What arepronouns?

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A pronoun stands in place of a noun. Using pronouns means you don’t have to

repeat nouns over and over again. without pronouns

Saskia lost Saskia’s lunchbox. Alex said that Alex would help Saskia look for the lunchbox.

with pronounsSaskia lost her lunchbox. Alex said that he would help her look for it.

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Choose pronouns from the list to replace the coloured words.

His They He It

Jose wants to join the school band.

The saxophone is his favourite instrument.

Jose’s friends learn instruments too.

Jose’s concert is next week!

He

ItThey

His

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A pronoun can be singular or plural, just like a noun. Are these pronouns singular or plural?

The family watched the movie with her.

We picked a 3D movie.

It was a horror movie.

Its ending was really scary.

They hid under the cushions.

singular

pluralsingular

singularplural

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A pronoun has gender. There are four genders and a pronoun has the same

gender as the noun it refers to.masculine

male

he, him, his

femininefemale

she, her, hers

neuterneither male nor female

it, its, those

commoneither male or

female

us, them, everyone

The cake is ready — let’s eat it!

“I have so much homework,” said Toby.

The officers got out of their car.

Phoebe was lonely, so Marcus sat next to her.

Anyone with a ticket can join us.

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What are the genders of these pronouns?neuter because it refers to cake

masculine because it refers to Toby

common because they refer to men and women

common because it refers to the officers

feminine because it refers to Phoebe

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• A pronoun stands in place of a noun.• A pronoun can be singular or plural. It takes

the gender of the noun it replaces.• In the following sentences, the pronouns are

red. Martin took Maisy’s bicycle. “She will never miss it,” he said.

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