1. A noun is a word or word group that names a person, place, thing. Quality, idea or action.

2. Noun examples  Person- Mr. Merritt  Place- Mona Shores  Thing- Flower  Quality-Wisdom  Idea- Patriotism  Action- Decision

3. Other types and examples  Proper nouns can be a particular person, place, thing, or idea and will always be capitalized  Mr. Merritt is a proper noun  Muskegon is a proper noun  Lake Michigan is a proper noun  Valentines Day is a proper noun  Languages, religions, organizations, titles of people, poems and books, paintings, and other works of art are all proper nouns.

4. Common nouns  Names any member of a large class of persons, places, things, ideas

5. Collective nouns  Name people or things thought of as a single group like: Audience, class, club, committee, couple, crowd, family, group, herd, mob, people, public, series, team, youth.

6. Compound Nouns  Are made up of two or more words. Some are written as one word, some are hyphenated, and some are written as two words.  Examples are sweatsuit, self-confidence, and finish line.

7. Plural nouns  Are formed either by adding s, es  Possessive nouns have and apostrophe plus s

8. Pronouns

9.  A pronoun is a word that can replace an noun.  There are many forms: personal, possessive, interrogative, indefinite and demonstrative.

10. Examples of personal pronouns  I, me, you, he, him, she, her, it, we, us, you, they and them

11. Possessive pronouns  My, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, your, yours, their, theirs

12. Interrogative  Who, whom, which, what

13. Indefinite and demonstrative  Another, each, everyone, nobody, somebody, anyone, either, everything, no one, someone, anything, everybody, neither, nothing, something, both, few, many, several  This, that, these, those

14. Verbs

15.  An action verb names the subject’s action in a sentence.  A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence with another word in the sentence. It could be an adjective (predicate adjective) or a noun/pronoun (predicate nominative)

16. Examples of linking verbs  Be, am, is, was, are, were, being, seem, appear, become, grow, remain, stay, feel, taste, smell, sound, look.  A linking verb does not show action. Instead it connects, the subject of a sentence with a noun, pronoun, or adjective in the predicate.

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