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Early rock musicians listened to the blues.

They tried to create a new kind of music.

It became known as rock'n'roll.

What word in the second sentence replaces early rockmusicians?

What word in the third sentence replaces a new kind ofmusic?

Words such as they and it are called personal pronouns.

A personal pronoun is a word that can take the place of anoun or of a word group that includes a noun.

Every personal pronoun has more than one form. The formdepends on how the pronoun is used in a sentence.

Subject form pronouns can be used as sentence subject. Object form pronouns can be used in other parts of sentences.

A pronoun usually refers to the noun it replaces. That nounis called the antecedent of the pronoun.

Read the sentence pairs at the top of the next page.

What is the pronoun in the second sentence of each pair?

What noun in the first sentence is the antecedent of thatpronoun?

1. The students are forming a band. They will practicehere.

2. Michael will be the lead singer. He has a strongvoice.

3. Karen will play the bass. She has played for two years.

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Practicing Language Skills

Write the personal pronouns or pronouns from each sentence.

1. I enjoy rock music.

2. Paul doesn't like it.

3. He prefers jazz.

4. We went to a concert at school.

5. The band members go to school with us.Üj�ÜŒ 6. We wanted to hear them play.

7. They were really great.

8. My friends and I had fun.