Nouns and Pronouns

Grammar ReviewMr. 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 Singular Plural

First Person I, me (my, mine) We, us (our, ours)

Second Person You (your, yours) You (your, yours)

Third Person He, him, she, her, it (his, her, hers, its)

They, them (their, theirs)

Ex: The student offered to help his friend during class. ANTECEDENT PRONOUN

Ex: Some girl lost her phone in the cafeteria. ANTECEDENT PRONOUN

Personal pronouns change form.

Possessive pronouns show ownership or relationship. The possessive pronouns are printed within parentheses in the chart above.

Practice

1) Mr. Schmitt taught his classes how to analyze and critique an informational text.

2) Jehad ate more than his friends before football practice.

3) Fawzi used the skills that Mr. Schmitt taught him to become a better student.

4) Yesmine forgot to do her homework for her last class of the day.

5) After JeVon and I left school, we played video games for five straight hours.

Directions: Circle the pronoun and underline the antecedent in the following sentences.

Practice

1) Dearborn High School teachers care about their students.

2) Ms. Jaffer made sure her students understood the material she presented in class.

3) Mr. Schmitt likes to play softball on Sundays. 4) The boy’s father was pleased with his son’s

academic performance. 5) The crowd watched in amazement as Michigan

State pounded U of M at Spartan Stadium.

Directions: Highlight all of the nouns in the following sentences.