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1 Parts of Speech Super-Fast Review Part 1
(Nouns and Pronouns) Thank you Ms.Basham

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3 Nouns A Noun is a word used to NAME …
People Places Things Ideas students, Ms. Bauer, Texans, friends, adults. school, Sam Houston High, the park, Heaven. pencil, Kellogg's Frosted Flakes. justice, hunger, jealousy, religion.

4 There is a noun to name every tiny difference in meaning, and it helps your ability to communicate, if you can choose the EXACT noun to convey your PRECISE meaning.

5 Because there are so many things we need to name during a typical day, nouns are classified according to the sorts of things they name; so there are FOUR TYPES OF NOUNS:

6 Nouns Types of Nouns: Common Proper
are specific places, things, or people. They require a Capital Letter. Common are ordinary objects that we see, smell, feel, touch, hear, taste, or sense in some way. 

7 Nouns Types of Nouns: Collective Abstract
used to name groups of things. Abstract used to name feelings, qualities or states of being.

8 SINGULAR means only ONE of something; PLURAL means more than one
SINGULAR means only ONE of something; PLURAL means more than one. Most nouns form their plural by simply adding -s to the singular form BUT, watch out because some little trouble-makers insist on being different.

9 PRONOUNS A Pronoun is a word which can take the place of a noun.
Neglecting to match the pronoun to its correct antecedent can lead to confusing results. A pronoun’s antecedent is the word that the pronoun takes the place of.

10 PRONOUNS What is this sentence really saying?
If your children do not like raw carrots, you should boil them for several minutes. What is this sentence really saying?

11 Types of PRONOUNS Personal Pronouns - these pronouns refer to PERSONS and there are three classes First Person - is the person speaking Examples include: I, me, my, we, us, our

12 Types of PRONOUNS Second Person - is the person to whom you speak
Examples include: you, your Third Person - is the person being spoken about Examples include: he, she, they, them, him, her; or thing: it

13 Types of PRONOUNS Possessive Pronouns - are those which indicate possession. Examples include: MY car, YOUR house, OUR holiday, ITS kennel, THEIR decision

14 Types of PRONOUNS Demonstrative Pronouns - point out things or persons which are different (they DEMONSTRATE differences) Singular Plural this these that those


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