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3.9  Pronouns Used to Form Questions

                A pronoun is often used to introduce a question.





                                                      Pool Opens
                                                         Today!



             Susan swims. Who swims?     The pool opens. What opens?

           Noun             Pronoun       Noun               Pronoun
           Who and What are question words. You will learn more about
           the jobs they have to do in Part Two.


           3.10  Pronouns Pointing Out People or Things

                            A pronoun can be used to
                   point to specific persons, places, or things.

           This, that, these, and those are pronouns commonly used
           to point out people, places, or things without naming them.
           As pronouns, they stand alone. However, in context, they must
           refer to someone or something that has already been mentioned.
           They often indicate the location of people or things as being
           near or far from the speaker. In form, they can show number,
           as illustrated in the next example.

                   Singular Pronouns refer to one person or thing
                               this (one) or that (one)






               Plural Pronouns refer to more than one person or thing
                           these (ones) or those (ones)







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