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GRAMMAR: Unit 1
Nouns, Pronouns, and
Adjectives
KINDS OF
NOUNS
• A NOUN IS A
WORD THAT
NAMES A
PERSON, PLACE,
THING, OR IDEA.
• A common noun is
a general name for
a person, place,
thing, or idea.
• They are generally
not capitalized.
• A proper noun
is a specific
name for a
person, place,
thing, or idea.
• They are
generally
capitalized.
• A concrete
noun names a
thing that can
be seen,
heard, smelled,
touched, or
tasted.
• An abstract
noun names
an idea,
feeling,
quantity, or
characteristic.
• A collective
noun is a word
that names a
group of people
or things.
Practice & Apply
Directions: In each
of the following
sentences identify
the noun.
1. Cook Forest in
Pennsylvania is filled
with hemlock trees.
A) common
B) proper
2. Cook Forest in
Pennsylvania is filled
with hemlock trees.
A) common
B) proper
3. Chad eats a bowl
of cereal every
morning.
A) common
B) proper
4. Success is very
important to
Shelley.
A)Concrete
B)Abstract
C)Collective
5. Many immigrants
came to this country
seeking freedom.
A)Concrete
B)Abstract
C)Collective
6. The class handed in
their assignments at
the bell.
A)Concrete
B)Abstract
C)Collective
Pronouns
Pronouns
• A pronoun is a word that
takes the place of a noun or
another pronoun.
• Common pronouns are: I,
you, he, she, it, we, they,
me, him, her, us, them, my,
mine, your, their
Practice and Apply
• Decide the correct
pronoun form to complete
each sentence.
1. The diamond detectives were
Carla and (I, me).
2. According to legend the huge
diamond has had many owners,
and (they, them) all came to a bad
end.
3. Jean Baptiste Tavernier brought
the original blue diamond from
India; the first owner to die was
(him, he)
4. (He, Him) is said to have been
killed in India by wild dogs.
Practice and Apply
• Decide the correct pronoun form
to complete each sentence.
1. King Tutankhamen was only about
nine years old when the priests
crowned (he, him) pharaoh.
2. (He, Him) and his wife were not in
power long before the young
pharaoh died.
3. (I, Me) saw a video showing x-ray
pictures of Tut’s skull.
4. (They, Them) revealed that
someone had struck Tut on the back
of the head.
Practice and Apply
• Decide the correct pronoun form
to complete each sentence.
1. Imagine (your, you’re) visiting a museum
in Urumqui, in the desert of northwest
China.
2. In one room, you find remarkable
mummies in (their, they’re) cases.
3. The leggings, shirts, and cloaks on the
mummies look as colorful as (your,
you’re) clothes today.
4. This experience really happened to
Professor Mair and his tour group on
(their, they’re) trip to China in 1987.
Pronoun Agreement
• The antecedent is the noun or
pronoun that a pronoun refers
to.
• Agreement in number- singular
or plural
• Agreement in Person- 1st, 2nd, or
3rd
• Agreement in Gender
Pronoun Problems
• Use we when the pronoun is a
subject or a predicate pronoun.
• Use us when the pronoun is an
object.
Practice and Apply
• Choose the correct pronoun in
parenthesis.
1. Cats baffle (us, we) owners by the things
they do.
2. They often rub themselves against (us,
we) humans.
3. My two cats, Pickles and Bert do this.
Surprisingly, (he, Bert) does this even
with strangers.
•
An Antecedent is the word that
the pronoun refers to.
The dog ate food from its bowl.
a. dog  ate
b. dog food
c. its bowl
d. its  dog
•
It’s is the pronoun and dog is
what it is referring to.
The dog ate food from its bowl.
D. its  dog
Lesson 4
Indefinite Pronouns
Singular Indefinite
Pronouns
another
anybody
anyone
anything
each
one
somebody
someone
something
Singular Indefinite
Pronouns
everybody
everyone
everything
either
nobody
no one
nothing
neither
Plural Indefinite
Pronouns
both
few
many
several
Singular or Plural
Indefinite
Pronouns
all
any
most
none
some
Adjectives
Adjectives
Describe nouns and pronouns.
Answer:
What kind?
Which one?
How many?
How much?
Article
Adjectives
• Article adjectives:
a, an, the
• And is not an article
adjective; it is a
conjunction.
The bright green
frog jumps into
the cold dark
air.
a.the, bright, green,
b.the, dark, cold
c. the, the
d. the, green, the, cold, dark
Adjectives
•D
• The bright green
frog jumps into the
cold dark air.
Pronouns Used As
Adjectives
• This, that, these, those, my, our,
your, her, his, its, there, all,
each, both, few, most, and
some can be used as
adjectives.
That smart dog will
actually fetch the
morning newspaper.
a.
b.
c.
d.
smart
that
morning
actually
B.
that
Nouns Used As
Adjectives
• Many nouns can be used as
adjectives to modify nouns
or pronouns to make their
meanings more specific.
The Dalmatian puppy won
first place in the dog show.
a. first
b. puppy
c. dog
d. Dalmatian
C. Dalmatian
&
D. dog