in this sentence.

  21. 7. Christie started Murder in Mesopotamia in the desert, but she finished it in England. Practice and Apply Find the pronouns and their antecedents in this sentence.

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