NOUNS and PRONOUNS!! Chapter 14

Nouns Quickest review EVER! Person, place, thing, or idea People Places Things Mother Classroom Honesty Teacher Home Animal Mrs. Brown Theater Car Sister Lake Erie Patience Leader Store Notebook Doctor Beach Heart

Collective Nouns Collective – noun that names a GROUP of nouns Class, flock, navy, team, crowd, crew, club (one noun with a bunch of others in it)

Compound Nouns Noun made up of two or more words High school, mother-in-law, mailbox

Common and Proper Nouns Common – general person, place, or thing Proper – specific person, place, thing (requires a capital letter) Common Proper teacher Mrs. Chevalier school MJHS book Hunger Games month August

PRONOUNS

What would we do without them? Pronouns are so useful to the English language! Without them, we would talk like this… “The doctor said that the doctor needed assistance with the surgery. The doctor needed all the help the doctor could get in the doctor’s operating room.”

Thanks to Pronouns… We can talk with a little more relaxation… “The doctor said that he needed assistance with the surgery. He needed all the help he could get in his operating room.”

…a word that takes the place of a noun or a group of nouns. A Pronoun is… …a word that takes the place of a noun or a group of nouns.

Types of Pronouns Personal Demonstrative Interrogative Indefinite

Personal . . . First person – ALL ABOUT ME!!!! Second person – ALL ABOUT YOU!!!! Third person – ALL ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE!!!! Singular Plural First Person I, Me, My, Mine Us, We, Our, Ours Second Person You, Your, Yours Third Person He, Him, His, She, Her, Hers, It, Its They, Them, Their, Theirs

An Antecedent is… The firefighters described how they did their jobs. …the noun that the pronoun is replacing The firefighters described how they did their jobs. The rescue worker appeared. She was unharmed. Sarah explained how she saved the dog.

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS Points out a specific person, place, or thing 2 singular and 2 plural Singular Plural This, That These, Those

Demonstrative (Cont…) A demonstrative pronoun generally is found at the beginning of the sentence, but…. NOT ALWAYS!! I love the fall. That has always been my favorite season. We met an EMT and a doctor. These were the most interesting guests at the party.

Interrogative Pronouns Used to begin a QUESTION????? All FIVE are W words Most interrogative pronouns DO NOT have antecedents What did the doctor say? Which is the best treatment? Who wants to be a doctor? What Which Who Whom Whose

Indefinite Pronouns Refer to a noun that is not specifically named… EVERYTHING was ready for the trip. EVERYONE was getting hungry. Just like Interrogative pronouns, there is no antecedent.

Indefinite Pronouns Singular Plural Singular or Plural Another nobody Anybody no one Anyone nothing Anything one Each other Either somebody Everybody someone Everyone something Everything Little Much Neither Both Few Many Others several All Any More Most None Some

Example Sentences One of the doctors is an optometrist. Both treat eye diseases. Each must have a medical degree. Everyone should have regular checkups.