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Preposition
Pronoun
Noun
Interjection
Conjunction
Noun
 A noun is a word used to name a person, place,
thing, animal, or abstract idea.
 In the following sentence all of the pink
words are nouns:
The boy bought a puppy.
Name the Noun(s)!
 Heather drove her car to work.
 The clock was broken.
 Six dogs ran across the sidewalk.
Answers
 Heather drove her car to work.
(person)
(thing) (place)
 The clock was broken.
(thing)
 Six dogs ran across the sidewalk.
(animal)
(place)
Noun
 The following are different types of nouns:
o Proper nouns
o Common nouns
o Concrete nouns
o Abstract nouns
o Possessive nouns
o Collective nouns
Proper Noun
 A proper noun represents the name of a specific
person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are always
capitalized.
 Example:
 Matthew loves shopping at American Eagle.
 Matthew and American Eagle are both proper nouns
because they specifically name the person and the
place.
Common Nouns
 Common nouns refer to a person, place, or thing in the
general sense.
 Example:
 Girls love shopping at the mall.
 Both girls and mall are common nouns because they
are general, not a specific girl or mall.
Abstract Nouns
 An abstract noun is a noun which names anything that you
cannot perceive through your 5 physical senses, and it is
the opposite of a concrete noun.
 Example:
 Justice often seems to slip out of our grasp.
 Buying the fire extinguisher was an afterthought.
 You cannot physically see, touch, taste, hear, or smell
justice or afterthought; therefore, they are abstract nouns.
Concrete Nouns
 A concrete noun is a noun which names anything (or
anyone) that you can perceive through your physical
senses: touch, sight, taste, hearing, or smell. A
concrete noun is the opposite of an abstract noun.
 Example:
 The judge handed the files to the clerk.
 You can physically see and touch these nouns.
Possessive Nouns
 A possessive noun is a noun that shows ownership,
usually of another noun. Possessive nouns usually end
in ’s. When you read the following sentences, you will
notice that a noun in the possessive case frequently
functions as an adjective modifying another noun:
 The miner's face was covered in coal dust.
 My uncle spent many hours trying to locate the
squirrels' nest.
 The possessive noun miner’s tells us whose face was
covered in coal dust
Collective Nouns
 A collective noun is a noun naming a group of things,
animals, or persons.
 Example:
 The class was startled by the bursting light bulb.
 The steering committee meets every Wednesday afternoon.
 The nouns class and committee are collective because they
represent a group of people.
Pronouns
 Pronouns take the place of the noun. Some pronouns
include words like he, she, we, they, this, that, yours,
myself, and yourself.
 Example:
 The car was brand new, and it was very expensive.
 The pronoun it replaces the word car in the second
part of the sentence.
Verb
 The verb expresses actions, events, or states of being.
 Example:
 Vampires bite their victims on the neck.
 It took 3 hours to shovel the snow.
 It was cold outside.
 The verbs bite and shovel express an action and the
verb was expresses a state of being.
Adverb
 Adverbs tell you how, where, or when something is
done. Adverbs describe the verb. They often end in ly.
 Example:
 The car drove slowly.
 The boy walked quickly.
 The word slowly describes the verb drove.
Adjective
 An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing,
identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective usually
comes before the noun or the pronoun which it modifies.
 Example:
 The slippery roads and fluffy snow make driving difficult.
 The words slippery and fluffy describe the nouns roads and
snow.
Preposition
 A preposition links nouns, pronouns, and phrases to other words in a
sentence. A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or
logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence.
Example:
 The book is on the table.
 The book is beneath the table.
 The book is leaning against the table.
 The book is beside the table.
 She held the book over the table.
 She read the book during class.
 In each of these examples, a preposition locates the noun "book" in
space or in time.
These are some common
prepositions:
for
at
with
from
beside
on
under
between
upon
around
to
above
in
into
over
up
toward
behind
off
below
Interjection
 An expressive word.
 Example:
 Wow! you knocked that ball out of the park.
 Oh, you really need to take care of yourself.
 Huh, what did you say?
 Ah, now I understand the problem.
Conjunction
 A conjunction is a word that joins words, phrases or
sentences.
 Example:
 Manuel and Marisol loved to cook.
 You will go to school, or you will fail.
 I am happy because I just received my cheque.
 It has been cloudy since the morning.