Transcript Nouns and Pronouns

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Nouns and Pronouns
Grammar Review: day 1 of 2
Nouns
• Your first words
•Two types: common and proper
Common Nouns
• Name a general…
– Person: astronaut, boy, teacher
– Place: city, town, state
– Thing: book, spitball, dinner
– Idea: reality, peace, success
PROPER NOUNS
– begin with capital letters.
– Name a specific …
• ______________: Mr. Trahey, Barack Obama
• ______________: Malvern, Pennsylvania, Mars
• ______________: Toy Story 3, The Hunger Games
• ______________: English, Spanish
Let’s Review…
Find the nouns:
1. The man slipped and hurt his leg.
1. The man slipped and hurt his leg.
Find the proper noun and noun:
2. At Citizens Bank Park, I cheered for the winning team.
2. At Citizens Bank Park, I cheered for the winning team.
Singular / Plural Nouns
The following are the most common ways to make singular
nouns plural:
•Most nouns add –s
(dogs, flowers, monkeys)
•Some nouns add –es
(dresses, boxes, bushes)
•Some nouns change the y to i and add –es
(flies, enemies, ladies)
Singular / Plural Nouns
Here are other ways to make plural nouns:
•Some plural nouns are formed irregularly
(mouse – mice; woman – women; tooth – teeth)
•Some nouns are the same in the singular and plural forms
(sheep, deer, moose, aircraft, species)
Possessive nouns show ownership!
For singular Possessive nouns:
• the pencils owned by the girl: the
girl’s pencils
• the collar owned by the dog: the
dog’s collar
For Plural Possessive Nouns:
• the pencils owned by the girls: the girls’
pencils
• the collars owned by the dogs: the dogs’
collars
irregular plural Possessive nouns:
• the dresses owned by the women:
the women’s dresses
Possessive Nouns show ownership!
To identify if a possessive noun is singular or plural, look at the
base word to the left of the apostrophe.
• the girls’ team
• plural Possessive
• the children’s playground
• plural Possessive
• the senator’s comments
• singular Possessive
• the woman’s hat
• Singular Possessive
Pronouns
The “stunt double” for nouns
When a noun is about to wear itself out in a
sentence, use a pronoun!
Let’s look at an example…
The proper noun “Meg” needs a break…
• Meg stepped to the end of the diving board and looked
down. Meg then turned back and looked longingly at Meg’s
brother, who was perched safely on the ladder, smiling.
Meg knew this was it. One! Two! Three! Meg ran to the end
of the board, leaped, tucked, and made one and one half
turns, then straightened out like an arrow and hit the water
cleanly. Meg knew Meg had made the best dive of Meg’s
life.
Now with more pronouns…
• Meg stepped to the end of the diving board and looked
down. She then turned back and looked longingly at her
brother, who was perched safely on the ladder, smiling.
Meg knew this was it. One! Two! Three! She ran to the end
of the board, leaped, tucked, and made one and one half
turns, then straightened out like an arrow and hit the water
cleanly. Meg knew she had made the best dive of her life.
Pronouns
• Pronouns are substitutes for nouns; Pronouns are the “stunt
doubles” for nouns.
• Pronouns function in sentences as nouns do
• Example:
– Susanne Ling enlisted in the Air Force when Susanne Ling
graduated.
– Susanne Ling enlisted in the Air Force when she graduated.
Common Pronouns
Common Pronouns
Identify the pronoun(s) in each of the following sentences.
• Is each pronoun singular
or plural?
Jay enjoys hiking and camping; in fact, they are his two
favorite pasttimes.
• Plural
One of the film projectors is broken, and it must be
repaired.
• Singular
The students complained to the principal about the
new rule. They wished he had consulted them about
it.
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Plural
Singular
Plural
Singular
Common Possessive Pronouns
Pronouns
Identify the possessive pronoun(s) in each of the following sentences.
Mine has a flat tire.
The CD is hers.
We haven’t received ours yet.
The subject of my report is dolphins.
His first novel was published in 1982.
Do you have their telephone number?
Let’s Review…
Read this passage, adapted from Cynthia Lord’s book, Rules.
In the passage, find the requested pronoun form.
Find: 4 singular pronouns, 2 plural pronouns, and 5 possessive
pronouns.
By the time I get to the living room, David’s already crouched in front of the
fish tank, his smiling face reflected its glass. Out the window behind the
aquarium, I see Mom in the yard talking to the mailman.
And in the fish tank, one of my old Barbie dolls sits on the gravel, her arm
raised in a friendly wave, as though she has spotted Ken across the living room
and is inviting him to join her.
The goldfish are used to David dropping strange beings into their tank. They
always swim over to check out the newest arrivals and try to eat them. When
that doesn’t work, they accept them, along with their usual plastic plants and little
castle.
Remember your Grammar Pre-test?
• Let’s look at your Grammar Pre-test.
• Correct mistakes you made with any NOUNS or
PRONOUNS.
• Get a homework sheet.