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Nouns and Pronouns
  • Nouns name people, places, and things.
  • Pronouns substitute for nouns.

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What kinds nouns are there?
  • First, proper nouns name unique titles, persons,
    places, and organizations
  • Dr. Monte teaches English at Dalton State
    College.
  • Always capitalize the first letter of proper
    nouns to show that they are particular names.

Do you get this upset about improper grammar?
3
Then what are common nouns?
  • Common nouns are non-specific names for persons,
    places, and things.
  • Which of these three words are common nouns?
  • Doctors
  • Prescribe
  • Drugs

Is work really a lifetime sentence for not being
rich?
4
Can you use proper and common nouns?
  • Use Medical Technology, nursing, health careers,
    medicine.
  • The most usual college majors are in __.
  • Many students take __ to become doctors.
  • Others study __ to assist patients.
  • Still others study __ so they can work in medical
    laboratories.

So why do doctors play so much golf?
5
What are count nouns?
  • Nouns are also either countable or non-count.
  • Count nouns are specific items like pens and
    books.
  • Non-count nouns are mass items like ink and
    paper.
  • Non-count nouns cannot be plural.

If pennies dont count anymore, can you still
count them?
6
Is it a count or a non-count noun?
  • Which of the nouns are uncountable?
  • Money
  • Dollar
  • Jewelry
  • Ring
  • Transportation
  • Automobile
  • Furniture
  • Chair

Would women like giant diamonds to fall from the
sky?
7
What are concrete and abstract nouns?
  • Concrete nouns like computer and teacher name
    what we know through one of our five senses.
  • Use more concrete nouns to improve your writing!
  • Abstract nouns like war and thought name
    feelings, characteristics, qualities, and ideas.

Is the pool abstract or concrete?
8
Is it concrete or abstract?
  • Which sentences have concrete words and which
    have abstract?
  • 1.  The breeze ruffled his feathers.
  • 2. I have knowledge on the subject.
  • 3. I could smell dinner.
  • 4. Sara got frustrated.
  • 5. The music blasted through the thin walls.
  • 6. Buddhist beliefs are very different from
    other religions.

Should the boy go to school to learn better
English?
9
What are compound nouns?
  • Compound nouns are two nouns treated as one. 
  • Compound nouns can be written as
  • One word classroom, wristwatch
  • Hyphenated full-time, stop-watch
  • Separated assistant professor, pocket watch
  • Be careful how you write compound nouns.

Should the boy go to school to learn better
English?
10
What are collective nouns?
  • Collective nouns name groups of
  • People team, committee
  • Things furniture, jewelry
  • Places resorts
  • Collective nouns take singular verbs in America
    and plural verbs in Britain.
  • In the US, the team is late.
  • But in Britain, the team are late.

What kind of problem can Bobs girl cause the
team?
11
Can you use nouns correctly?
  • Use work, works, Dalton, Dalton State College,
    college, colleges, money, dollars, part-time,
    full-time.
  • Do you attend __?
  • Yes, I study at __.
  • So far, how many __ have you attended?
  • Just one. Only at __.
  • How much __ does it cost to go there __?
  • I dont know I am only a __ student now because
    I have to __ a lot.

Are position titles proper nouns?
12
What are pronouns for?
  • Pronouns like you and it are words that replace
    nouns before them.
  • Pronouns are often used to avoid repeating a noun
    within a sentence or paragraph.
  • Personal pronouns can be subjective, objective,
    or even possessive in case.

What single pronoun does the parrot repeat?
13
Which case is the pronoun?
  • Identify these pronouns as subjects, objects, or
    possessives
  • They are there.
  • Our car is ready.
  • Theirs is not yet.
  • We see the guy in the red cap.
  • Give it to him.
  • Where did the boss ask you to go?

Should the soldier know whom he kills?
14
What are reflexive pronouns?
  • Reflexive pronouns refer back to their
    antecedents
  • Example She convinced herself that his story
    wasnt just a big, fat lie.
  • The pronoun is reflexive when a verb or verb
    phrase exists between the pronoun and antecedent.

So whom is the man supposed to think for?
15
What are indefinite pronouns?
  • Indefinite pronouns like no one and anybody
    replace nouns without identifying a specific
    person or thing
  • Both were assigned new articles for the magazine.
  • Indefinite pronouns can be doubles, acting as
    adjectives.
  • Both writers were late.

Did both the man and the woman pick the place?
16
What are demonstrative pronouns?
  • Demonstrative pronouns refer to specific noun
    antecedents
  • This is our class.
  • That is your book.
  • Before a noun, demonstrative pronouns act as
    adjectives
  • This class is ours.
  • That book is yours.
  • In writing, use demon-strative adjectives, not
    demonstrative pronouns.

Why will this one jump?
17
What are interrogative and relative pronouns?
  • Interrogative pronouns such as what and whose
    form questions
  • Whose car are you driving today?
  • Relative pronouns are the same words used in
    subordinate clauses
  • I am driving the car whose owner is my best
    friend.

Who has the big problem with the metal detector?
18
Can you use pronouns correctly?
  • Use those, anyone, where, which, either,
    yourself, our, what.
  • __ are you doing today?
  • __ quiz are you taking?
  • __ class uses computers.
  • __ are you going later?
  • Here is food help __.
  • Do you know __ here?
  • __ he or she is studying.
  • These are his __ arent.

How does the judge like the boys odd question?
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