Are boy and girl a pronoun?

Answer 1

No, the words 'boy' and 'girl' are nouns, they are words for people.

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.

The pronouns that take the place of the noun 'boy' are heas a subject and him as an object in a sentence.

Example: The boy sat down to lunch. He ate a tuna sandwich that he had brought with him.

The pronouns that take the place of the noun 'girl' are she as a subject and her as an object in a sentence.

Example: The girl likes to play the piano. Shetakes lessons twice a week. I often hear her playing.

Answer 2

The pronoun they is the correct pronoun to take the place of a noun (or two or more nouns) when the gender of the people is mixed.

Example:

There was one boy and eight girls on the bus. They were not injured.

Both Jack and Jill were on the bus but theywere not injured.

Both of my parents were on the bus. Theywere not injured.

Answer 3

They