Nouns and Pronouns Noun n n A noun
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Nouns and Pronouns
Noun n n A noun is the name of a person, place or thing. It can be explained by stating what it is, a person, place or thing. For Example: Radios, books, and telephones are media used by almost everyone. Name the nouns within the example sentence and explain why each word identifies as a noun. Radios, books, telephones, and media.
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Types of Nouns n Collective Nouns n Compound Nouns n Common Nouns n Proper Nouns
Collective Nouns n. A collective noun is a noun that names a group of individual people or things. n For examples: team, class, committee, crowd, group, audience.
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Compound Nouns n. A compound noun is a noun made up of two or more words. n They can be separate words, hyphenated words, or combined words.
Types of Compound Nouns Examples Separate Words hard drive chief justice Empire State Building Hyphenated Words cure-all cha-cha mother-in-law Combined Words congresswomen network classroom
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Common Nouns and Proper Nouns Common Nouns name any one of a class of people, places, or things. n Examples: n – – – inventor village story Proper Nouns name a specific person, place, or thing. n Examples: n – Alexander Graham Bell – Tarry town – “Rikki-tavi”
HINT: Common Nouns are not capitalized. Proper Nouns are always capitalized.
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Pronoun n. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or of a group of words acting as a noun. n Example: My father opened his files first. He couldn’t wait any longer. n What is the pronoun? n He.
Antecedents n The noun for which the pronoun replaces. n For Example: When Mellisa wants to use the restroom, she asks for a pass. n What is the antecedent? (What replaces the pronoun, she? n Mellisa.
Personal Pronouns n Personal Pronouns refer to (1) the person speaking, (2) the person spoken to, or (3) the person, place, or thing spoken about. n For Example: I waited for my class to line up. n There are two personal pronouns in example sentence. What are they?
Demonstrative Pronoun n “The Pointers” point out a specific person, place, or thing. n This, that, these, those. n For Example: This is your review for your quiz. n What is the demonstrative pronoun? n This.
Relative Pronoun n Relative pronouns begin subordinate clauses and connects it to another part of the sentence called the independent clause. n That, which, whom, whose n For Example: Here is the website which needs to be blocked.
Interrogative Pronoun n Interrogative Pronouns are used to begin a question. n What, which, whom, whose. n Who is going to make an “A” on their quiz today? n What is the interrogative pronoun? n Who.
Indefinite Pronouns n Indefinite pronouns refer to people, places, or things, often without specifying which ones. n For Example: I bet that there are only a few students who studied for today’s quiz. n What is the Indefinite Pronoun?
Let’s put it all together now! n What is the difference between Common and Proper Nouns? n What is the difference between collective and compound nouns? n What is the difference between demonstrative and relative pronouns?
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