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GCSE English Language · key term
A word used in place of a noun or noun phrase, such as ‘I’, ‘she’, ‘it’ or ‘they’.
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A word used in place of a noun or noun phrase, such as ‘she’, ‘it’ or ‘they’. Its reference should be clear.
Revise: Standard English and grammarThe pronoun choice depends on its job. ‘He and I carried the bags’ is correct, but so is ‘The driver helped him and me’: the pronouns are now objects. Removing the other person helps you check: ‘I carried the bags’; ‘The driver helped me’.
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Replace an unclear pronoun with a name or noun rather than leaving the reader to guess.
Read pronouns as a reader would: if ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’ or ‘they’ could refer to two things, name the intended person or thing.
Reserve the final five minutes for checking. Prioritise unclear sentences, accidental tense changes and ambiguous pronouns before making cosmetic changes.
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A word that stands in place of a noun or noun phrase, such as ‘I’, ‘she’, ‘it’ or ‘they’.
A pronoun, such as ‘she’, ‘it’ or ‘they’, avoids repeating a noun. Its antecedent is the noun or noun phrase it refers to. Pronouns help writing flow only when the reader knows who or what they mean.
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Revise: Standard English and grammarA pronoun replaces a noun or noun phrase. Its antecedent is the person or thing it refers to. Pronouns reduce repetition, but they only help when the reader can follow the reference.
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A word used in place of a noun or noun phrase, such as ‘I’, ‘we’ or ‘they’.
Revise: Component 01 Question 3: language and structureYou might examine an expressive verb, a pronoun, repetition or an exclamation. The important question is what that choice means here. A verb does not have a useful effect merely because it is a verb.
A word that can stand in place of a noun or noun phrase, such as ‘she’, ‘it’ or ‘they’.
Component 1, Component 2
A word used in place of a noun or noun phrase, such as 'I', 'she', 'them' or 'it'.
Revise: Standard English and grammarA pronoun stands in place of a noun or noun phrase. Different forms have different grammatical jobs. In 'She thanked him', 'she' is the subject and 'him' receives the action.
