R eminders of some types of NOUNS

1. Reminders of some types of NOUNS A Quick Review

2. A concrete noun: • Names a person, place, or thing that you can perceive using one of your senses. Concrete nouns: Students Desks Wall Restaurant

3. Abstract noun: • Names an idea, feeling, a quality, or characteristic. • Abstract nouns: Danger Justice Love

4. Collective noun • Collective nouns name a group A flock Crew A herd A troop

5. Compound nouns • Made up of two or more words. Toothpaste Bedroom Blackboard

6. Moving on to pronouns: • Types of pronouns Personal Pronouns Reflexive/Intensive pronouns Demonstrative and Relative pronouns Indefinite and Interrogative

7. Personal pronouns • Personal Pronouns refer to certain specific persons, places or things. They change their form depending on person, number or gender. • Examples: I, he, they, them, you, it, ours, their, yours.

8. Practice. Write the sentence. Circle the personal pronoun. • Where did they come from? • It was a long time ago, in the nineteenth century. • Mom told me that grandfather is from Sweden. • He brought two cousins with him. • She didn’t want to come at first.

9. Practice. Write the sentence. Circle the personal pronoun. • Where did they come from? • It was a long time ago, in the nineteenth century. • Mom told me that grandfather is from Sweden. • He brought two cousins with him. • She didn’t want to come at first.

10. Reflexive Pronouns • End with –self or –selves. They refer back to a noun or pronoun in a sentence. Examples: Myself Himself Itself Ourselves Jake imagined himself at the wheel of the car.

11. Intensive Pronoun • Also end in –self or –selves but is used with a noun or another pronoun to emphasize the noun or pronoun. • Example: Henry Ford himself once drove the car.

12. Write the sentence. Underline the reflexive or intensive pronoun. Label it “R” or “I”. • I gave myself plenty of time to get to work. • You should let yourself into the house. • The actress herself wrote those lines. • The cat itself caught the mouse.

13. Write the sentence. Underline the reflexive or intensive pronoun. Label it “R” or “I”. • I gave myself plenty of time to get to work. R • You should let yourself into the house. R • The actress herself wrote those lines. I • The cat itself caught the mouse. I

14. Demonstrative and Relative • Demonstrative points out a person, place, thing, or idea. Ex: That was Thomas Edison. Is This the very first light bulb? Relative: Introduces a subordinate clause. The car which I drove is old. My brother, whose phone you heard, is a doctor.

15. Write the sentences. Underline the demonstrative or relative pronoun. Label it “D” or “R” • The chef who won the competition studied in Paris. • This tastes good. • I can’t stand dogs that bark loudly. • These shoes fit comfortably.

16. Write the sentences. Underline the demonstrative or relative pronoun. Label it “D” or “R” • The chef who won the competition studied in Paris. R • This tastes good. D • I can’t stand dogs that bark loudly. R • These shoes fit comfortably. D

17. Indefinite and Interrogative • Interrogative introduces a question. • Example: Who, What, Which • Indefinite refers to a person, place, a thing, or idea that is may or may not be named specifically. • Example: Anybody, both, few, neither, nothing, no one, everyone, several.

18. Write the sentence. Underline the Indefinite or interrogative pronoun. Label it “I” or “inter” • 1. Many rode bicycles for transportation. • 2. Which is the most famous invention? • 3. What was the name of the song? • 4. Several rode to the event.

19. Write the sentence. Underline the Indefinite or interrogative pronoun. Label it “I” or “inter” • 1. Many rode bicycles for transportation. I • 2. Which is the most famous inventions? INTER • 3. What was the name of the song? INTER • 4. Several rode to the event. I

20. What is an antecedent? • An antecedent is a noun to which the pronoun refers. It usually goes before the pronoun ("ante" means before). • Examples: • Even though the party was fun, it was crowded. • People often like parties because they get to see old friends.

21. Adjectives • Describes a noun or pronoun. Articles are considered adjectives. The articles are an, a, the. Examples: • The area, remote and primitive, is peaceful. • The small lions ate quickly.

22. Check your practice. • The little town is in a quiet valley surrounded by tall mountains. • Some days the mountains look blue or purple. • A lazy river flows through the westernpart of town. • The water, deep and serene, looks beautiful with golden spots of sunlight on it.

23. Demonstrative Adjectives They are used to describe a noun. This, that, these and those. (yes these are the same words you wrote for demonstrative pronouns BUT now they describe a noun). Examples: Demonstrative pronoun: This is the Australian outback. Demonstrative adjective: This land is the Australian outback.

24. Check your practice. • Directions: Underline the demonstrative adjective (s) in each sentence.   • These international students at the table with us put on the fair. • It is held in that brick building. • I bought this ring on my finger from a Greek student. • Those dolls in the next room are dressed in national costumes. • Karen made that African doll in the far corner.

25. Proper Adjectives • When an adjective is formed from a proper noun. • Examples: Proper Noun Proper Adjective America an American city Palm Beach a Palm Beach vacation New York a New York newspaper

26. Check your answers • This store is my favorite. ADJ • Both have wooden buttons. PRONOUN • These are the most popular albums. PRONOUN • Which test was the hardest for you? ADJ • This is a test for Ms. Alonso’s students. PRONOUN