GROUP 1

PRESENTING
Part Of Speech
WHAT IS NOUN?
KINDS OF NOUNS

1. MASS-NOUNS
Examples of MASS nouns are milk, water, music, happiness, art, love, news, advice,
information, furniture, rice, sugar, luggage, butter, gas, electricity, power, money,
currency, tea, air, knowledge, beauty, anger, fear, money, research, safety, evidence.
2. COUNT-NOUNS
'Book,' 'dog,' 'chair,' and 'banana' are all examples of count nouns.
(You can count them and make each of them plural.)
PASSIVE NOUNS
 EXAMPLE
COMMON NOUN
I ORDERED A NEW COMPUTER ONLINE.

PROPER NOUN
I ORDERED THE LAPTOP FROM AMAZON.
COMMON NOUNS
 When we refer to people using
common nouns, we use words
like teacher, clerk, police officer,
preacher, delivery driver,
boyfriend, girlfriend, grandma,
cousin, and barista. For example,
when talking about your mother,
mother is a common noun. My mother
is an actress.
POSSESSIVE NOUNS
 EXAMPLE

The boy's pencil snapped in half. It is clear that the pencil belongs to the boy;
the ‘S signifies ownership.
WHAT IS PRONOUN?
 EXAMPLE

A pronoun (I, me, he, she, herself, you, it, that, they, each, few, many, who,
whoever, whose, someone, everybody, etc.) is a word that takes the place of a noun. 
 SUBJECT PRONOUN
RULE #1
EXAMPLES

I make cookies every Sunday for my co-workers.

She spends most her time in the swimming pool.
He refused to purchase the car.
You have done a great job.
RULE #2
Example
We are the champion.
I am lost.
We were so grateful for the award.
She will be gone for long.

RULE #3
Example
Jean talked to him.
Are you talking to me?
OBJECT PRONOUN
 EXAMPLES

me, you, him, her, them, us and it

EXAMPLES IN SENTENCE

Sarah gave a t-shirt to me.

John bought lunch for you.
Jack put water in it.
RULE #4A
An independent (or strong) clause is a
simple sentence with a subject, verb, and
a complete thought

RULE #4B
An dependent (or weak) clause has a subject
and verb but does not express a complete
thought combining Independent Clauses
with Dependent Clauses.
RULE#4C
If a sentence contains more than one clause,
isolate the clauses so that you can decide
which pronoun is correct.

RULE#5
To decide whether to use the subject or
object pronoun after the
words than or as, mentally complete the
sentence.
RULE#6
Possessive pronouns show ownership and never need apostrophes

RULE#7
Reflexive pronouns - myself, himself, herself, itself, themselves, ourselves, yourself, yourselves- should be used only
when they refer back to another word in the sentence.
TYPE OF PRONOUNS
#1 POSSESSIVE PRONOUN

EXAMPLES

mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs

#2 PERSONAL PRONOUN

EXAMPLES

I, you, she, he, it, we, they, me, us, them

#3 RELATIVE PRONOUN

EXAMPLES

who, whom, which, what, that

 #4 REFLEXIVE PRONOUN

EXAMPLES

myself, yourself, itself, herself, himself, ourselves, themselves

 #5 INTENSIVE PRONOUN

EXAMPLES
 
myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, themselves
 #6 INDEFINITE PRONOUN

EXAMPLES

some, somebody, anyone, anywhere, nothing, everybody

#7 DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN

EXAMPLES

this, that, these, those

#8 INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN

EXAMPLES

who, whom, what, which, whose

#9 RECIPROCAL PRONOUN

EXAMPLES

each other, one another

#10 RELATIVE CLAUSE

EXAMPLES

that and whom modify the subject

 #11 QUANTIFIER

EXAMPLES

'Some', 'many', 'a lot of' and 'a few'

 SINGULAR AND
PLURAL PRONOUN
EXAMPLE OF SINGULAR
The girl went to the store. She bought an ice cream for snack.
*Girl is a singular noun. The pronoun she takes the place of the noun, girl. She is a singular pronoun.

EXAMPLE OF PLURAL
The cats played with the yarn. They played with the yarn the whole day.
* Cats is a plural noun. The pronoun they takes the place of the noun cats. They is a plural pronoun .
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