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Nouns & Pronouns

Naming words, and the little words we use instead of them.

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📘 DefinitionNaming wordsPart 1 of 6
🧩 The partsOne or manyPart 2 of 6
🔍 In detailSpecial namesPart 3 of 6
✏️ Worked examplePronouns save repeatingPart 4 of 6
✅ SummaryWord wizard!Part 5 of 6
A handwritten letter, where repeating a name in every sentence quickly sounds clumsy. Photo: Europeana staff photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
A handwritten letter, where repeating a name in every sentence quickly sounds clumsy. Photo: Europeana staff photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
1📘 DefinitionPart 1 / 6

Naming words

A noun is a naming word.

It names a person, a place, an animal or a thing.

Ali · school · cat · book
🎯 Which one is a noun?
2🧩 The partsPart 2 / 6

One or many

One is singular. More than one is plural.

We usually add s: one book → two books.

🎯 More than one cat is…
3🔍 In detailPart 3 / 6

Special names

Names of people and places start with a capital letter.

Ali, Fatima, Karachi, Pakistan.

🎯 Which needs a capital letter?
4✏️ Worked examplePart 4 / 6

Pronouns save repeating

A pronoun takes the place of a noun.

Instead of "Ali went out. Ali was happy." we say "Ali went out. He was happy."

he · she · it · they · we
🎯 Sara is kind. ___ helps everyone.
5✅ SummaryPart 5 / 6

Word wizard!

  • A noun names a person, place, animal or thing.
  • Add s for more than one.
  • A pronoun replaces a noun.
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Replace the repeated noun: "Sara lost Sara's book, so Sara looked for Sara's book."

  1. Sara ... Sara's ... Sara ... Sara's
    Find the noun that keeps coming back. Sara, four times.
    Repeating a name over and over makes writing sound clumsy. Spotting the repeat is the first job.
  2. Sara lost ...
    Keep the first Sara so the reader knows who it is.
    Always name the person once before you swap in a pronoun, or nobody knows who "she" is.
  3. Sara lost her book, so she looked for it.
    Swap the rest: "Sara lost her book, so she looked for it."
    Her, she and it are pronouns. Each one stands in for a noun already mentioned.

Answer: Sara lost her book, so she looked for it.

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Which word is a pronoun: "He ate the mango."

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he

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