Year 3 English Grammar

Nouns and Pronouns

Nouns name people, places, things, and ideas. Pronouns replace nouns so we do not have to repeat the same word over and over again.

General names for people, places, things or ideas. Not capitalised (unless starting a sentence).

dog city book teacher happiness ocean

Specific names of particular people, places, or things. Always capitalised.

Sydney Maya Australia Monday River Murray BrightPath

A word for a group of people, animals, or things.

🐾a mob of kangaroos

🐟a flock of birds

🐍a school of fish

👷a team of players

Pronouns replace nouns so we do not repeat the same word.

Without pronoun:

"Maya walked to the park. Maya sat on the bench."

With pronoun:

"Maya walked to the park. She sat on the bench."

Common Pronouns

Noun (or person)	Subject pronoun	Object pronoun	Possessive pronoun
speaking	I	me	my / mine
listening	you	you	your / yours
male person	he	him	his
female person	she	her	her / hers
thing/animal	it	it	its
group (we)	we	us	our / ours
others	they	them	their / theirs

noun — a word naming a person, place, thing, or idea

proper noun — a specific name that is always capitalised (Sydney, Maya, Monday)

collective noun — a word for a group (a flock of birds, a mob of kangaroos)

pronoun — a word that replaces a noun (he, she, it, they, we)

✓Common nouns name general things (dog, city). Proper nouns name specific things and are always capitalised (Sydney, Maya).
✓Collective nouns name groups: a mob of kangaroos, a flock of birds, a school of fish.
✓Pronouns replace nouns to avoid repetition: he, she, it, they, we, I, you.
✓Match your pronoun to the noun: male = he/him, female = she/her, thing = it, group = they/them.