Nouns and Pronouns

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Nouns and Pronouns
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What is a noun?

• Common nouns are any person, place, or thing.
  Common nouns are not capitalized.
• Examples
• The city
• That newspaper
• A policeman

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Compound Nouns

• A compound noun is a noun that is made up of more
  than one word.
• Compound nouns can be
• Separated - bubble bath, station wagon
• Hyphenated - son-in-law, hand-me-down
• Combined - shipwreck, handstand

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Proper Nouns

• Proper nouns are the name of a special person,
  place, or thing. Proper nouns are capitalized.
• Examples
• Nashville
• Mrs. Anderson
• LaVergne Middle School

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Possessive Nouns

• A possessive noun is a noun that names who or
  what has something.
• Add an apostrophe and s ('s) to form the
  possessive of most singular nouns.
• Add an apostrophe (') to form the possessive of
  plural nouns that end with s.
• Add an apostrophe and s ('s) to form the
  possessive of plural nouns that do not end with
  s.

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The dog's collar is too large.
The word "dog's" is the possessive noun. It
tells you that the noun "collar" belongs to the
dog. The dog owns, or possesses the collar.
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Pronouns

• A pronoun is a substitute for a noun. It refers
  to a person, place, thing, feeling, or quality
  but does not refer to it by its name.
• The critique of Plato's Republic was written from
  a contemporary point of view. It was an in-depth
  analysis of Plato's opinions about possible
  governmental forms

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Personal Pronouns

• Personal pronouns refer to
• The person speaking
• The person spoken to
• The person, place, or thing spoken about.

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Personal Pronoun
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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Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

• Reflective Refers to the subject and is
  necessary to the meaning of the sentence.
• Intensive Emphasizes a noun or another pronoun
  and is unnecessary to the meaning.

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Examples

• Example Reflexive
• Tara enjoyed HERSELF at the party.
• The team prided THEMSELVES on their victory.
• Intensive
• I MYSELF cooked that delicious dinner.
• Did you redecorate the room YOURSELF?

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Other Types of Pronouns

• Demonstrative Points out a person, place, thing,
  or idea
• Interrogative Introduces a question.
• Indefinite refers to a person, place, thing, or
  an idea that might not be specifically named.

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Possessive Pronouns

• Show ownership. Some are used alone some
  describe a noun.
• The person in the blue car is (my, mine, I, me)
  mother.

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Possessive Pronouns

• (My, Mine, I, Me) am ashamed of myself for being
  so rude to her.
• He is not a good friend, but he is an
  acquaintance of (my, mine).
• My parents will not allow (my, mine, I, me) to
  spend the night with Pam.
• (My, Mine, I, Me) brother sits on a stool when he
  plays the piano.

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Pronoun Antecedent

• An antecedent is the word, phrase, or clause to
  which a pronoun refers, understood by the
  context.
• Antecedents are nouns that pronouns replace.

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Examples

• Joe ate his whole pepperoni pizza!
• Joe ate his whole pepperoni pizza!
• When Angie moved, she gave her cat to the
  neighbors.
• When Angie moved, she gave her cat to the
  neighbors.
• Caring for bees can be rewarding, but it requires
  a certain amount of bravery.
• Caring for bees can be rewarding, but it requires
  a certain amount of bravery.

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Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement

• A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in
  number, gender, and person.
• A singular pronoun must correspond to a singular
  antecedent
• The garbage man took away 25 more trash this
  holiday. He began dreaming of a green Christmas
  next year, one with less trash.

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Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement

• A plural pronoun must refer to a plural
  antecedent.
• The garbage men worked hard. They wanted to go
  skiing in Colorado.
• Pronouns that refer to a male or female must
  refer to the correct gender.
• Fred drank milk before he ate dinner. Susan ate
  steak after she went home.