The word 'playing' is the present participle, present tense of the verb to play. The present participle of the verb also functions as an adjective and a gerund (a verbal noun).
Examples:
Junior is playing with his cousin. (verb)
We bring playing cards on our trip in case of rain. (adjective)
You must finish your homework before playing. (noun)
A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.
Example: Junior is playing with his cousin. They get along so well. (the pronoun 'they' takes the place of the nouns 'Junior' and 'cousin' in the second sentence)
The verb play is not generally a linking verb, but it can be used as a linking verb. A linking verb links noun+ noun, pronoun + noun, noun+ adjective, or pronoun + adjective. As it is generally used, the verb play is an action verb: "I play football." It could be used as a linking verb: "The actor played James Bond." (noun + noun)
No, the word 'play' is a noun (play, plays) and a verb (play, plays, playing, played).Examples:Maggie has a part in the play. (noun)Mickie loves to play basketball. (verb)A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.Example: Mickie loves to play basketball. He is trying out for the team. (the pronoun 'he' takes the place of the noun 'Mickie' in the second sentence)
No, because a pronoun replaces a noun; the word 'pronoun' does not replace a noun, it is a noun.
The word YOU is a personal pronoun, 'second person pronoun' and it is used to specify the "person or persons" you are talking to; the pronoun replaces the name and is both singular or plural, for both subject or object of a sentence.Example- You are not going play with them.Here You refers to a person or noun. And that is what we call a pronoun, a word that replace the noun.
The antecedent is the noun, the noun phrase, or the pronoun that a pronoun replaces.
Vietnam is a noun not a pronoun.
A noun and a pronoun does not answer. A noun is a word for a person, a place, or a thing. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.
It is a pronoun. It replaces a noun. Its is a possessive pronoun. It replaces a noun and its shows ownership.
A pronoun can be a noun . A noun is simply the subject of a sentence
The word is the noun-pronoun antecedent agreement. The term used when the pronoun agrees in person, number, and gender with the antecedent noun.
Fruit is not a pronoun, it is a noun, a common, singular noun.
No, it is not a pronoun. A pronoun replaces a noun. Think, a flower can not replace a noun.