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A noun is a person, place or thing.
• Common noun‐general name for a person place or
thing.
– Ex: monster, animal, store.
Nouns and Pronouns • Proper noun‐name of a particular person, place or
thing.
– Ex: Big Foot, Mr. Schmitt
• Concrete noun‐name of something perceived by the
senses.
– Ex: student, fur, computer
• Abstract noun‐name of an idea, quality or state.
– Ex: intelligence, bravery, loyalty.
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A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun or
Types of nouns (cont.) another pronoun. The word that a pronoun stands for
or represents is called its antecedent.
• Singular noun‐one person, place, thing or idea.
Personal pronouns change form.
• Example: photograph, chair, brain, fork
Ex: The student offered to help his friend during class.
• Plural noun‐more than one person, place, thing or idea.
ANTECEDENT PRONOUN
• Ex: wolves, candles, televisions
• Collective nouns‐name of a group of people or things. Ex: Some girl lost her phone in the cafeteria.
• Ex: herd, pack, organization ANTECEDENT PRONOUN
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Pronouns (cont.) Practice
Directions: Circle the pronoun and underline the antecedent in the following sentences.
• Possessive pronouns show ownership or relationship. The possessive pronouns 1) Mr. Schmitt taught his classes how to analyze
are printed within parentheses in the chart above.
and critique an informational text.
2) Jehad ate more than his friends before football
• indefinite pronoun does not refer to any specific person, thing or amount. It is practice.
vague and "not definite". Some typical indefinite pronouns are: all, another, any,
anybody/anyone, anything, each, everybody/everyone, everything, few, many, 3) Fawzi used the skills that Mr. Schmitt taught him
nobody, none, one, several, some, somebody/someone.
to become a better student.
4) Yesmine forgot to do her homework for her last
class of the day.
5) After JeVon and I left school, we played video
games for five straight hours.
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Practice
Directions: Highlight all of the nouns in the following sentences.
1) Dearborn High School teachers care about their
students.
2) Ms. Jaffer made sure her students understood
the material she presented in class.
3) Mr. Schmitt likes to play softball on Sundays.
4) The boy’s father was pleased with his son’s
academic performance.
5) The crowd watched in amazement as Michigan
State pounded U of M at Spartan Stadium.