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Nouns, Pronouns, and Proper Nouns

A noun is a person, place, or thing. person cat pencil school Marie ocean game tree street park car mother These are examples of nouns: Can you name some other nouns?

Circle all of the nouns in each sentence. Dad took Marc and Philip to the aquarium. Elena practices the guitar for an hour every day. Last summer, David spent a week at a horseback riding camp.

Proper nouns are nouns that name a specific person, place, or thing. Mount Rainier National Park Ford Motor Company Alexander the Great Great Britain Caucasus Mountains The International Red Cross These are examples of proper nouns: The first letter of a proper noun is capitalized.

teacher class Bronx Zoo Last week, my teacher took our whole class to the Bronx Zoo. In the sentence below, which noun is the proper noun?

Qantas airplane airport In the sentence below, which noun is the proper noun? A Qantas airplane just took off from the airport.

We rode the ferry across the Bay of Fundy from New Brunswick to Nova Scotia. Circle all of the proper nouns in each sentence in red. Circle other nouns in green. Last week, Mary listened to a speech by Senator Jones about education. We went on a boat tour of Port Jackson and took pictures of the Sydney Opera House.

Pronouns are words that are sometimes used in place of nouns. I me mine you yours he him his she her hers it its we us ours they them Examples of pronouns: theirs who whom whose which what this these that those

Some pronouns are used to show possession of something. These pronouns have to come before another noun. For example: my dog its collar his book her school their house your car whose bicycle

brother and school this, my, and he brother and team In the sentences below, which words are pronouns? This is my brother. He pitches for the school baseball team.

Yes No In the sentence below, is “that” a pronoun? That isn’t his car.

Circle the pronouns in blue, the proper nouns in red, and other nouns in green. Philip gave me a book. I saw him walking to school. She and Sarah asked Laura and me to help them finish the project. These are bigger than those are. We bought a dozen crabs and cooked them for our dinner.