The Little Rules You NTK

What’s in a Name?—The Noun Proper-CapitalizedCommon Februarymonth Egyptcountry Mrs. Corteteacher Concrete-TangibleAbstract-Ideas Star, water, albumfreedom, warmth, capitalism CompoundCollective-Group John William Pearson IIIArmy, herd, family Bedroom eyeball

Nouns: Singular/Plural Plural noun forms imply more than one: –Most nouns take an –s –Nouns that end in ch, sh, s, x, or z take –es –Nouns that end in a consonant and a y drop the y and add –ies Some nouns are irregular: –Child—children –Foot—feet –Mouse—mice Some nouns do not change form when becoming plural: –Deer –Series –Fish

Collective nouns: Singular/Plural Collective nouns imply a group. If the group is referred to as a whole, it is singular: –The class is meeting today at 8. If the group is referred to as individuals within the whole, it is plural, but the form does not typically change: –The class argued their points with each other.

Nouns Noun Practice: Page 47-48, Ex 1, Odds Only Page 49-50, Ex 1, Odds Only Page 50, Ex 2, Odds Only

Pithy Pronouns Write the following paragraph. Highlight all noun, then circle each noun that NEEDS to be a pronoun. When Mrs. Anne Marie Shreiner came into the room, Mrs. Anne Marie Shreiner thought to Mrs. Anne Marie Shreiner’s self. “Is the situation just Mrs. Anne Marie Shreiner, or is the temperature really hot in here?” Mrs. Anne Marie Shreiner went to the window and opened the lower part of the window, only to have a number of mosquitoes quickly fly right at Mrs. Anne Marie Shreiner. Mrs. Anne Marie Shreiner said a few choice words, and then hit a few of the mosquitoes when the mosquitoes came to rest on Mrs. Anne Marie Shreiner’s arm.

Pronoun Classifications Personal—people or things: I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it, we, us, they, them Possessive—show ownership: mine, yours, hers, his, theirs, ours Demonstrative—point out: this, that, these, those Relative—relate one part of the sentence to another: who, whom, which, that, whose (One country that I’d like to visit someday is France.) Reflexive (intensive)—reflect back to someone/something in the sentence: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves (You must ask yourself that question.) **a pretentious mistake—using the reflexive pronoun when a personal pronoun will do: (Please call Allan and myself at your earliest convenience. Here, “myself” isn’t necessary because you haven’t said who “myself” is. It should be replaced with “me.”) Interrogative—ask questions: who, whom, which, whose, what Indefinite—contrary to their name—sometimes refer to a definite noun that has already been mentioned in the sentence: all, another, any, both, either, few most, no one, nothing, others, several, something)

Pronoun Classifications Pronoun Practice: –Page 51-52, Ex 1, Evens Only –Page 52, Ex 2, Evens Only –Page 53-54, Ex 1, Evens Only