1. words that substitute for nouns or noun phrases, such as ‘he,’ ‘she,’ ‘it,’ ‘they,’ ‘who,’ or ‘this’
Usage: grammar term; plural form of pronoun

Examples

• Personal pronouns like ‘I,’ ‘you,’ and ‘we’ refer to specific people.
• Relative pronouns such as ‘who’ and ‘which’ introduce dependent clauses.
• Students often struggle with using the correct pronouns in formal writing.
• Demonstrative pronouns like ‘this’ and ‘that’ point to specific things.
• The teacher explained how pronouns help avoid repetition in sentences.
• Indefinite pronouns such as ‘everyone’ and ‘nothing’ refer to unspecified people or things.