What is a noun

Pronouns replace nouns in a sentence. But these little words have big responsibilities — pronouns can name people or things, show ownership, ask questions, reciprocate meaning, and much more.

A pronoun is one of the eight main parts of speech.

The word pronoun means “on behalf of a noun,” meaning that it stands in for a noun (the antecedent) to avoid repetitive nouns in writing. For example:

• Carson went for a walk. It started to rain, so Carson went back to Carson’s house.
• Carson went for a walk.

  It started to rain, so he went back to his house.
  

• Lions live in packs.

  Pronoun examples sentences

• Types of pronoun
• Nouns and pronouns list
• Nouns and pronouns pdf
• Noun and pronoun sentence examples

Lions work together to take care of lions’ cubs, and lions love to be with other lions.

• Lions live in packs. They work together to take care of their cubs, and they love to be with other lions.

Matching a pronoun with its antecedent is called noun-pronoun agreement. Make sure you’re choosing the correct pronoun based on the noun it’s replacing.

To know which pronoun you need, determine whether the noun you’re replacing is singular or plural, a

noun pronoun examples

what is the difference between a pronoun and a noun