Lesson 3 - Nouns and pronouns

The simple definition of a noun is: a person, place or thing.
Here are some examples:

• person: man, woman, teacher, John, Mary
• place: home, office, town, countryside, America
• thing: table, car, banana, money, music, love, dog, monkey

Nouns have certain functions (jobs) in a sentence, for example:

• subject of verb: Doctors work hard.
• object of verb: He likes coffee.
• subject and object of verb: Teachers teach students.

WHAT IS A PRONOUN?

It is a word that takes the place of or represents a noun. Pronouns help us use fewer words and avoid repetition. Please check some examples of noun phrases and the pronouns that could replace them:

Noun (phrase)		Pronoun
the car	=	it
Anthony		he
the big woman with black hair		she
swimming		it
learning English		it
almost all French people		they
my wife and I		we

Here are the personal pronouns, followed by some example sentences:

Number	Person	Gender	Personal pronouns
			Subject	Object
SINGULAR	1st	male/ female	I	me
	2nd	male/ female	You	you
	3rd	male	He	him
		female	She	her
		neuter	It	it
PLURAL	1st	male/ female	We	us
	2nd	male/ female	You	you
	3rd	male	They	them