Grammar

Papa Lion lives in the grassland and the Papa Lion lays around all day. Papa Lion likes to let his sister lions get his food. Papa lion lets his sister lions do all the work. Papa lion is lazy. Papa lion…

That’s a lot of Papa lion. It repeats too many times.

Look, the second passage does not have the word Papa Lion written many times.

The word Papa Lion turns to “he” and the word sister lions turns to “they.”
Pronouns can take the place of nouns so you don’t repeat the noun over and over again.

You use them when you talk all the time.
The pronouns he, she, they, it, him, her, and them take the place of nouns in words.
Look at some sentences to see how pronouns can take the place of nouns.

The boy walked to the store becomes
He walked to the store.

The girl rode the bike becomes
She rode the bike.

I want to buy the red shoes becomes
I want to buy them.

Look at the book becomes Look at it.

Pronouns are part of speech. They come in handy when you write or talk about something, and don’t want to repeat the same thing over and over again.

Think about how you use them when you write or speak.