Week 1: Nouns and Pronouns Grammar Time! Week 1: Nouns and Pronouns

What are Nouns? Nouns Definition: Examples: People, places, things and ideas Horses, word, thoughts, anger, desk, Africa

6 Types of Nouns Common Proper Concrete Abstract Collective Compound Nouns that name general people, places or things school, teacher, house, dog Proper Nouns that name specific people, places or things Hinsdale South High School, Ms. Aquino, Jackson Concrete A noun you can taste, touch, see, hear or feel desk, sandwich, book Abstract A noun you cannot taste, touch, see, hear or feel happiness, peace, comfort Collective Nouns that name singular groups with more than one member team, bunch Compound 2 separate nouns put together to express 1 thing trashcan, houseboat

Let’s Practice! Dexter lives Miami where he works for the Miami Police Department as a blood splatter analyst. The new murder scene makes Dexter excited. Dexter’s sister, Deb, wants to get into the Homicide Unit.

What are Pronouns? Pronouns Definition: Examples: He, she, it, they, there, ours, me, we, I Words used in place of nouns You can’t touch a pronoun! The antecedent is the noun that the pronoun replaces. We often use pronouns to avoid the awkwardness that repeating several nouns creates.

6 Types of Pronouns Personal Interrogative Relative Indefinite Pronouns that refer to the person speaking (1st), spoken to (2nd) or spoken about (3rd) I, me, mine, we, us, ours Your, your, yours he, him, his, she, her, it Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns that refer back to the subject of the sentence She wrote a note to herself. Sam, himself, was here. Demonstrative Pronouns that point out a specific person, place or thing this, that, these, those Interrogative Introduces a question What, which, who, whom, whose Relative Pronouns that connect a noun to a description That, which, who, whom, whose Indefinite Pronouns that refer to nouns that aren’t specifically named All, each other, few, many, several, some, everybody.

Which Sentence Sounds Better? Dexter decides to help his sister because she is his only family and he cares about her. Dexter decides to help Dexter’s sister because Deb is Dexter’s only family and Dexter cares about Deb.

A Little More Practice… “I threw an automatic big wave and bright smile to all the neighbors out in their yards that grew neatly up to the canal’s seawall” (Lindsay 43). “And she was right, of course. I could help her. But I didn’t really want to, because I enjoyed watching this other killer work…” (Lindsday 54). “Harry had always been right, he was right now. Don’t get emotionally involved, he had said. So, I wouldn’t” (Lindsay 55).

Select 3 of the 5 activities and complete them Agenda 1 Select 3 of the 5 activities and complete them Due: Friday, October 1st Grammar Time!