Parts of Speech

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Parts of Speech
Notes on Pronouns
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Pronouns

• Used instead of a noun (and sometimes another
  pronoun), to avoid repeating the noun.
• Examples I / you / he / she / it / we / they /
  their
• Identify the pronouns in the following sentences
  
• 1.) I was glad to find the bus pass in the bottom
  of the green knapsack.
• 2.) You are surely the strangest child I have
  ever met.
• 3.) He stole her money and forced her to live
  with him.
• 4.) When she was a young woman, she earned her
  living as a coal miner.
• 5.) After many years, they returned to their
  homeland.
• 6.) We will meet at the library at 330 p.m.
• 7.) It is on the counter.

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Answers (pronouns in yellow)

• 1.) I was glad to find the bus pass in the bottom
  of the green knapsack.
• 2.) You are surely the strangest child I have
  ever met.
• 3.) He stole her money and forced her to live
  with him.
• 4.) When she was a young woman, she earned her
  living as a coal miner.
• 5.) After many years, they returned to their
  homeland.
• 6.) We will meet at the library at 330 p.m.
• 7.) It is on the counter.

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Antecedents

• Antecedents are the nouns that the pronouns have
  replaced.
• For example Mrs. Starrett took her dog for a
  walk.
• her is the pronoun. What noun has her replaced
  Mrs. Starrett. Therefore, Mrs. Starrett is the
  antecedent for the pronoun her.
• Sometimes, the antecedents are not clear or there
  is no antecedent in the sentence.
• For example It is on the counter.
• It is the pronoun. However, we dont know what it
  is based on this sentence. Therefore, the pronoun
  it has no antecedent.
  
• Many antecedents can be found earlier in a text
  or paragraph as well.

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Practice

• Circle the pronouns and underline the appropriate
  antecedents for each.
• Tom ran his mower until it died.
• The students left their books in the classroom.
• Nancy told her friends she was going to the
  movies.
• He left it sitting on the shelf.
• The school lost its power, causing all students
  to go home.

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Answers

• Pronouns in yellow / antecedents in blue
• Tom ran his mower until it died.
• The students left their books in the classroom.
• Nancy told her friends she was going to the
  movies.
• He left it sitting on the shelf.
• The school lost its power, causing all students
  to go home.