English Writing Conventions. Nouns A noun is a person, place, or thing. Some of the things nouns name can be seen or touched; some cannot. PersonPlaceThing.

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English Writing Conventions

Nouns A noun is a person, place, or thing. Some of the things nouns name can be seen or touched; some cannot. PersonPlaceThing ObamaFranklin High School dog studentschoolanger

Compound Nouns A compound noun is made up of more than one word. SeparatedHyphenatedCombined sweet potatoson-in-lawhighway inner tubedrive-thrurailroad

Exercise 1 Underline the two nouns in each sentence. Some nouns may be compound. 1.Charlotte helped us win the championship. 2.There are no longer any animals in that zoo. 3.Uncle Pete has been studying to become a pilot. 4.All of the silverware fell out of the drawer. 5.“This is not a good sign,” said Dennis.

Common and Proper Nouns A common noun names any one of a class of people, places, or things. A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are capitalized. Common NounsProper Nouns riverRio Grande warCivil War I called my mom after school. I called Mom after school.

Exercise 2 Write the proper noun in each sentence in the blank at the right, adding the missing capitalization. 1.We think aunt claire is funny. _____________ 2.We own a ranch in texas. __________________ 3.His favorite language is spanish. _____________ Fill in each blank with a proper noun. 1.Some day I would like to see ______________. 2.We were amazed when we saw _______________.

Pronouns A pronoun is a word used to take the place of a noun. The noun a pronoun substitutes for is called an antecedent. Pronouns and Antecedents ANTECEDENT PRONOUN PRONOUN Elizabeth Macintosh asked her parents if she could go. PRONOUN ANTECEDENT Because of his sore knee, the star quarterback couldn’t play.

Personal Pronouns Personal pronouns refer to (1) the person speaking, (2) the person spoken to, or (3) the person, place, or thing spoken about. First PersonSecond Person Third Person I, me, my, mine we, us, our, ours you, your, yours he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs

Exercise 3 Underline the personal pronoun in each sentence. Then, circle its antecedent. 1.Lisa, are you going to the party? 2.When Paul drove up, everyone piled into his car. 3.“I must no forget,” the child said over and over again. 4.During the tornado, the house lost its roof.

Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns A reflexive pronoun ends in –self or –selves and adds information to a sentence by referring to a noun or pronoun that appears earlier in the sentence. An intensive pronoun has the same ending as a reflexive pronoun but simply adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun in the same sentence.

Exercise 4 Fill in each blank with a personal pronoun. 1.Randy, would _________ please give us a hand? 2.With _________ money ready, Jose stood in line for the concert. 3.All of her friends sent her __________ best wishes. 4.These books are so good that I wish _______ were longer.

SingularPlural First Personmyselfourselves Second Personyourselfyourselves Third Personhimself, herself, itself themselves

Demonstrative Pronouns A demonstrative pronoun directs attention to a specific person, place, or thing. thisthatthesethose

Relative Pronouns A relative pronoun begins a subordinate clause and connects it to another idea in the sentence. thatwhichwhowhomwhose

Interrogative Pronouns An interrogative pronoun is used to begin a question. whatwhichwhowhomwhose

Indefinite Pronouns Indefinite pronouns refer to people, places, or things, often without specifying which ones. Some indefinite pronouns may have an antecedent, but many do not have a specific antecedent. SingularPluralSingular or Plural another anybody anyone anything each either everybody everyone everything little much neither nobody no one nothing one other somebody someone something both few many others several all any more Most None Some