Question

What are pronouns and how do you use them

Answer 1

We use personal pronouns in place of noun phrases. We often use them to refer back to people and things that we have already identified (underlined):

Peter complained to the chef about the meal. She wasn’t very helpful so he spoke to the manager. (she = the chef, he = Peter)

A:Where’s the knife? I can’t find it.B:It’s in the drawer. (it = the knife)

Personal pronouns show person and number. He, she, him and her show gender. They have different subject and object forms (except you, it and one which have only one form):

Answer 2

Pronouns function as noun phrases in place of nouns, so instead of writing 'Sarah' you'd replace it with 'she' rather than repeating the name again and again. You'd also replace, for example, 'Sarah and Adam' with 'they,' 'Adam' with 'he', etc.