Question

they were punished by the teacher identify the pronoun in the following sentences
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Answer 1

They were punished by the teacher.

Here, Pronoun is "They"

What is a Pronoun:-

• A pronoun is a word in the given sentence that can replace a noun.

• Pronouns are used in sentences to avoid repeating the same nouns.

• There are different types of pronouns such as Personal, Possessive, Indefinite, Relative, Intensive, Demonstrative, Reflexive, etc.

• "They" comes under Personal Pronoun. It is used in place of a person's name. Subjective and Objective are two kinds of Personal Pronouns.

Answer 2

They were punished by their teachers. "They" is the pronoun in this sentence.

Explanation:

A pronoun is a word that refers to a person or something in the discourse.

Pronouns are used in place of a noun.

For example, I, You, They are pronouns and these words are used as substitutes to nouns.

There are different types of pronouns.

• Indicative pronouns
• possessive pronouns
• Interrogative pronoun
• Relative pronoun
• Indefinite pronoun etc.

"They" is the pronoun in the above sentence.