Parts of Speech Unit 1

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Parts of Speech Unit 1

• The Noun a noun is a word or word group that is
  used to name a person, place, thing, or idea

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Proper and Common

• A Proper noun names a particular person, place,
  thing, or idea and begins with a capital letter.
• A common noun names any one of a group of
  person, places, things, or ideas. It is usually
  not capitalized.

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Noun activity

• Think of the topic you are studying in SS.
• As a group write as many proper nouns as you can
  in 5 minutes
• Each member is responsible for answers.
• One member needs to record the answers
• One member needs to make sure the answers are all
  proper nouns.

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Parts of SpeechUnit 1

• The Pronoun a pronoun is a word that is used in
  place of one or more nouns or pronouns.
• Antecedent the noun the pronoun takes the place
  of.
• Ex. Kelly (A) went to the store.
• She (P) went to the store.

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Personal Pronouns

• A personal pronoun refers to the one speaking,
  the one spoken to, or the one spoken about.
  Personal pronouns have both singular and plural
  forms.
• EX I am sure he told you about their plans.
• Copy the purple chart on pg. 330

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Possessive Pronouns

• The possessive pronouns my, mine, our, ours,
  your, yours, her, hers, its, their, and theirs
  are personal pronouns that are used to show
  ownership or possession.
• Ex. Mrs. Newmans cats are the best.
• Her cats are the best.

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Pronoun Activity

• Write five descriptive sentences about a
  celebrity without ever mentioning the celebritys
  name.
• The class will try to guess the celebrity.

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Reflexive Intensive Pronouns

• A Reflexive Pronoun refers to the subject and is
  necessary to the basic meaning of the sentence.
• Ex. We enjoyed ourselves at the party.
• An Intensive Pronoun emphasizes its antecedent
  and is not necessary to the basic meaning of the
  sentence.
• Ex. Joe himself bought a sandwich.

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Demonstrative Indefinite Pronouns

• A Demonstrative Pronoun points out a specific
  person, place, thing, or idea
• This, That, These, Those
• An Indefinite Pronoun is a pronoun that does
  not refer to a specific person or thing.
• Ex. Everyone, Anyone, Nobody

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Interrogative Relative Pronouns

• An Interrogative Pronoun introduces a question
  what, which, who, whom, whose.
• A Relative Pronoun introduces a subordinate
  clause ( an incomplete sentence, cannot stand by
  itself in a sentence)
• Ex. Robins are among the birds that migrate south
  for the winter.

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Adjectives

• The Adjective an adjective is a word that is
  used to describe a noun or a pronoun.
• An adjective describes a noun or pronoun by
  telling what kind, which one, how many or how
  much.

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Proper Adjectives

• A proper adjective is formed from a proper noun
  and begins with a capital letter.
• EX. American football, Canadian mountains

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Demonstrative Adjective

• When this, that, these, those come before a
  noun or pronoun, they are called demonstrative
  adjectives.
• Ex. This shirt is torn That store is new.