Nouns, Verbs, Pronouns etc
A noun is a naming word [shoe, table, car, computer].
verb is an action word [a *doing* word e.g. run, type, talk].
A pronoun is a word used as a place-holder for a noun, or a noun phrase, or a different pronoun. Pronouns are usually used in writing and when talking as a way of keeping the flow of the words smooth by reducing repeated use of the full subject or object word. For example, "Susan came top of her class and Susan is going to university!" Instead of saying Susan twice, you would use the pronoun 'she' after you've used the person's name, and instead of using the name a second time.he statement. "Susan came top of her class and she is going to university!"
A personal pronoun refers to a specific person or thing and changes its form to indicate person, number, gender, and case.
A subjective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as the subject of the sentence. The subjective personal pronouns are "I," "you," "she," "he," "it," "we," "you," "they."
An objective personal pronoun indicates that the pronoun is acting as an object of a verb, compound verb, preposition, or infinitive phrase. The objective personal pronouns are: "me," "you," "her," "him," "it," "us," "you," and "them." Other types of pronouns: possessive, demonstrative, interrogative, relative, etc etc.
An adverb is a word which modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb, such as *running quickly* [where *quickly* is the adverb], and where *quickly* tells you *how* the *running* was being done.
An adjective is a *describing* word used with a *noun* [naming word], to express a quality or circumstance, such as *blue sky* [blue is the adjective, sky is the noun].
A vowel is one of these five letters: a, e, i, o, u.
A consonant is every other letter of the alphabet, which is *not* a vowel.
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I want to know if "they're" is a noun or pronoun.
Very good question Willy! The word "they" is a pronoun.
What is a pronoun?
There are many types of pronouns, and a few are shown above on this page.
Depending on how you use a word, it could be one of several types of pronoun.
You ask about they're -- which is short for they are. Let's use it in a sentence:
The Williams family is on holidays this month, they're in Jamaica.
This sentence above shows "they" as a pronoun. Here's another example:
After many years they returned to Jamaica,
In the sentence above "they" is a subjective personal pronoun - it has become the "subject" of the sentence, as no other subject/person is named.
I do hope this makes sense!
Cheers
Teena
Apostrophe Queen :-)