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A noun is a person, place or thing.

  Tom (person)
  girl (person)
  Africa (place)
  school (place)
  pencil (thing)
  computer (thing)

A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun.

Some pronouns are:
he Tom (person)
she Monica (person)
it Toronto (place)
it computer (thing)

Pronouns replace nouns

  Noun
  Pronoun
  Bill jumps into the water.
  He jumps into the water.
  Japan is a big country.
  It is a big country.
  Tara writes quickly.
  She writes quickly.
  Terry and Robert walk to school.
  They walk to school.
  A mouse eats cheese.
  It eats cheese.
  Your mother is cooking supper.
  She is cooking supper.
  Tome loves to eat rice cakes.
  He loves to eat rice cakes.

TEST YOURSELF:

Click the box beside the noun.

1.   Tom
2.   Terry
3.   her
4.   Japan
5.   mouse
6.   it
7.   mother
8.   Alexander
9.   he
10.  you





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