Nouns and Pronouns

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Nouns and Pronouns

• Ze RULES, ja? Ja!

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Definition part of speech

• A NOUN names a person, place, thing or idea.

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Definition

• Idea a concept an idea is a thing, but its a
  thing you cant touch its abstract.

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Definition

• Abstract- An intangible idea you cannot touch it.

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Definition

• Concrete- a tangible thing you can touch it.

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Function - definition

• A noun can serve ONLY ONE FUNCTION in a sentence
  at a time
• A function is a job or task

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In a sentence, a noun can serve one of 6
functions or jobs

• Subject
• Predicate nominative (predicate noun)
• Direct object

• Indirect object
• Object of a preposition
• Possessive

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Definition - function

• Subject - what the sentence is about usually
  found at the beginning of the sentence before the
  verb

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Definition - function

• Predicate nominative (also predicate noun) noun
  that renames or refers back to the subject
• In the predicate, it must follow a linking verb

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Definition - function

• Direct object receives the direct action of the
  verb by the subject.
• The subject does something to it (the direct
  object).
• Is acted upon by the subject

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Placement

• Direct object in the predicate, it must follow
  an action verb and tell what or whom the subject
  is acting upon

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Definition - function

• Indirect object receives the action of the
  subject indirectly
• answers the questions
• to what? or to whom?
• for what? or for whom?

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Placement

• Indirect object - in the predicate between the
  action verb and the direct object
• Will never have an indirect object without a
  direct object

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Definition function

• Object of preposition noun/pronoun that
  completes a prepositional phrase
• Prepositional phrase never contains a verb
• Prepositions should always be accompanied by
  their complete phrases
• Never end a sentence with a lone preposition
• Mark them off on worksheets and exercises with
  parentheses ( )

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Placement

• Prepositional phrases may appear in either the
  subject or the predicate of a sentence
• Prepositional phrase begins with a preposition
  and ends with a noun or pronoun

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Definition - function

• Possessives show ownership
• The red flag is the s or the s at the end of
  the noun

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Placement

• Possessives may appear anywhere in the sentence,
  either subject or predicate
• Possessives may be part of other phrases or
  clauses

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REMINDER

• A noun can serve ONLY ONE FUNCTION in a sentence
  at a time
• Look for the red flags placement, apostrophes,
  prepositions, types of verbs

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Cases

• Functions of nouns are classified into 3 cases
• Nominative for naming, like a subject
• Objective directed or acted upon by some other
  part of the sentence
• Possessive for showing ownership

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Cases put your toys away

• Think of cases like boxes or actual suitcases
  that contain sorted items. Each case can hold
  only what its meant to hold, nothing more,
  nothing less. Each function can fit into one and
  only one case.

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Cases

• Its easy to tell which functions go with or fit
  into each case The function names echo the case
  names for all but one function!

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Nominative case

• Subject
• Predicate nominative (predicate noun)

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Objective case

• Direct object
• Indirect object
• Object of preposition

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Possessive case

• Possessives