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Nouns and Pronouns. Grammar Review Mr. Schmitt. A noun is a person, place or thing. Common noun -general name for a person place or thing. Ex: monster, animal, store. Proper noun -name of a particular person, place or thing. Ex: Big Foot, Mr. Schmitt
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Nouns and Pronouns Grammar Review Mr. Schmitt
A noun is a person, place or thing. • Common noun-general name for a person place or thing. • Ex: monster, animal, store. • Proper noun-name of a particular person, place or thing. • Ex: Big Foot, Mr. Schmitt • Concrete noun-name of something perceived by the senses. • Ex: student, fur, computer • Abstract noun-name of an idea, quality or state. • Ex: intelligence, bravery, loyalty.
Types of nouns (cont.) • Singular noun-one person, place, thing or idea. • Example: photograph, chair, brain, fork • Plural noun-more than one person, place, thing or idea. • Ex: wolves, candles, televisions • Collective nouns-name of a group of people or things. • Ex: herd, pack, organization • Compound noun-single noun formed from two or more words. • Ex: footprint, bedroom, blackboard. • Possessive noun-noun that shows ownership or relationship. • Ex: coach’s son, Mr. Schmitt’s desk, the girl’s toy.
A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun. The word that a pronoun stands for or represents is called its antecedent. Personal pronouns change form. Ex: The studentoffered to help his friend during class. ANTECEDENT PRONOUN Ex: Some girl lost her phone in the cafeteria. ANTECEDENT PRONOUN Possessive pronouns show ownership or relationship. The possessive pronouns are printed within parentheses in the chart above.
Practice Directions: Circle the pronoun and underline the antecedent in the following sentences. • Mr. Schmitt taught his classes how to analyze and critique an informational text. • Jehad ate more than his friends before football practice. • Fawzi used the skills that Mr. Schmitt taught him to become a better student. • Yesmine forgot to do her homework for her last class of the day. • After JeVon and I left school, we played video games for five straight hours.
Practice Directions: Highlight all of the nouns in the following sentences. • Dearborn High School teachers care about their students. • Ms. Jaffer made sure her students understood the material she presented in class. • Mr. Schmitt likes to play softball on Sundays. • The boy’s father was pleased with his son’s academic performance. • The crowd watched in amazement as Michigan State pounded U of M at Spartan Stadium.