Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs {CA #1 Review}

Noun review  What is a noun? a person, place, thing, or idea  What isn’t a noun? pronouns – I, he, they, anyone words used as adjectives to describe nouns  Halloween alone is a noun  Halloween party, Halloween costume – now it’s an adjective

Collective nouns  A noun that names a group of people or things club, troop, class, herd, orchestra, team, army  Each collective noun is a single thing. That thing, however, is made up of more than one person or thing. You cannot have a committee, team, or family of one; you need at least two people to compose the unit  Imagine saying a {collective noun} of [people or things] a {pride} of lions; a {swarm} of bees; a {band} of musicians  Collective nouns are always common nouns Names of specific companies or organizations are not collective nouns

Pronouns  A pronoun takes the place of a noun  The antecedent is the word that is being replaced by the pronoun Sala chewed her bone.  Her is the pronoun replacing the antecedent Sala

Personal pronouns SingularPlural First personI, me, my, minewe, us, our, ours Second personyou, your, yours Third personhe, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its they, them, their, theirs

Verbs  An action verb tells what action a person or thing is performing.  A linking verb connects a noun or pronoun (subject) at or near the beginning of the sentence with a word (complement) at or near the end. The verb be is the most common linking verb.  am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been

Verbs – action or linking  Can go either way: appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem, smell, sound, stay, taste, turn  Action – the subject is “doing” the verb  Linking – link two parts of a sentence Test: substitute am, are, or is for the verb; if the sentence with the new verb still makes sense, then the original verb is a linking verb  I smelled the rain. (action)  The rain smelled fresh. (linking)

Verb phrases  Helping verbs are added before other verbs to make the verb phrase am, are is, was were be, being, been do, does, did have, has, had will, would can, could shall, should may, might, must  Verb phrase = helping verb(s) + main verb should be listening will be eating

Verb phrases  Sometimes the verb phrase is separated by adverbs like not, often, slowly, and carefully. I will not go with you. She had carefully arranged her plans.  In a question, a pronoun or noun might split the verb phrase. Did you hear the CD?