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4 Pronouns

Read the following sentences aloud.
Lucy is wearing a red T-shirt. Lucy is playing
with her ball. Lucy’s dog is also playing with
Lucy.
Lucy is used many times in the above sentences.
Th is makes the sentences sound odd. Let’s try to
make them sound better.
Lucy is wearing a red T-shirt. She is playing
with her ball. Her dog is also playing with
her.
Now read the following pairs of sentences.
1. Vicky is my friend.
He likes bananas.
In the second sentence, he stands for Vicky.
2. Meena is a girl.
She is ten years old.
In the second sentence, she stands for Meena.
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3. Kitty is a cat.
It is sleeping in the basket.
In the second sentence, it stands for the cat.
In the above sentences, instead of repeating the same naming words, we
replaced them by he, she and it. Th ese words are called pronouns.
Pronouns are the words we use in place of naming words (nouns).
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