1. Parts of Speech
Chapter 2

2. Nouns A word or word group used to name a person, place, or thing
Proper nouns – name a particular person, place, or thing
Common Nouns – dog, plant, car, book

3. Compound Nouns Two or more words used together as a single noun
Examples: backpack, sister-in-law, New York City, show business

4. Concrete, Abstract, and Collective Nouns
Concrete Nouns – nouns that can be touched, smelled, tasted, heard, or seen
Examples – friend, spaghetti, Star Wars, flower

5. Abstract Nouns
Abstract Nouns – name an idea, a feeling, a quality, or a characteristic
Examples – friendship, loyalty, Catholicism, fear

6. Collective Nouns Collective Nouns – a word that names a group
Examples – choir, herd, group, army, team, Chess Club

7. Pronouns
Word used in place of a noun

8. Personal Pronouns Examples
First Person: I, me, mine, we, us, our, ours
Second Person: you, your, yours
Third Person: he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their

9. Demonstrative Pronouns
Points out a person, place, thing, or an idea
Examples: this, that, these, those
This is the most valuable baseball card I have, but that is also valuable.
Note: When words like this, that, these, and those are used to modify nouns…they are not pronouns
This card is my favorite. (“this” is used as an adjective here)

10. Relative Pronouns Introduces a subordinate clause (dependent clause)
Examples:
that, which, who, whom, whose
Is this the book that describes the Native American Rain Dance?

11. Interrogative Pronouns
An interrogative pronoun introduces a question.
Examples: what, which, who, whom, whose

12. Indefinite Pronouns
Refer to a person, place, thing, or idea that may or may not be specifically named.

13. Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves

14. Reflexive Pronouns Refer to the subject Example:
The rescuers did not consider themselves heroes.

15. Intensive Pronouns Emphasizes a noun or another pronoun Examples:
Amelia designed the costumes herself.
I myself sold more than fifty tickets.

16. Adjectives and Articles

17. Adjectives An adjective is a word used to modify a noun or pronoun.
Adjectives tell what kind, which one, how much, or how many.
An adjective may come before or after the word it modifies.

18. Articles the, a , an Articles are used as adjectives
“the” is a direct article because it is used to indicate something specific
“a” & “an” are indirect articles because they are used to indicate something unspecific

19. Demonstrative Adjectives
this, that, & these can be used as adjectives and pronouns
When they modify nouns or pronouns…they are Demonstrative Adjectives
When they take the place of nouns or pronouns…they are Demonstrative Pronouns
Look at that pumpkin! (adjective)
That is the biggest pumpkin I have ever seen! (pronoun)