Transcript Parts of Speech Overview - Hueneme School District

Noun, Pronoun, Adjective
A
noun is a word or word group that is used
to name a person, a place, a thing, or an
idea
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A
common noun names any one of a group of
persons, places, things, or ideas.
A common noun generally does not begin with
a capital letter.
• A proper noun names a particular
person, place, thing, or idea.
A proper noun begins with a capital letter.
Common nouns
Proper nouns
poem
“The Raven,” I Am Joaquin
country
Spain, Ivory Coast
athlete
Joe Montana, Kurt Warner
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A
concrete noun names a person, place, or
thing that can be perceived by one or more
of the senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch,
and smell).
 An abstract noun names an idea, a feeling, a
quality, or a characteristic.
Concrete Nouns
Abstract Nouns
Hummingbird, telephone,
teacher, popcorn, ocean,
Golden Gate Bridge, Jesse
Jackson
Knowledge, patriotism,
love, humor, selfconfidence, beauty,
competition
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A
collective noun is a word that names a
group.
People
Animals
Things
audience
chorus
committee
crew
faculty
family
brood
flock
herd
litter
pack
pride
batch
bundle
cluster
collection
fleet
set
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A
pronoun is a word used in place of one or
more nouns or pronouns.
The word that a pronoun stands for
is called its antecedent.
Elena read the book and returned it to the library.
antecedent
pronoun
Sometimes the antecedent is not stated.
Who invented the telephone?
pronoun
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A
personal pronoun refers to the one
speaking (first person) the one spoken to
(second person), or the one spoken about
(third person).
Personal Pronouns
First Person
I, me, my, mine, we, us, our,
ours
Second Person
You, your, yours
Third Person
He, him, his, she, her, hers,
it, its, they, them, their,
theirs
Please note that sometimes the words my, your,
his, her, its and there are also called adjectives.
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A
reflexive pronoun refers to the subject and
functions as a complement or an object of a
preposition.
 An
intensive pronoun emphasizes a noun or
another pronoun.
Notice that reflexive and intensive pronouns have the same
form.
Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
First Person
myself, ourselves
Second Person
yourself, yourselves
Third Person
himself, herself, itself,
themselves
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 The
rescuers did not consider themselves
heroes. (direct object)
 Juan wrote himself a note. (indirect object)
 She is herself again. (predicate nominative)
 I don’t feel like myself. (object of the
preposition)
 Amelia
designed the costumes herself.
 I myself sold more than fifty tickets.
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A demonstrative pronoun points out a person, a
place, a thing or an idea.

These are the names of those who volunteered.
Demonstrative Pronouns
this
that
these
those
An interrogative pronoun introduces a question.

Who scored the most points in the game?
Interrogative Pronouns
What

Which
Who
Whom
Whose
A relative pronoun introduces an adjective clause.
Ray Charles is a performer who has had many hit recordings.
Common Relative Pronouns
that
which
who
whom
whose
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 An
indefinite pronoun refers to a person a
place, a thing, or an idea that may or may
not be specifically named.
Common Indefinite Pronouns
all
another
any
anybody
anyone
anything
both
each
each other
either
everybody
everyone
everything
few
many
more
most
much
neither
nobody
none
no one
nothing
one
other
several
some
somebody
someone
something
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 An
adjective is a word used to modify a noun
or a pronoun
What kind?
Which one?
How much? Or
How many?
stone house
rushing river
Irish linen
eager clerk
tired dog
secret message
another one
next customer
first day
those people
that dress
these mangoes
seven rings
more money
some water
several others
many books
larger share
A
proper adjective is formed from a proper
noun and begins with a capital letter
Canadian citizen, Chinese calendar, Islamic law
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 The
most frequently used adjectives are a,
an, and the. These adjectives are called
articles. The adjectives a and an are called
indefinite articles because they refer to any
member of a general group. A is used before
a word beginning with a consonant sound. An
is used before a word beginning with a vowel
sound.
a, an, and the
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