Transcript Nouns and Pronouns!

Nouns and Pronouns!
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Nouns
• A noun is the name of a person, place, or
thing.
• Nouns name things that can be seen and
touched as well as those that can not be
seen and touched.
Examples
People
Uncle Mike
Janice
friend
girls
President Smith
city
Waverly High
Places
Canada
library
garden
Things
Things you Can
See and touch
worm trees
store bicycles
Ideas and
Actions
justice rebellion
peace election
Conditions and
Qualities
joy illness
beauty faith
Exercise A
• Write the two nouns in each group. Then
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2.
3.
4.
5.
label each pair as people, places, or
things.
able, baby, musician
rabbit, really, chair
prison, mountainside, write
misery, rusty, success
only, forest, swamp
Exercise A; continued
6. sailor, tiny, explorer
7. tame, table, dog
8. destroy, dentist, mayor
9. rock, clever, pie
10. beach, pasture, foolish
11. carry, courage, freedom
12. lion, kindly, kite
13. conductor, woman, do
Exercise A; continued
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20.
grim, king, president
bedroom, school, rough
jolly, desk, thought
construction, pain, pretty
hunter, nurse, into
pelican, shouted, honor
pizza, library, ill
Compound Nouns
• A compound noun is
•
a noun that is made
up of more than one
word.
Compound nouns can
be:
 Separated - bubble
bath, station wagon
 Hyphenated - son-inlaw, hand-me-down
 Combined - shipwreck,
handstand
Exercise B
• Read the paragraphs on the next slide and
write down all the compound nouns you
see.
As soon as she arrived at the airport, Jane became excited
about her first flight alone. Once the ticket agent had given her
a boarding pass, she kissed her parents, went on board, and
fastened her seatbelt. Shortly after takeoff, the flight attendant
brought her a soft drink. Later the passengers lunched on
meatloaf, string beans, and fruit salad. Soon she heard the
landing gear come down and returned her tray-table to its
correct position. In a few minutes, she felt the gentle bump of
touch-down.
Inside the terminal, next to the runway, her grandmother
and grandfather were waiting for her. A slight mix-up over her
suitcase was soon solved. With the help of a porter, they
carried the luggage to the station wagon. Jane couldn’t believe
her luck as she watched the beautiful scenery along the
freeway on the way into town.
As soon as she arrived at the airport, Jane became excited
about her first flight alone. Once the ticket agent had given her
a boarding pass, she kissed her parents, went on board, and
fastened her seatbelt. Shortly after takeoff, the flight attendant
brought her a soft drink. Later the passengers lunched on
meatloaf, string beans, and fruit salad. Soon she heard the
landing gear come down and returned her tray-table to its
correct position. In a few minutes, she felt the gentle bump of
touch-down.
Inside the terminal, next to the runway, her grandmother
and grandfather were waiting for her. A slight mix-up over her
suitcase was soon solved. With the help of a porter, they
carried the luggage to the station wagon. Jane couldn’t believe
her luck as she watched the beautiful scenery along the
freeway on the way into town.
Common Nouns
• A common noun
•
names any one of a
class of people,
places, or things.
Examples:
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country
building
school
writer
Proper Nouns
• A proper noun names
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a specific person,
place, or thing.
Examples:
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Kenya
White House
Waverly High School
Emily Dickinson
Orlando Bloom
Exercise C
• Write the proper noun in each group.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Add the necessary capitalization.
town, village, smithville
black beauty, horse, pony
state, region, texas
river, nile, stream
landmark, memorial, washington
monument
Exercise C; continued
6. whitman, poet, writer
7. french, people, language
8. dog, puppy, lassie
9. paris, capital, city
10. country, nation, italy
Exercise D
• Write sentences that fit the following criteria:
1. Write a sentence about sports that includes one
2.
3.
4.
5.
proper noun and one compound noun.
Write a sentence about animals that includes two
common nouns.
Write a sentence about an interesting place that
includes one compound proper noun and one proper
noun.
Write a sentence about your school that contains
one compound proper noun and one proper noun.
Write a sentence about music that includes one
compound proper noun and two common nouns.
STOP!!!
Review the different types of
nouns with a partner.
Pronouns
• Pronouns are words that stand for nouns
or words that take the place of nouns.
• Pronouns have antecedents
• An antecedent is a noun for which a
pronoun stands.
• In other words, antecedents are nouns
that pronouns replace.
Examples
• Joe ate his whole pepperoni pizza!
• Joe ate his whole pepperoni pizza!
• When Angie moved, she gave her cat to the
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neighbors.
When Angie moved, she gave her cat to the
neighbors.
Caring for bees can be rewarding, but it requires
a certain amount of bravery.
Caring for bees can be rewarding, but it requires
a certain amount of bravery.
More Examples
• Because of its climate, Phoenix is my
favorite city.
• Because of its climate, Phoenix is my
favorite city.
• All of my answers are correct.
• All of my answers are correct.
Exercise A
• Write the antecedent of each underlined pronoun.
1. Some of the children are afraid of mice.
2. Andrea usually brings her lunch to school.
3. This is not the record I ordered.
4. The horse has broken out of its stall.
5. Frank asked his father to help build a fire.
6. The explorers loaded supplies into their boat.
7. The Smiths enjoyed themselves at the picnic.
8. Did Joe bring his camera?
9. The boat with the red sail is the one that won.
10. The twins ordered milkshakes with their lunches.
Personal Pronouns
• Personal pronouns refer to:
1. The person speaking
2. The person spoken to
3. The person, place, or thing spoken about.
Personal Pronoun
Singular
First Person
Plural
I, me, my, mine we, us, our, ours
Second Person you, your, yours you, your, yours
Third Person
he, him, his,
they, them, their,
she, her, hers, it,
theirs
its
Exercise B
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2.
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6.
Write each sentence underlining the two personal
pronouns in each. Then draw a line from each
personal pronoun to its antecedent.
Alice asked Henry if he had brought his bike.
Paul baked his parents a cake for their party.
The twins took their skis with them.
Jody put down her pencil when she was finished.
Dad helped the Grants select their new piano and
move it into the house.
The fans rose to their feet when they realized the
ball had gone over the fence.
Exercise B; continued
7. The movie doesn’t live up to its ads, but
it does have an exciting ending.
8. Tracy enjoyed her trip and was sorry it
was over.
9. Ned decided he would order cake since it
looked so delicious.
10.Ellen helped her brother finish his
algebra homework.
Pronouns with -self or -selves
• Pronouns that end with -self or -selves
come in two categories:
 Reflexive
or
 Intensive
Reflexive & Intensive
Pronouns
Singular
Plural
First Person
myself
ourselves
Second Person
yourself
yourselves
Third Person
himself,
herself, itself
themselves
Reflexive vs. Intensive
• Reflexive Pronouns
 Add information to the
sentence by pointing
back to a noun or
pronoun earlier in the
sentence.
 Example:
• Joy helped herself to
some pizza.
• Intensive Pronouns
 Simply adds emphasis
to a noun or pronoun
in the same sentence.
 Example:
• The mayor herself
attended the meeting.
Exercise C
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7.
Write the reflexive or intensive pronoun in each
sentence and label each as Int. (intensive) or Ref.
(reflexive).
I myself have never questioned Jane’s loyalty.
We all enjoyed ourselves at the picnic.
The author described the plot to us herself.
Helen wallpapered her bedroom herself.
The governor himself answered our questions.
Paul kept telling himself he wasn’t afraid.
The children went to the park by themselves.
Exercise C; continued
8. The guests helped themselves from
heaping platters.
9. Pete had a hard time defending himself.
10.Rita found herself the only one left.
Demonstrative, Relative, and
Interrogative
• Demonstrative pronouns direct attention to
specific people, places, or things.
• Relative pronouns begin subordinate
clauses and connect them to another idea
in the sentence.
• Interrogative pronouns begin questions.
Demonstrative, Relative, and
Interrogative
Demonstrative Pronouns
this
that
these
those
Relative Pronouns
that
which
who
whom
whose
Interrogative Pronouns
what
which
who
whom
whose
Exercise D
•
Write the pronoun in each sentence. Then label each as
demonstrative, relative, or interrogative.
1. Which of the candidates is more likely to win?
2. Ralph was the person who told Lisa.
3. What will happen next?
4. This book is by the same author.
5. Who was elected to represent the class?
6. Jake has a pen pal who lives in New Guinea.
7. Is that the jacket with the broken zipper?
8. What is Paul having for dinner?
9. Darryl’s aunt is the lawyer who won the case.
10. These are the tomatoes from Mom’s garden.
Indefinite Pronouns
• Indefinite pronouns refer to people, places,
or things, often without specifying which
ones.
Indefinite Pronouns
Singular
another
anybody
anyone
anything
each
either
everybody
everyone
everything
little
much
neither
nobody
no one
nothing
one
other
somebody
someone
something
Plural
Either Or
both
few
many
others
several
all
any
more
most
none
some
Exercise E
• Write the indefinite pronouns in the paragraph.
• Although animals throughout the animal
kingdom are adaptable, none have shown
greater ability to adapt than insects. Everyone
knows that insects thrive in hot and humid jungle
regions, but did you know that some also live in
frozen polar regions? Deserts, caves, lakes,
and mountains provide homes for still others.
Few, however, are found in the earth’s oceans.
Scientists have already identified more of these
small creatures than the average person would
guess - over 800,000 kinds.
Exercise E; continued
• Write the indefinite pronouns in the paragraph.
• No one is sure, but it seems likely that many remain to
be discovered. Some of the scientists who study
insects estimate that there may be up to ten million
kinds still to be identified. All have up to six legs, three
main body parts, and an external skeleton. One has a
wingspan of about ten inches; another about onehundredth of an inch. Their great numbers and variety
seem to have equipped insects with the ability to
survive anything.
• Although animals throughout the animal kingdom are
adaptable, none have shown greater ability to adapt
than insects. Everyone knows that insects thrive in
hot and humid jungle regions, but did you know that
some also live in frozen polar regions? Deserts,
caves, lakes, and mountains provide homes for still
others. Few, however, are found in the earth’s
oceans. Scientists have already identified more of
these small creatures than the average person would
guess - over 800,000 kinds.
• No one is sure, but it seems likely that many remain to
be discovered. Some of the scientists who study
insects estimate that there may be up to ten million
kinds still to be identified. All have up to six legs, three
main body parts, and an external skeleton. One has a
wingspan of about ten inches; another about onehundredth of an inch. Their great numbers and variety
seem to have equipped insects with the ability to
survive anything.