Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs: Review

Working with the parts of speech

What are Nouns?

 They are people, places, things, or ideas  There are abstract, concrete, common, proper, collective, compound nouns  Identify the nouns in the following sentences:  John walked to the store with his brother.

 John, store, and brother are the nouns  Lexis is a very interesting girl.

 Lexis and girl are the nouns

What are Pronouns?

 Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns and/subjects so that sentences don’t sound so repetitive  There are the 1 st person (I, me, my, mine, myself, we, our, us), 2 nd (you, your, yours), and 3 rd person person (he, she, it, him, her, hers, his, its, they, them, their, theirs) pronouns

Pronouns Continued

 There are Demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those that point out a specific person, place, or thing  Interrogative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and what that begin a question  Relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which that tell more about a noun or subject  Indirect pronouns: anyone, anybody, you, someone, somebody, everybody, each, others, and more that have no antecedent

Pronoun Practice

 Identify the pronouns in the following sentences:  You really should clean up your room.

 Yes, “you” and “your” are the pronouns  When Mr. Victor says that everyone is responsible for their own education, he hopes that his students take this to heart.

 everyone, their, he, and his are all pronouns

What’s a Verb?

 A verb describes an action or state of being  Verbs are used to show what a noun does or is  There are action verbs, linking verbs, being verbs, helping verbs to name a few  Remember, substitute is or are to figure out if the verb is action or linking

Verb Practice

 Identify the verbs in the following sentences:  Mr. Victor speaks rather loudly.

 “speaks” is the verb  He often moves around his room when he talks.

 “moves” and “talks” are the verbs  If there is something funny, Mr. Victor laughs along with his students.

 “is” and “laughs” are the verbs