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Title: Nouns


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Nouns
  • Common and proper
  • Abstract and concrete
  • Compound
  • Plural and collective

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Common and proper
teacher gun Brain zombie phone
  • Common-
  • Person, place, thing or idea
  • Proper-
  • names a specific (usually a one-of-a-kind) item.
  • Begins with a capital letter

Carl Georgia West Georgia Correctional
Facility Daryl Dixon
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Abstract and concrete
  • Abstract- your 5 senses cant detect them.

deceitdedicationcuriositytrustrelaxation
Concrete- your 5 sense CAN see them
teachercatairplanebubble bath
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Compound
  • noun that is made with two or more words
  • open or spaced full moon
  • Hyphenated check-out
  • closed or solid underworld

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Plural and collective
  • Plural
  • More than one noun
  • Collective-
  • names groups (things) composed of members
    (usually people)

heads farms knives machetes
army community family jury faculty
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Pronouns
  • Personal
  • Reflexive
  • Intensive
  • Indefinite
  • Possessive
  • Demonstrative
  • interrogative

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Pronoun
  • A pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun.

John, George, Paul and Ringo were not zombies.
They were not zombies.
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Personal
2 kinds of personal pronouns Subject- renames
the subject of the sentenceduh
I, You, He, She, It, They, We
Carol did not emerge from the cell, she might be
dead.
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Personal
2 kinds of personal pronouns Object- takes the
place of the object of the sentence The object is
the noun receiving the action
Me, You, Him, Her, It, Us
After Herschel shot a zombie, it fell backward.
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Reflexive
A reflexive pronoun refers back to the subject of
a sentence
Shane could not control himself.
herself, himself, itself, myself, ourselves,
themselves, yourselves
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Intensive
  • An intensive pronoun emphasizes its antecedent
    (the noun that comes before it).

I gave the head to the Governor himself.
herself, himself, itself, myself, ourselves,
themselves, yourselves
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Possessive
  • A possessive pronoun tells you who owns something.

Michonne said the Katana sword was hers.
hers, his its, mine ours, theirs, yours
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Demonstrative
  • A demonstrative pronoun points out a noun.

that these this those.
The zombie wants those brains.
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Interrogative
  • An interrogative pronoun is used in a question.

Which machete should I use?
what, which, who, whom
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Indefinite
  • Indefinite pronouns refer to persons, places, or
    things in a general way.

Anybody can die in a zombie apocalypse.
all both everything no one another
each few none any either many
nothing anybody enough most one anyone
neither everybody other anything
nobody everyone others several some
somebody someone something
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