Nouns
Types of Nouns
Types of Nouns 2
Pronouns
Antecedents and Pronouns
100
What is the definition of a noun?
A word that is a person, place, thing, or idea.
100

Explain the different between a concrete and abstract noun.

Concrete = can interact with the noun with at least one of the five senses.

Abstract = can only think of the noun.

100
These types of nouns are not specific.
What is a "common noun."
100
What is the definition of a pronoun?
A word that takes the place of one or more nouns or pronouns.
100
What is the definition of an antecedent?
The word that a pronoun stands for.
200
Identify the nouns in this sentence: "I went to the store and bought tuna."
store, tuna
200

Identify the abstract nouns in the sentence: "Crime and justice are two sides of the same coin."

Crime, ugliness 

200
These types of nouns are specific and always capitalized.
What is a proper noun.
200
Identify the pronouns in the following sentence: "I went there with her yesterday.
I, her
200

What is the antecedent for the pronoun in the following sentence: "Mr. Graham was eating lunch when a student came into the the room to ask him a question."

Mr. Graham

300
Identify the nouns in this sentence: "In Language Arts we have been writing leads for essays."
Language Arts, leads, essays
300

Identify the concrete nouns in the sentence: "The aroma of pancakes was wafting through the house when my alarm clock rang."

aroma, pancakes, house, clock

300
Identify the Proper nouns in this sentence: "Mr. Graham is a middle school teacher at Rocky Heights.
Mr. Graham, Rocky Heights
300

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate pronouns: "Neither Sarah nor Penny knows when _____ should have the first independent reading book finished."

she

300
"I", "me", and "my" are which types of personal pronouns? singular or plural?
singular
400
Identify the nouns in the following sentence: "The sign says, 'The clock on the wall is working, are you?"
sign, clock, wall
400

Identify and classify the nouns in this sentence: "The thieves stole a painting from the Louvre."

thieves: common, plural, concrete painting: common, singular, concrete Louvre: proper, singular, concrete

400

Identify the collective nouns in the following sentence: "The group was uncertain about what to do after chasing the herd of sheep into the enclosure."

group, herd

400

Identify the pronouns in the following sentence: "The dog barking during the night and keeping me awake is theirs."

me, theirs

400

Identify and classify the 2nd pronoun in the following sentence. "I need to remind myself to finish one more Membean session this week."

myself = singular, reflexive

500

Identify the nouns in the following sentence: "When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the theater, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home."

sunlight, darkness, house, things, mind, Paul Newman, ride, home

500

Identify and classify the nouns in the sentence: "Mr. Prescott had just begun giving us instructions when a gang of turkeys broke down the door and caused chaos."

Mr. Prescott: singular, proper, concrete instructions: common, concrete, plural gang: common, concrete, collective, singular turkeys: common, concrete, plural, singular door: common, concrete, singular chaos: common, abstract, singular

500
Identify the compound nouns in the following sentence: "Airsoft can be fun to play but you should always wear eye-protection just like you should when you play racquetball.
airsoft, eye-protection, racquetball.
500

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate pronouns: "Jack and I went up the hill so that ____ could fetch a pail of water, but then ____ fell down and broke his crown, and ____ went tumbling after ____."

we, he, I, him

500

Identify all antecedents in the following text: "Leo jumped into the waves, but they were too rough, and he began to drown. He called out for help, but his sister could not hear him. She was listening to music, and it drowned out the sound of his voice.

Leo, waves, sister, music

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