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NounsPronouns

Row 1, Col 1 3 Students Pizza Cafeteria How many nouns are in the following sentence? The students ate pizza in the cafeteria.

1,2 2 Sky Clouds How many nouns are in the following sentence? The sky is filled with clouds.

1,3 coaches What is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun? The coaches gave their teams a pep talk before the game.

1,4 old uniforms What is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun? The old uniforms had holes in them.

2,1 2 Sunshine Headache How many nouns are in the following sentence? The bright sunshine gave me a headache.

2,2 3 Honesty Respect Friendship How many nouns are in the following sentence? Honesty and respect are part of a solid friendship.

2,3 Andy What is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun? Andy hit a homer with his lucky bat.

2,4 team What is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun? The team loved their new uniforms.

3,1 Sentence 1: clams, hand Sentence 2: clams, 500 pounds What are the nouns in the following sentences? 1. Most clams could fit in your hand. 2. The largest clams, however, weigh about 500 pounds.

3,2 A person, place, thing, or idea What is a noun?

3,3 4 we our they them How many pronouns are in the story below: Northstar Middle School is in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. We have over 400 students at our school. The sixth grade has six resource teachers. They are really great teachers. The students are divided into two teams. The teams have over 80 kids on them.

3,4 8 we it us we our we it I How many pronouns are in the story below: In the fall we went to Camp Manitou. It was really fun. The bus took us to camp. We slept in the cabins. Our teachers slept in the cabins too. In the morning we had breakfast. It was delicious. I can’t wait to go back.

4,1 Sentence 1: shells, beds, bathtubs Sentence 2: Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Australia What are the nouns in the following sentences? 1.Their shells are big enough to use for beds and bathtubs. 2. They are found in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean near Australia.

4,2 Common nouns; teacher, baseball, park Proper nouns; Milwaukee Brewers, Ms. Slaggie, Carson Park Identify each of the following nouns as common or proper: milwaukee brewersteacherms. slaggie carson parkbaseballpark

4,3 its What is the correct pronoun for the following sentence? The owl is eating (it, its, it’s) prey.

4,4 It What is the correct pronoun for the following sentence? (It, Its, It’s) is our tradition to eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

5,1 Before: sun’s Does the apostrophe go before or after the “s” to show ownership in the following sentence? The porch windows let in the (suns) rays.

5,2 After: mothers’ Does the apostrophe go before or after the “s” to show ownership in the following sentence? The baby kangaroos were in their (mothers) pouches.

5,3 1. your 2. you’re What is the correct pronoun for each of the following sentences? 1.Do (you, your, you’re) homework each night. 2.Your lungs can be affected if (you, your, yours, you’re) a smoker.

5,4 1.me 2.I What is the correct pronoun for each of the following sentences? 1.Stacey is going to take Andy and (I, me) to the movies. 2.My friend and (I, me) were planning to go to the mall.