 A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.

 A proper noun, which names a specific person, place, or thing is almost always capitalized.  Examples: Ms. Bauer, Middle East, God, Spanish, Buddhism, Chicago Cubs

 Common nouns name everything else, things that usually are not capitalized.  Examples: cat, dog, house, wall, book, etc.

 Two or more words that together name a person, place, thing, or idea Examples: sidewalk, Empire State Building, daughter-in-law

Collective nouns: names a group  Examples: audience, batch, bouquet, jury, fleet, group, staff, pride, etc.

 Find the nouns in the following sentences:  This weekend, I went to the beach.  Labor Day was a good day for a barbeque.  My brother-in-law took my sister camping.

 Identify whether the underlined noun is a common, proper, collective, or compound noun  I can’t wait for the World Series this year.  There is a fire on Michigan Avenue today.  The tablecloth she used was green.  I can’t wait to make a jack-o’-latern.

 Identify the nouns in the following sentences. Then determine if they are common, proper, collective, or compound.  1. The Chicago Bears had a rough game yesterday.  2. His influence for this song was Kanye West.  3. I forgot to watch the MTV Music Awards last night.  4. Did the audience like Chelsea’s jokes?

 A pronoun is a word that takes the place of one or more nouns.  Six types of pronouns: Personal Reflexive and Intensive Demonstrative Interrogative Relative * Indefinite *

 Refers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the one spoken about  Examples: I, me, my, mine, we, us, our ours, you, your, yours, he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs Try it: I hope that you can help me with my homework.

 Refers to the subject of the sentence  Examples myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves Try it: Kimiko wrote a note to herself.

 Points out a specific person, place, thing, or idea  Examples: this, that, these, those Try it: This is our favorite song by Ella Fitzgerald.

 Introduces a question  Examples: who, what, which, whom, whose Try it: What is the answer to the last algebra problem?

 Whose is this?  Kelly herself organized the school’s recycling program.  The apples I picked today taste better than these.  He said that they would meet us today.