Nouns

• Common and proper • Abstract and concrete • Compound • Plural and collective

Common and proper

• Common – Person, place, thing or idea • Proper • names a specific (usually a one-of-a-kind) item.

– Begins with a capital letter

Abstract and concrete

• Abstract- your 5 senses can’t detect them.

Concrete- your 5 sense CAN see them

Compound

• noun that is made with two or more words – open or spaced

full moon

– Hyphenated

check-out

– closed or solid

underworld

Plural and collective

• Plural – More than one noun • Collective – names

groups (things) composed of members (usually people)

Pronouns

Personal Reflexive Intensive Indefinite Possessive Demonstrative interrogative

Pronoun

A

pronoun

is a word that substitutes for a noun.

John, George, Paul and Ringo were not zombies.

They were not zombies .

Personal

2 kinds of personal pronouns Subject- renames the subject of the sentence…duh Carol did not emerge from the cell, she might be dead.

Personal

2 kinds of personal pronouns Object- takes the place of the object of the sentence The object is the noun receiving the action After Herschel shot a zombie, it fell backward.

Reflexive A reflexive pronoun refers back to the subject of a sentence Shane could not control himself.

Intensive

• An intensive pronoun emphasizes its antecedent (the noun that comes before it).

I gave the head to the Governor himself.

Possessive

• A possessive pronoun tells you who owns something.

Michonne said the Katana sword was hers .

Demonstrative

• A demonstrative pronoun points out a noun.

The zombie wants those brains.

Interrogative

• An interrogative pronoun is used in a question.

Which machete should I use?

Indefinite

• Indefinite pronouns refer to persons, places, or things in a general way.

Anybody can die in a zombie apocalypse.

all another any both each either everything few many no one none nothing anybody anyone anything several something enough neither most everybody other nobody everyone some somebody one others someone