1. NOUNS and PRONOUNS!! Chapter 14

2. Nouns Quickest review EVER! Person, place, thing, or idea People
Places
Things
Mother
Classroom
Honesty
Teacher
Home
Animal
Mrs. Brown
Theater
Car
Sister
Lake Erie
Patience
Leader
Store
Notebook
Doctor
Beach
Heart

3. Collective Nouns Collective – noun that names a GROUP of nouns
Class, flock, navy, team, crowd, crew, club (one noun with a bunch of others in it)

4. Compound Nouns Noun made up of two or more words
High school, mother-in-law, mailbox

5. Common and Proper Nouns
Common – general person, place, or thing
Proper – specific person, place, thing (requires a capital letter)
Common
Proper
teacher
Mrs. Chevalier
school
MJHS
book
Hunger Games
month
August

6. PRONOUNS

7. What would we do without them?
Pronouns are so useful to the English language! Without them, we would talk like this…
“The doctor said that the doctor needed assistance with the surgery. The doctor needed all the help the doctor could get in the doctor’s operating room.”

8. Thanks to Pronouns… We can talk with a little more relaxation…
“The doctor said that he needed assistance with the surgery. He needed all the help he could get in his operating room.”

9. …a word that takes the place of a noun or a group of nouns.
A Pronoun is…
…a word that takes the place of a noun or a group of nouns.

10. Types of Pronouns
Personal
Demonstrative
Interrogative
Indefinite

11. Personal . . . First person – ALL ABOUT ME!!!!
Second person – ALL ABOUT YOU!!!!
Third person – ALL ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE!!!!
Singular
Plural
First Person
I, Me, My, Mine
Us, We, Our, Ours
Second Person
You, Your, Yours
Third Person
He, Him, His, She, Her, Hers, It, Its
They, Them, Their, Theirs

12. An Antecedent is… The firefighters described how they did their jobs.
…the noun that the pronoun is replacing
The firefighters described how they did their jobs.
The rescue worker appeared. She was unharmed.
Sarah explained how she saved the dog.

13. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
Points out a specific person, place, or thing
2 singular and 2 plural
Singular
Plural
This, That
These, Those

14. Demonstrative (Cont…)
A demonstrative pronoun generally is found at the beginning of the sentence, but….
NOT ALWAYS!!
I love the fall. That has always been my favorite season.
We met an EMT and a doctor. These were the most interesting guests at the party.

15. Interrogative Pronouns
Used to begin a QUESTION?????
All FIVE are W words
Most interrogative pronouns DO NOT have antecedents
What did the doctor say?
Which is the best treatment?
Who wants to be a doctor?
What
Which
Who
Whom
Whose

16. Indefinite Pronouns Refer to a noun that is not specifically named…
EVERYTHING was ready for the trip.
EVERYONE was getting hungry.
Just like Interrogative pronouns, there is no antecedent.

17. Indefinite Pronouns Singular Plural Singular or Plural Another nobody
Anybody no one
Anyone nothing
Anything one
Each other
Either somebody
Everybody someone
Everyone something
Everything
Little
Much
Neither
Both
Few
Many
Others
several
All
Any
More
Most
None
Some

18. Example Sentences One of the doctors is an optometrist.
Both treat eye diseases.
Each must have a medical degree.
Everyone should have regular checkups.