Week 1: Nouns and Pronouns

What are Nouns?

NounsDefinition: Examples:

People, places,

things and ideas

Horses, word, thoughts, anger,

desk, Africa

Common Nouns that name general people, places or things

school, teacher, house, dog

Proper Nouns that name specific people, places or things

Hinsdale South High School, Ms. Aquino, Jackson

Concrete A noun you can taste, touch, see, hear or feel

desk, sandwich, book

Abstract A noun you cannot taste, touch, see, hear or feel

happiness, peace, comfort

Collective Nouns that name singular groups with more than one member

team, bunch

Compound 2 separate nouns put together to express 1 thing

trashcan, houseboat

6 Types of Nouns

Let’s Practice!

Dexter lives Miami where he works for the Miami Police Department as a blood splatter analyst.

Dexter’s sister, Deb, wants to get into the Homicide Unit.

The new murder scene makes Dexter excited.

PronounsDefinition: Examples:

Words used in place of nouns

He, she, it, they, there, ours, me, we,

I

What are Pronouns?

We often use pronouns to avoid the awkwardness that repeating several nouns creates.

You can’t touch a

pronoun!

The antecedent is the noun that the pronoun replaces.

Personal Pronouns that refer to the person speaking (1st), spoken to (2nd) or spoken about (3rd)

I, me, mine, we, us, ours

Your, your, yours

he, him, his, she, her, it

Reflexive and Intensive

Pronouns that refer back to the subject of the sentence

She wrote a note to herself.

Sam, himself, was here.

Demonstrative Pronouns that point out a specific person, place or thing

this, that, these, those

Interrogative Introduces a question What, which, who, whom, whose

Relative Pronouns that connect a noun to a description

That, which, who, whom, whose

Indefinite Pronouns that refer to nouns that aren’t specifically named

All, each other, few, many, several, some, everybody.

6 Types of Pronouns

Which Sentence Sounds Better?

Dexter decides to help his sister because she is his only family and he cares about

her.

Dexter decides to help Dexter’s sister because Deb is Dexter’s only family and

Dexter cares about Deb.

A Little More Practice…

“I threw an automatic big wave and bright smile to all the neighbors out in their yards that grew neatly up to the canal’s seawall” (Lindsay 43).

“And she was right, of course. I could help her. But I didn’t really want to, because I enjoyed watching this other killer work…” (Lindsday

54).

“Harry had always been right, he was right now. Don’t get emotionally involved, he had said. So, I wouldn’t” (Lindsay 55).

Agenda 1

Select 3 of the 5 activities and complete them

Due: Friday, October 1st

Grammar Time!