1. Week 1: Nouns and Pronouns
Grammar
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Week 1: Nouns and Pronouns

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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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).

9. 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!