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Noun and Pronoun Review Notes A noun is a person, place, or thing/idea. It can be something visible or invisible, like a concept or idea. Examples: boy, classmate, Jack, Memorial Middle School, store, pencil, radio, cat, Target, honor, courage, bravery A compound noun is a noun made up of two or more words put together to create something that is usually different than what each word means. The noun may consist of separated words, combined words, or hyphenated words. Examples: ice cream, backpack, fire truck, father-in-law, John Adams (a first and last name), Mrs. Jacobson (title and name) A common noun is a general, nonspecific noun that is only capitalized if it starts a sentence. It does not specifically name someone, a place, or a thing. Examples: boy, dog, store, school, animal, month, book A proper noun is a specific noun that names a person, place or thing. It is always capitalized, no matter where it is in a sentence. Example: Jack, Siamese, Korea, Target, Rice Epicurean, Memorial Middle School, Tangerine, Mrs. Jacobson, October A pronoun takes the place of a noun. The noun that is replaced is called the antecedent. Examples: The boy dropped the boy’s book. The boy dropped his book. To write “the boy’s” is awkward. To write “his” instead of “the boy’s” is better. So “boy” is the antecedent to the pronoun “his.” antecedent pronoun The girls gave their permission slips to the teacher. ante. pro. Mom went to New York. She is visiting Sam. pro. ante. “I was so happy, “ exclaimed Sarah. A personal pronoun is specific about who is talking/writing, who is listening/reading, and what the topic (person, place, thing) is about. 1st person pronouns: the person who is speaking or writing. singular: I, me, my, mine plural: we, us, our, ours Examples: 1st 1st sing. sing. I dropped my book. 1st 1st sing. pl. I painted our house. 2nd person pronouns: the person listening or reading. singular and plural have the same forms: you, your, yours Examples: 2nd sing. Your book is here, Jack. 2nd plural Class, open your books. 3rd person pronouns: The topic (person, place, thing) being discussed or written about. singular: he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its plural: they, them, their, theirs Examples: 3rd pl 3rd pl 3rd sing. They brought their books and gave him one to borrow. A demonstrative pronoun points out a person, place, or thing that is on the other side of the sentence away from it, on the other side of the verb from it. * You’ll need to rewrite a question to see that they are on opposite sides of the verb. For something that is nearby mentally or physically: (singular) this For something farther away mentally or physically: (singular) that (plural) these (plural) those Examples: dp verb noun pointed out That was a loud firecracker. noun verb verb dp All the pastries look good, but I think I’ll try one of these. dp v noun These are tomatoes from our garden. verb dp n Isn’t this the sweater I loaned you? dp v n Change to: This is the sweater I loaned you.