1. Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives

2. Nouns  Parts of Speech  Noun—A word used to describe a PERSON, PLACE, THING, or IDEA. p. 345  Compound noun—made up of TWO or MORE words used TOGETHER as a single noun. (ex.--basketball, fire drill,fund-raiser). p. 347  Concrete noun—a noun that can be perceived by the senses SIGHT, HEARING, TASTE, TOUCH, SMELL). p. 349  (ex. – popcorn, telephone, ocean)  Abstract noun—a noun that names an IDEA, FEELING, QUALITY, or CHARACTERISTIC. p. 349  (ex.– knowledge, patriotism, love)  Collective noun—a word that names a GROUP. p. 349  (ex.—committee, flock, cluster).

3. Pronouns  Pronoun—A word used in PLACE of a NOUN OR PRONOUN p. 351.  1. The word that the pronoun STANDS for is the ANTECEDENT. p. 351.  (ex.—Karen’s book by Nicholas Sparks is her very favorite!) Antecedent pronoun  2. Personal pronoun—the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the one spoken about. p. 352  a. 1 st person—I, ME, MY, MINE, WE, US, OUR, OURS  b. 2 nd person—YOU, YOUR, YOURS  c. 3 rd person—HE, HIM, HIS, SHE, HER, HERS, IT, ITS, THEY, THEM, THEIR, THEIRS

4. PRONOUNS  3. Reflexive pronoun—refers to the SUBJECT and functions as the COMPLEMENT or object of PREPOSITION. p. 353  Intensive pronoun—emphasizes a NOUN or other PRONOUN. p. 353  ***Reflective and Intensive Pronouns p. 353  1 st – MYSELF, OURSELVES  2 nd – YOURSELF, YOURSELVES  3 rd – HIMSELF, HERSELF, ITSELF, THEMSELVES

5. PRONOUNS  Demonstrative pronoun—points out a PERSON, a PLACE, a THING, or an IDEA. p. 354.  (THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE)  Interrogative pronoun—Introduces a QUESTION. p. 354.  ( WHAT, WHICH, WHO, WHOM, WHOSE )  Relative Pronoun—introduces a SUBORDINATE CLAUSE. p. 355  ( THAT, WHICH, WHO, WHOM, WHOSE)  Indefinite pronoun--refers to a PERSON, PLACE, THING or IDEA that may or may NOT be specifically named. p. 356  (ex.—all, anybody, either, few, most, neither, nobody, nothing, etc.)

6. ADJECTIVES  Adjective—a word used to MODIFY a NOUN or a PRONOUN. p. 358  ***Adjective questions: What kind? Which one? How much? How many?  1. Articles—modify a noun or pronoun  a. a  b. an  c. the  2. Demonstrative adjectives—can be used as ADJECTIVES and as  PRONOUNS. p. 360  This  THAT  THESE  THOSE  3. Proper adjective—formed from a PROPER NOUN and begins with a CAPITAL LETTER. p. 362 (ex—CANADIAN citizen)