Name That Noun!
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What does a pronoun do?
Takes the place of a noun.
What does an adjective describe?
A noun or pronoun.
Identify the part of speech: They walked home slowly. (They)
Pronoun
How many nouns? Katelyn held her spider tightly.
Katelyn, spider = 2
Identify the nouns: The student read a book in the library.
student, book, library
Identify the pronoun: Amanda said she ran to the store.
She
Identify the adjective: The tall student answered first.
tall
Identify the part of speech: My student Ivy loves music. (music)
Noun
Underline the adjectives: The brave firefighter rescued a small kitten.
brave, small
Which word is a proper noun? Texas, city, river
Texas
What is the antecedent in this sentence? Loc asked for volunteers for the school picnic so Phong said he would help.
Phong
Which word is a proper adjective? American, country, flag
American
Identify the part of speech: The friendly dog wagged its tail. (friendly)
Adjective
Identify the pronoun and its antecedent: Lincoln said he would call Brandon later.
Pronoun = he; Antecedent = Lincoln
Name one abstract noun and one concrete noun.
abstract – love; concrete – apple
Fix the unclear pronoun: When William talked to Johnny about chicken nuggets, he laughed.
When William talked to Johnny about chicken nuggets, he laughed.
Identify the adjectives: The red, shiny apples looked delicious.
red, shiny, delicious
Identify the part of speech: The teacher gave us a hard test. (teacher, hard)
Noun, Adjective
Identify two pronouns and their antecedents in this sentence: Paris and Thuy said they would finish their project tonight.
Pronouns = they, their; Antecedents = Paris and Thuy
Create a sentence using a compound noun.
Ex: My brother-in-law loves basketball.
Write a sentence with two pronouns and label their antecedents.
Ex: Evelyn said she lost her notebook. (she, her = Evelyn)
Write a sentence with one demonstrative and one proper adjective
Ex: This Italian food is amazing.
Identify all the parts of speech: Ms. Shabazz said she read the long novel in silence. (Ms. Shabazz, She, long, novel)
Noun (Ms. Shabazz), Pronoun (She), Adjective (long), Noun (novel),
Write one sentence using:
– 1 noun
– 1 pronoun
– 1 adjective
– and underline the antecedent.
Example: The tall boy named Benson said he was ready. (boy/Benson = antecedent/noun, he = pronoun, tall= Adjective)