Transcript nouns - New Lenox School District 122

NOUNS
Names~
a person
(boy, girl, mom, sister,
dad, brother, baby)
a place
(school, house, movies,
park, store, ocean)
a thing
(baseball, cat, desk, pen,
pencil, paper, cow
an idea
(love, honesty, joy
willingness, strength)
COMMON
NOUNS
~ names a
GENERAL person,
place, things, or idea
*sister
*composer
*lake
*team
*democracy
PROPER
NOUNS
~ names a
SPECIFIC person,
place, things, or idea
**Always use
CAPITAL LETTERS
*Sarah
*Beethoven
*Michigan
*Sox
*Democrats/
Republicans
COMPOUND NOUNS
~ is made up of 2 or more
words that act as a
SINGLE noun
toothbrush
high school
football
living room
baseball
sister-in-law
Brian Urlacher
cottage cheese
doghouse
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
names a GROUP of people or
things
family team chorus school
staff jury company band
CONCRETE vs. ABSTRACT
CONCRETE
NOUNS
ABSTRACT
NOUNS
~names things you
can see or touch
~names things you
CANNOT see or
touch
*friend
*notebook
*author
*pencil
*desk
*clouds
***Usually only common nouns
can be concrete or abstract!!!
*emotions, ideas,
state of mind, quality
*happiness
*surprise
*imagination
POSSESSIVE NOUNS
~ a noun that names who or what
has something
~ shows ownership
~ is someone who OWNS
SOMETHING
An apostrophe and s (‘s) forms the possessive
of most singular nouns and of plural nouns
that do not end with s.
Child - child’s toy
Children - children’s bikes
Use only an apostrophe (‘) to form the
possessive of plural nouns that end with s.
girls - girls’ dolls
teams - teams’ uniforms
It’s is a contraction = it is
Its = possessive (no apostrophe)
APPOSITIVES
~ a noun or phrase that gives
additional information about
another noun in a sentence.
“extra” information
*Mrs. Austin, a teacher, is very nice.
*The Bears, a great team, started recently.
*We have a great baseball team, the Sox.
S es s es s
PLURALS
The plural form of a noun indicates that more
S es s
than one person, place, or thing is being
named.
s es s es
Plural forms are either regular or irregular.
Regular nouns form their plurals by adding s
or es. Most nouns have regular plural forms.
S es s es
S
es s es
Plurals
Word Ending
Rule
Examples
s, ss, x, z, zz, sh,
ch
Add es
bus - busses mass
- masses fox foxes
buzz - buzzes
crash - crashes
punch - punches
o - preceded by a
consonant
Add es
tomato - tomatoes
Exceptions:
solo - solos (and
other musical
terms)
o - preceded by a
vowel
Add s
radio – radios
Word Ending
y - preceded
by a consonant
Rule
Change y to i
and add es
Examples
party - parties
discovery discoveries
day - days
monkey monkeys
y - preceded
by a vowel
Add s
ff
Add s
bluff - bluffs staff
- staffs
fe
Change f to v
and add es
knife - knives
wife - wives
f
Add s or
change f to v
and add es
chief - chiefs calf
- calves leaf leaves
Irregular Plurals
Child Mouse Tooth Deer Ox Man Sheep Crisis Datum Syllabi-
Irregular Plurals
Child - children
Mouse - mice
Tooth - teeth
Deer - deer
Ox - oxen
Man men
Sheep - sheep
Crisis - crises
Datum - data
Syllabi- syllabus
When a compound
needs to be plural:
add the “s” to the
word that is plural:
Mother-in-law =
mothers-in-law
Baseball = baseballs
Pronouns
A word that can take the place of one or more
nouns
baseball ~ it
Without:
The firefighters described how the firefighters
did the firefighters’ jobs.
With:
The firefighters described how they did their
jobs.
Antecedent
The word or groups of words the
pronoun takes the place of
*Aunt Connie is a cook. She bakes pies.
*The book lists inventors. It is fascinating.
*Mrs. Drews is a great librarian. She works
at Liberty.
Personal Pronouns
Pronouns that refer to a person
Bubba ~ he
Suzy Q ~ she
Personal Pronouns
Singular
First Person I, me, my,
mine,
Second
you, your,
person
yours
Third person he, him, his
she, her,
hers
it, its
Plural
we, us, our,
ours
you, your,
yours
They, them,
Their, theirs
*Stacy likes books. She collects
mysteries.
*These books are rare collectors’
items. _______ can only be found in
specialty shops.
Three Cases or Categories of
Personal Pronouns
1. Nominitive Pronoun/Subject
Pronoun: These pronouns will tell
WHAT or WHO the sentence is
about. (subject in the sentence)
Singular: I, you, he, she, it
Plural: we, you, they
2. Objective Pronouns:
These pronouns are:
*direct object–(after verb)
*indirect object–(after
verb)
*object of preposition(after
preposition)
Singular:
me, you, him, her, it
Plural:
us, you, them
*3. Possessive Pronouns:
pronouns that show ownership
Before Nouns:
Singular:
Plural:
my
our
your
your
his, her, its
their
Stands Alone:
Singular
Plural:
mine
ours
yours
yours
his ,hers, its
theirs
Interrogative Pronoun
Introduces an interrogative sentence
Who *Who owns that pen?
Whom
*Which is yours?
Whose
*For whom is that car?
Which
Who=subject
What
Whom=object
Demonstrative Pronoun
Points out specific things ~
nearby and at a distance
(**take the place of the noun)
This
*This is a good apple.
That *Those are new chairs.
These
Those
**If this, that, these, those is
used before a noun then it is an
adjective and not a pronoun.
Indefinite Pronoun
Does not refer to a particular
person, place or thing
Always Singular:
Another
no one
Anybody
nothing
Anyone
one
Anything
other
Each
somebody
Either
someone
Everybody
something
Everyone
Everything
Little
Much
Neither
Nobody
Always Plural:
Both
Few
Many
Others
Several
Can be both
Singular or Plural:
All
Any
More
Most
None
Some
Reflexive Pronoun
Directs the actions back to the
subject (after the verb!!!)
“self” word
*Sara brought herself back to
the camp.
*I treated myself to a new book.
Intensive Pronoun
Adds emphasis to a noun/
pronoun already named.
“self” word
(comes after noun or pronoun)
*Steven himself wrote a book.
*Would the soldiers themselves
save the chiefs?
Personal Pronouns and Agreement
Personal pronouns MUST agree
with their antecedents in person,
number, and gender.
What is wrong with these sentences?
Mary likes cats. Its favorite is Bubba.
A teacher likes teaching their students.
Mary likes cats. Her favorite is
Bubba.
A teacher likes teaching his or her
students.
If using 2 or more singular
antecedents joined by OR or NOR –
MUST have a singular pronoun.
Either Becca or Megan will take her
backpack.
If compound antecedent is joined
by AND – MUST have plural
pronoun.
Becca and Megan will take
their backpacks.
Remember all those indefinite
pronouns? – You need to know
them now!
Always Singular: anyone,
everyone, someone, anybody,
everybody, somebody, each,
either
Each of the banners is blue.
-Everyone in the first five rows
was delighted.
Some can be singular or plural:
all, any, more, most, none, some
You need to use context
clues to figure it out!
Some of the milk is frozen.
Some of the cookies are
frozen, too.
Review
Which is the common noun?
Marie Jones is a wonderful
mimic.
A. Marie
B. Jones
C. wonderful
D. mimic
Which is the proper noun?
Marie can imitate anything
from a machine to an animal.
A. Marie
B. anything
C. machine
D. animal
Which is the collective noun?
She is one of the most talented
members of our class.
A. He
B. most
C. members
D. class
Which is the compound
noun?
One day Marie entertained all
her classmates by imitating a
pelican.
A. One day
B. entertained
C. classmates
D. pelican
Which is the appositive phrase?
Marie, my friend, can bring any
story to life.
A. my friend
B. can bring
C. any story
D. to life
Choose the correct form of
the word:
The seventh graders are reading ___
for their book reports.
A. biographys B. biographes
C. biographies D. biographyes
Alan and Sandra have books
about American Indian ___.
A. chiefs
B. chieves
C. chiefes
D. chiefs’
Lisa, Matt, and Tran have chosen
books about famous ___.
A. woman
B. womans
C. womens
D. women
The best reports will be put up on
the two ___ in the hall.
A. bulletin boardes
B. bulletin boards’s
C. bulletin boards
D. bulletin boards’
Members of other ___ will be
able to read them.
A. classes
B. class’s
C. classies
D. class
Choose the correct possessive
form of the noun:
Listening to stories is not just a
___ activity.
A. childrens
C. children
B. children’s
D. childrens’
My little brother, my parents, and
I all enjoy ___ performances.
A. storytellers’
B. storytellers
C. storytellers’s D. storyteller’s
My youngest ___ favorite story is
from a book by Beatrix Potter
A. brothers
B. brothers’
C. brother’s D. brotheres
It tells about two ___ amusing
adventures.
A. mice’s
B. mices’
C. mices
D. mices’s
My parents and I prefer accounts
of ___ exploits.
A. hero’es
B. heroes’s
C. heroes
D. heroes’
Which sentence uses the
apostrophe correctly?
However, van Goghs best-known
works are done in brilliant colors.
However, van Gogh’s best-known
works are done in brilliant colors.
However, van Goghs’ best-known
works are done in brilliant colors.
However, van Gogh’es best-known
works are done in brilliant colors.
Make the second sentence an
appositive in the first sentence.
The famous performance artist
appeared at the theater
yesterday.
The artist was Alicia Amber.
Ms. Amber put on an exciting and
original show.
She is a talented performer.
Alicia Amber danced to the sounds
of airplane engines.
She is a classically trained
dancer.
Her dance suggests the
whirling of propellers.
It is a combination of
rapid
spins and leaps.
Ms. Amber’s next project will be
presented on national
television.
It is a one-woman play.
Replace the underlined word
with the correct pronoun.
Do you know about any (of) Indian
tribes?
Stacy was on the soccer team.
The Pollards live in California.
For each sentence find the correct
pronoun and antecedent
Jenny enjoys school. ___ favorite
subject is reading.
Sean and Ty are friends. ___ both
enjoy swimming at the pool.
The book is about baseball. ___ has
several colored pictures.
Choose the correct bolded
words:
I and he / He and I usually roller
blade right after school.
Golfing is even intriguing to she
/ her.
Both John and she / her are
athletes.
Replace underlined word
with possessive pronoun
Sarah’s track record has not
been broken.
She was able to to speak up
for the people’s rights.
Write the possessive
pronoun
My report is about Jane
Goodall.
The baby recognized her
voice.
Locate the indefinite pronoun and
tell if they are singular or plural.
Many have decided to attend
study club.
All of the students speak
Spanish.
Each will be given a movie
pass.
Locate the reflexive pronoun and
the noun it reflects back to.
I have given myself the task of
studying the life of George
Washington.
Kelly brought herself back to
class.
Name the intensive pronoun and
the word it is modifying
Shelley herself moved the
television.
Would the soldiers themselves
free the chief?
Does the sentence have a
demonstrative or interrogative pronoun?
Name the pronoun.
What are you doing after
school?
These were Native American
names.