Language Arts Grammar - Nouns

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Language ArtsGrammar - Nouns
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Nouns

• A noun is a word used to name a person, a place,
  a thing, or an idea.
• View the following examples

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PERSONS PLACES THINGS IDEAS
Alice Walker Desert Money Courage
Dr. Lacy neighborhood Wind Love
children outer space animals freedom
architect New York City Voyager 2 luck
team Grand Canyon Statue of Liberty equality
Baby sitter Nigeria Newbery Medal Self-control
gymnast Golden Gate orange juice democracy
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Compound Nouns

• A compound noun is two or more words used
  together as a single noun. The parts of a
  compound noun may be written as one word, as
  separate words, or as a hyphenated word.
• View the following examples

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ONE WORD Seafood, filmmaker, videocassette, footsteps, grasshopper, Iceland, daydream, Passover
SEPARATE WORDS compact disc, House of Representatives, police officer, John F. Kennedy, The Call of the Wild
HYPHENATED WORD Self-esteem, fund-raiser, sister-in-law, fourteen-year-old, grand-parents
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Collective Nouns

• A collective noun is a word that names a group.
• View the following examples

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Collective Nouns

• faculty, family, herd, team, congress, audience,
  flock, crew, jury, committee

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Common Nouns and Proper Nouns

• A common noun is a general name for a person,
  place, thing, or idea. A proper noun names a
  particular person, place, thing, or idea.
• Note Proper nouns always begin with a capital
  letter. Common nouns begin with a capital letter
  only when they come at the beginning of a
  sentence.

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Common Nouns Proper Nouns
poem The Raven, Casey at Bat
nation Canada, United States of America
athlete Ken Griffey Jr., Peyton Manning
ship Mayflower, U.S.S. Constitution
newspaper The New York Times, USA Today
river Ohio River, Kentucky River
street Hawkins St., Highland Ave.
day Friday, Independence Day
city Carrollton, Madison
organization American Legion, Boy Scouts
language English, Spanish
holiday Thanksgiving, Labor Day
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Concrete Nouns and Abstract Nouns

• A concrete noun names a person, place, or thing
  that can be perceived by one or more of the
  senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, or smell).
  An abstract noun names an idea, a feeling, a
  quality, or a characteristic.

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CONCRETE NOUNS Hummingbird, telephone, popcorn, ocean, Madison Milton Bridge, Jesse Jackson, sneeze, stone, refrigerator, rain
ABSTRACT NOUNS Knowledge, love, humor, patriotism, beliefs, honor, beauty, peace, health, competition, Buddhism
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The Pronoun

• A Pronoun is a word used in place of one noun or
  more than one noun.
• Example When Kelly saw the signal, Kelly pointed
  the signal out to John.
• When Kelly saw the signal, she pointed it out to
  John.

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The Pronoun

• Note The word that a pronoun stands for is call
  its antecedent.
• Example Mark read the book and returned it to
  the library.
• The photographers bought themselves new lenses.

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Personal Pronoun

• A personal pronoun refers to the one speaking
  (first person), the one spoken to (second
  person), or the one spoken about (third person).
• View the following examples

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Personal Pronouns
Singular Plural
First Person I, me, my, mine we, us, our, ours
Second Person you, your, yours you your, yours
Third Person he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its they, them, their, theirs
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Bell Ringer - Nouns

• Without using your notes, give an example for
  each of the following nouns
• Noun
• Compound Noun
• Collective Noun
• Proper Noun
• Concrete Noun
• Abstract Noun

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Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

• A reflexive pronoun refers to the subject and
  directs the action of the verb back to the
  subject. An intensive pronoun emphasizes a noun
  or another pronoun.
• View the examples

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Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
First Person myself, ourselves
Second Person yourself, yourselves
Third Person himself, herself, itself, themselves
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Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

• Juan wrote himself a note as a reminder.
  (reflective)
• The rescuers did not consider themselves heroes.
  (reflective)
• Amelia designed the costumes herself. (intensive)
• I myself sold more than fifty tickets.
• (intensive)

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Demonstrative Pronouns

• A demonstrative pronoun points out a specific
  person, a place, a thing, or an idea.
• View the examples

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Demonstrative Pronouns

• this that these those
• This is the most valuable baseball card I have.
• These are the names of those who volunteered.

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Interrogative Pronouns

• An interrogative pronoun introduces a question.
• View the following examples

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Interrogative Pronouns

• what which who whom whose
• What is the largest planet in our solar system?
• Who scored the most points in the game?

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Relative Pronouns

• A relative pronoun introduces a subordinate
  clause.
• View the following examples

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Relative Pronouns

• that what which who whom whose
• The Bactrian camel, which has two humps, is
  native to central Asia.
• Ray Charles is one of several blind performers
  who have had a number of hit recordings.

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Indefinite Pronouns

• An indefinite pronoun refers to a person, a
  place, or a thing that is not specifically named.
• View the examples

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Indefinite Pronouns

• Everyone completed the test before the bell rang.
• Neither of the actors knew what costumes the
  other was planning to wear.

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Common Indefinite Pronouns
all both few nobody several
another each many none some
any either more no one somebody
anybody everybody most nothing someone
anyone everyone much one something
anything everything neither other such