Transcript Review for Test on Nouns and Pronouns

Nouns and Pronouns
Noun
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A noun is the name of a person, place or thing.
It can be explained by stating what it is, a
person, place or thing.
For Example: Radios, books, and telephones are
media used by almost everyone.
Name the nouns within the example sentence
and explain why each word identifies as a noun.
Radios, books, telephones, and media.
Assignment:
Page 323-324: Exercise 1
Types of Nouns
Collective Nouns
 Compound Nouns
 Common Nouns
 Proper Nouns
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Common Nouns and Proper Nouns
Common Nouns name
any one of a class of
people, places, or
things.
 Examples:
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– inventor
– village
– story
Proper Nouns name a
specific person, place,
or thing.
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– Alexander Graham Bell
– Tarry town
– “Rikki-tikki-tavi”
HINT:
Common Nouns are not
capitalized. Proper Nouns are
always capitalized.
Assignment:
Page 325-327: Exercise 2-4
Pronoun
A pronoun is a word that takes the place
of a noun or of a group of words acting as
a noun.
 Example: My father opened his files first.
He couldn’t wait any longer.
 What is the pronoun?
 He.
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Antecedents
The noun for which the pronoun replaces.
 For Example: When Mellisa wants to use
the restroom, she asks for a pass.
 What is the antecedent? (What replaces
the pronoun, she?
 Mellisa.
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Personal Pronouns
Personal Pronouns refer to (1) the person
speaking, (2) the person spoken to, or (3)
the person, place, or thing spoken about.
 For Example: I waited for my class to line
up.
 There are two personal pronouns in
example sentence. What are they?
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Demonstrative Pronoun
“The Pointers” point out a specific person,
place, or thing.
 This, that, these, those.
 For Example: This is your review for your
quiz.
 What is the demonstrative pronoun?
 This.
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Relative Pronoun
Relative pronouns begin subordinate
clauses and connects it to another part of
the sentence called the independent
clause.
 That, which, who, whom, whose
 For Example: Here is the website which
needs to be blocked.
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Interrogative Pronoun
Interrogative Pronouns are used to begin
a question.
 What, which, who, whom, whose.
 Who is going to make an “A” on their quiz
today?
 What is the interrogative pronoun?
 Who.
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Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite pronouns refer to people,
places, or things, often without specifying
which ones.
 For Example: I bet that there are only a
few students who studied for today’s quiz.
 What is the Indefinite Pronoun?
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Let’s put it all together now!
What is the difference between Common
and Proper Nouns?
 What is the difference between collective
and compound nouns?
 What is the difference between
demonstrative and relative pronouns?
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GOOD LUCK!