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Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs
{CA #1 Review}
Noun review
 What is a noun?
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a person, place, thing, or idea
 What isn’t a noun?
 pronouns – I , he, they, anyone
 words used as adjectives to describe
nouns
 Halloween
alone is a noun
 Halloween party, Halloween costume – now
it’s an adjective
Collective nouns
 A noun that names a group of people or things
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club, troop, class, herd, orchestra, team, army
 Each collective noun is a single thing. That thing,
however, is made up of more than one person or thing.
You cannot have a committee, team, or family of one; you
need at least two people to compose the unit
 Imagine saying a {collective noun} of [people or things]
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a {pride} of lions; a {swarm} of bees; a {band} of
musicians
 Collective nouns are always common nouns
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Names of specific companies or organizations are not
collective nouns
Pronouns
 A pronoun takes the place of a noun
 The antecedent is the word that is being
replaced by the pronoun
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Sala chewed her bone.
 Her
is the pronoun replacing the antecedent
Sala
Personal pronouns
Singular
Plural
First person
I, me, my, mine
we, us, our, ours
Second person
you, your, yours
you, your, yours
Third person
he, him, his, she,
her, hers, it, its
they, them, their,
theirs
Verbs
 An action verb tells what action a person
or thing is performing.
 A linking verb connects a noun or
pronoun (subject) at or near the
beginning of the sentence with a word
(complement) at or near the end.
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The verb be is the most common linking
verb.
 am,
are, is, was, were, be, being, been
Verbs – action or linking
 Can go either way:
 appear, become, feel, grow, look, remain, seem,
smell, sound, stay, taste, turn
 Action – the subject is “doing” the verb
 Linking – link two parts of a sentence
 Test: substitute am, are, or is for the verb; if the
sentence with the new verb still makes sense, then
the original verb is a linking verb
 I smelled the rain. (action)
 The rain smelled fresh. (linking)
Verb phrases
 Helping verbs are added before other verbs to make the
verb phrase
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am, are
is, was were
be, being, been
do, does, did
have, has, had
will, would
can, could
shall, should
may, might, must
 Verb phrase = helping verb(s) + main verb
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should be listening
will be eating
Verb phrases
 Sometimes the verb phrase is separated
by adverbs like not, often, slowly, and
carefully.
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I will not go with you.
She had carefully arranged her plans.
 In a question, a pronoun or noun might
split the verb phrase.
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