1. Parts of Speech
Nouns/Pronouns

2. A noun names a person, place, thing or idea.

3. People
cousin Hank Aaron coach lawyer Beyonce` poet

4. Places school Phoenix Church Lincoln Memorial Statue of Liberty
Nashville
Paris

5. Things
calculator
speech
table
microwave
pencil
tissue
book

6. Ideas
joy
sorrow
legality

7. Types of Nouns
Abstract
Concrete
Common
Proper
Collective
Compound

8. Abstract
Ideas are considered abstract.
fear
cleverness
misery
honor

9. Concrete
Names an object that occupies space or can be recognized by any of the senses.
trumpet
street
car
scent

10. Common nouns General nouns are common nouns. city turnpike attorney
war

11. Proper nouns
When you name particular people, places, or things, they are considered proper nouns.
Sioux City
New Jersey Turnpike
The Civil War
Supreme Court Justice Roberts

12. Collective nouns Names a group of people or things squad class club
association

13. Compound nouns
Consists of two or more words. They can be hyphenated, written as one word, and sometimes written as two words.
great-aunt
one-fourth
horseradish
postal worker

14. Practice
Identify each italicized word as a common noun, proper noun, or collective noun.
1.The international sports festival known as the Olympic Games began in ancient Greece.
2. The original governing board consisted of fourteen members.
3. They included competition in music, oratory, and theater as well as sport.
4. The Air Force squadron flew over the Olympic field.

15. 1. festival COMMON
Olympic Games- PROPER
Greece PROPER
2. board- COLLECTIVE
members- COMMON
3. competition COMMON
oratory- COMMON
sport- COMMON
4. Air Force- PROPER
field- COMMON

16. Practice (Turn in)
Write if the italicized word is an abstract or concrete noun.
1. Hate is a dangerous emotion.
2. The sound of singing birds makes one’s spirits rise.
3. Muriel’s two cats brought her much enjoyment.
4. The music was way too loud.
Identify each italicized word as a common noun, proper noun, or collective noun.
5. Thirteen countries competed in that first revival.

17. 6. Nine sports made up the entire agenda.
7. Hitler tried to use the 1936 games in Berlin to propagandize the Nazi racist cause.
8. The international committee currently has more than seventy members.
9. Several instances of boycotts have shocked the global audience and lessened universal participation.

18. Pronouns A pronoun takes place of a noun or another pronoun.
Most pronouns refer to something previously mentioned. The word or group of words to which the pronoun refers is called its antecedent.
Hermione Granger threw her wand to the floor. (Her refers to Hermione G.)

19. Types of Pronouns Personal Possessive Relative Indefinite
Demonstrative
Interrogative
Reflexive
Intensive

20. Personal
Refers to a specific person or thing by indicating the person speaking (first person), the person being addressed (second person), or any other person or thing being discussed (third person)

21. SINGULAR
PLURAL
First person
I, me
we, us
Second person
you
Third person
He ,him, she, her, it
they, them

22. Shows possession or control. It takes the place of a possessive noun.

23. SINGULAR
PLURAL
First person
my, mine
our, ours
Second person
your, yours
Third person
his,her, hers, its
their, theirs

24. Relative
Use a relative pronoun to begin a special subject-verb word group called a subordinate clause.
The lady who came late was my sister.

25. Who
Whoever
Whom
Whomever
What
Whatever
Which
Whichever
That
Whose

26. Expresses an amount or refers to an unspecified person or thing.
Indefinite
Expresses an amount or refers to an unspecified person or thing.
Do you think everyone is going?

27. All
Another
Any
Anybody
Anyone
Anything
Both
Each
Either
Enough
Everybody
Everyone
Everything
Few
Many
Most
Neither
Nobody
None
Nothing
One
Other
Others
Several
Some
Somebody
Someone
Something

28. Demonstrative
A demonstrative pronoun points out specific people, places, things, or ideas.
These are the types of problems that make me want to scream.

29. SINGULAR
PLURAL
This
These
That
Those

30. Use interrogative to form questions.
Who
Whom
Whose
What
Which

31. Reflexive
A reflexive pronoun refers to a noun or another pronoun and indicates that the same person or thing is involved.

32. Adds emphasis to a noun or another pronoun.
Intensive
Adds emphasis to a noun or another pronoun.

33. Reflexive and intensive verbs look alike
Reflexive and intensive verbs look alike. Their usage reveals the difference.
Pedro presented himself the award. (reflexive)
Pedro himself presented the award.(intensive)