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Subjects: Pronouns and Nouns
Remember: When forming a sentence, you always have the
choice of connecting the verb to either a pronoun or a noun.

If the subject noun or pronoun is singular,
use a singular verb. If the subject noun or pronoun
is plural, use a plural verb.

He, she, or it can be replaced by a singular noun, and they
by a plural noun. Likewise, a singular noun can be replaced
by he, she, or it, and a plural noun by they.
Singular Plural
Subject Pronoun Verb Subject Pronoun Verb
I 1 we
1
walk 1
2 you 2 you walk
Base
3 he, she, it walks Form 3 they
(or Singular Noun) (or Plural Noun)
Third-person singular forms Third-person plural forms
show a change from the are the same as the base
base form of the verb. form of the verb.

Singular Noun Plural Noun

Replace
Masculine a masculine
singular noun Replace a
my boyfriend People plural noun
Jake with the my friends naming
his father pronoun the students people with
he
the teens the pronoun
the swimmers they
Replace
Feminine a feminine
Mrs. Miller singular noun
Maria with the
the girlfriend pronoun
she Replace a
Things
plural noun
Replace the balls naming
Neuter a neuter the flippers things with
singular noun the goggles the pronoun
the pool
with the the flip-flops they
the ball
pronoun
the locker
it
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