Grammar: Nouns & Pronouns

Nouns Names a person, place, thing, or idea. Examples: Person: Uncle Mike, neighbor, girls, Bob, swimmer, Ms. Yang, Captain Smith Place: library, Dallas, garden, city, kitchen, James River, canyon, Oklahoma Visible Things: chair, pencil, school, duck, daffodil, fort Ideas: independence, democracy, militarism, capitalism, recession, freedom Actions: work, research, exploration, competition, exercise, labor Conditions: sadness, illness, excitement, joy, health, happiness Qualities: kindness, patience, ability, compassion, intelligence, drive

Nouns Concrete Abstract Names something you can see, touch, taste, hear, or smell. Examples Person Cannon Road City Music Names something you cannot perceive through any of your five senses. Examples Hope Improvement Independence Desperation cooperation

Practice Assignment Step 1: Complete practice 13.1A questions 1-10 on page 297. Step 2: Using the grammar answer book check each answer. Correct your answers using a different color of writing. Provide one-two complete sentence explanation on why that is the correct answer. Step 3: Label this assignment 13.1 A. Go to next slide Completed by: Tuesday, October 6 (Black) / Wednesday, October 7 (Orange)

Nouns Collective Compound Names a group of people or things. Looks singular, but meaning may be singular or plural. Examples Army Cast Choir Class Troop Crew Faculty Legislature Made up of two or more words acting as a single unit. May be written as separate words, hyphenated words, or combined. Examples Life preserver Daughter-in-law Cornfield

Nouns Common Proper Names any one of a class of people, places, or things. Examples Aunt Pilot Coach Person Names a specific person, place, or thing. Examples Dad Mom Jake NASA Grandma Aunt Sarah

Practice Assignment Step 1: Complete practice 13.1B questions 11-20 on page 297. Step 2: Using the grammar answer book check each answer. Correct your answers using a different color of writing. Provide one-two complete sentence explanation on why that is the correct answer. Step 3: Label this assignment 13.1 B. Go to next slide Completed by: Tuesday, October 6 (Black) / Wednesday, October 7 (Orange)

Pronouns Words that stand for nouns or for words that take the place of nouns. Help writers and speakers avoid awkward repetition of nouns.

pronouns Antecedents Nouns or words that take the place of nouns to which pronouns refer. Examples: Michael said he lost his watch at the fair. Antecedent: Michael Pronoun: he, his Because of its carnival, Rottweil, Germany, is my favorite city. Antecedent: Rottweil Pronoun: its

Practice Assignment Step 1: Complete practice 13.1C questions 1-10 on page 302. Step 2: Using the grammar answer book check each answer. Correct your answers using a different color of writing. Provide one-two complete sentence explanation on why that is the correct answer. Step 3: Label this assignment 13.1 C. Go to next slide Completed by: Thursday, October 8 (Black) / Wednesday, October 13 (Orange)

Pronouns Personal Reflexive Ends in –self or –selves. Refer to the person speaking (first person), the person spoken to (second person), or the person, place, or thing spoken about (third person). First person: I, me, my, mine, we, us our, ours Second person: you, your, yours, Third person: he, him, his, she, her, it, they, them, their Ends in –self or –selves. Indicates that someone or something in the sentence acts for or on itself. Essential to the meaning of a sentence. Example: The settlers prepared themselves for a feast.

Pronouns Intensive Ends in –self or –selves. Adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun in the sentence. Example The leader himself cooked the turkey.

Practice assignment Step 1: Complete practice 13.1D questions 11-20 on page 302. Step 2: Using the grammar answer book check each answer. Correct your answers using a different color of writing. Provide one-two complete sentence explanation on why that is the correct answer. Step 3: Label this assignment 13.1 D. Go to next slide Completed by: Thursday, October 8 (Black)/ Wednesday, October 13 (Orange)

PRONOUNS Reciprocal Pronouns Examples: Each other and one another refer to a plural antecedent. Express a mutual action or relationship Examples: The two dogs shook water all over each other. The class collected books from one another.

Practice assignment Step 1: Complete practice 13.1E questions 1-10 on page 303. Label this section 13.1 E. Step 2: Complete practice 13.1F questions 11-20 on page 303. Label this section 13.1F. Step 3: Using the grammar answer book check each answer. Correct your answers using a different color of writing. Provide one-two complete sentence explanation on why that is the correct answer. Step 4: Go to next slide Completed by: Thursday, October 8 (Black) / Wednesday, October 13 (Orange)

pronouns Demonstrative Relative Directs attention to a specific person, place, or thing. Used to point our one or more nouns. May come before or after their antecedents. Singular: this, that Plural: these, those Examples: That is the ranch I would like to own. I hope to visit Butte and Helena. Those are my first choices. Introduces an adjective clause and connects it to the word that the clause modifies. Used to relate one idea in a sentence to another. Pronouns: that, which, who, whom, whose Examples: We read a book that contained an account of the settler’s experiences. The winter, which they knew would be harsh, was fast approaching.

Practice Assignment Step 1: Complete practice 13.1G questions 1-10 on page 305. Label this section 13.1 G. Step 2: Complete practice 13.1H questions 11-20 on page 305. Label this section 13.1 H. Step 3: Using the grammar answer book check each answer. Correct your answers using a different color of writing. Provide one-two complete sentence explanation on why that is the correct answer. Step 4: Go to next slide Completed by: Thursday, October 8 (Black) / Wednesday, October 13 (Orange)

pronouns Interrogative Indefinite Used to begin a question. Pronouns: what, which, whom whom, whose Example: Who picked up the children? Refers to a person, place, or thing that may or may not be specifically named. Sometimes have specific antecedents. Singular another everyone nothing anybody everything one anyone little other anything much somebody each neither someone either nobody something everybody no one Plural both few many others several Both all any more most none some

Practice assignment Step 1: Complete practice 13.1l questions 1-10 on page 307. Label this section 13.1 L. Step 2: Complete practice 13.1J questions 11-20 on page 307. Label this section 13.1 J. Step 3: Using the grammar answer book check each answer. Correct your answers using a different color of writing. Provide one-two complete sentence explanation on why that is the correct answer. Step 4: All practice assignments are now completed. Please put your name on the top and staple all practice assignments together. Go to next slide. Completed by: Wednesday, October 14 (Black) / Thursday, October 15 (Orange)

Final assignment Step 1: Complete the nouns and pronouns worksheet. Please make sure you write your name on the top. Step 2: Choose one of the following activities to complete: Muckberry Gazette: You are an editor for the Muckberry Gazette. Weird Careers: Using the internet, find out about a really, really strange career. Step 3: Once finished please staple your chosen activity to the worksheet. Make sure your name is on the top. Hand in your practice assignments, completed worksheet, and activity. Completed by: Wednesday, October 14 (Black) / Thursday, October 15 (Orange) due by 4pm Last day to work in class: Thursday, October 8 (Black)/ Tuesday, October 12 (Orange)