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2. Nouns, Pronouns, and Proper Nouns

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. Circle all of the proper nouns in each sentence in red
Circle all of the proper nouns in each sentence in red. Circle other nouns in green.
We rode the ferry across the Bay of Fundy from New Brunswick to Nova Scotia.
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.

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

10. Some pronouns are used to show possession of something
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

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

12. In the sentence below, is “that” a pronoun?
That isn’t his car.

13. 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.