Mrs' Hinton 7th Grade Grier Middle School

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Mrs. Hinton7th GradeGrier Middle School
Nouns Pronouns
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Nouns and Pronouns Pretest

• What is a noun?
• Write an example of a collective noun.
• Which of the following can be considered as a
  compound noun?
• a. Separate words
• b. hyphenated words
• c. combined words

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Nouns and Pronouns Pretest

• 4. Write an example of a common noun.
• 5. Write an example of a proper noun.
• 6. What is an antecedent?
• 7.What do personal pronouns refer to?

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Noun and Pronoun Pretest

• 8. What is a demonstrative pronoun?
• 9. What is an interrogative pronoun?
• 10. What is an indefinite pronoun?

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What is a noun?

• The name of a person, place or thing.

• Love
• Hate
• Bravery
• Happiness
• Beauty

What are some nouns that cannot be seen?
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Recognizing Collective Nouns

• List the collective nouns found in each group.
• vegetable radio family
• jury sailboat happiness
• freedom squad plant
• crew skyscraper elephant
• finger assembly newspaper

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Collective Nouns Answers

• Family
• Jury
• Squad
• Crew
• Assembly

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Identify Compound Nouns

• 1. In a desert, both people and animals search
  for water holes.
• 2. The dining room in our hotel is quite near the
  swimming pool.

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Find the Correct Form of Compound Nouns

• postmaster
• post-master
• post master
• Answer postmaster

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Find the Correct Form of Compound Nouns

• side-line
• side line
• sideline
• Answer sideline

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Find the Correct Form of Compound Nouns

• Son in law
• Soninlaw
• Son-in-law
• Answer Son-in-law

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Find the Correct Form of Compound Nouns

• base ball
• baseball
• base-ball
• Answer baseball

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Find the Correct Form of Compound Nouns

• Fire place
• Fire-place
• Fireplace
• Answer fireplace

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Common and Proper Nouns

• List the following nouns as either common or
  proper.
• Street
• Los Angeles
• Lassie
• Song
• Mayor
• Hank Aaron

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Answers to list

• Common Nouns
• street
• song
• mayor

• Proper Nouns
• Los Angeles
• Lassie
• Hank Aaron

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Pronouns and Antecedents

• List the antecedent for each underlined pronoun
  found in the following sentences.
• 1. Will the treasurer give her report?
• 2. Maria agreed that she was wrong.
• 3. The policeman gave his version of the
  accident.

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Identifying Personal Pronouns

• Identify the following as first person, second
  person or third person.

• We
• Your
• Its
• Mine
• She
• Him
• They
• I
• Their
• He

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Personal Pronouns Answers

• We first person
• Your second person
• Its third person
• Mine first person
• She third person

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Personal Pronouns Answers

• 6. Him third person
• 7. They third person
• 8. I first person
• Their third person
• He third person

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Demonstrative and Interrogative Pronouns

• Demonstrate it for me
• This
• That
• These
• Those

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Interrogate To ask questions

• who whose whom
• what which

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Demonstrative Pronouns

• Identify each demonstrative pronoun in the
  following sentences.
• 1. This has been the happiest day of my life.
• 2. She said those are the most interesting
  fossils.

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Demonstrative Pronoun

• 3. That seems to be the shortest route to the
  village.
• 4. Of all his excuses, these are the poorest.

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Demonstrative Pronouns

• Answers
• 1. this
• 2. those
• 3. that
• 4. these

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Interrogative Pronouns

• Identify the interrogative pronouns in the
  following sentences.
• 1. Who is the actor with the high-pitched voice?
• 2. What is her occupation?
• 3. Who is coming to the party?

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Interrogative Pronouns

• 4. Which state has the largest deposits of coal?
• 5. With whom did you leave your telephone number
  and address?
• 6. That is beautiful. Whose is it?

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Interrogative Pronouns Answers

• 1. who
• 2. what
• 3. who
• 4. which
• 5. whom
• 6. whose

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Indefinite Pronouns

• Identify the indefinite pronouns in the following
  sentences.
• Has everyone already had lunch?
• Many of these insects burrow into the soil.
• Our family knew none of their guest.

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Indefinite Pronouns

• 4. Neither cared for the concert, but both
  complimented the bandleader.
• 5. Most of the people I know would like to play
  the piano.

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Indefinite Pronouns Answers

• 1. Everyone
• 2. Many
• None
• Neither, both
• Most

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Nouns and Pronouns Posttest

• What is a noun?
• Write an example of a collective noun.
• Which of the following can be considered as a
  compound noun?
• a. Separate words
• b. hyphenated words
• c. combined words

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Nouns and Pronouns Posttest

• 4. Write an example of a common noun.
• 5. Write an example of a proper noun.
• 6. What is an antecedent?
• 7.What do personal pronouns refer to?

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Noun and Pronoun Posttest

• 8. What is a demonstrative pronoun?
• 9. What is an interrogative pronoun?
• 10. What is an indefinite pronoun?