Pronouns Flashcards

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What are personal pronouns?

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Represent specific people or things.

1st person: I, me, we, us
2nd person: you
3rd person: she, he, him, her, they, them

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What are possessive pronouns?

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They refer to what belongs to whom

E.g. Mine, our, yours, theirs

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What are relative pronouns?

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To connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun.

E.g. Who, whom, which, whoever, that.
The house THAT Jack built.

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What are pronouns?

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They replace common nouns

E.g John gave a book to Tom.
John gave IT to Tom.

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