Nouns
What is a noun?
A noun is a person, place or thing.
What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a part of speech that replaces a noun in a sentence.
What is a verb?
A verb is part of speech that represents an action.
A compound noun contains two or more or more words together that join together to make a single noun. Create a sentence that includes a compound noun.
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My mom went to the store.
Is 'store' a common noun or a proper noun?
'store' is a common noun.
A common noun can be any person, place, or thing and is not capitalized.
He grabbed the folder, it is red.
Correctly name the two pronouns in this sentence.
The pronouns are he and red.
Ms. Cordova (was / were) going to order pizza today, but decided not to.
What is the subject and what is the correct verb?
The subject is Ms. Cordova, the correct verb is 'was'.
All students here attend Chicago Military Academy.
What kind of noun is "Chicago Military Academy"
"Chicago Military Academy" is a proper noun.
A proper noun names a person, place, or thing and is capitalized.
My family loves to eat pizza.
What is the collective noun in the sentence?
The collective noun is 'family'.
A collective noun names groups of things and people.
The blue water bottle is mine.
Identify the possessive pronoun.
The possessive pronoun is 'mine'.
A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that demonstrates ownership.
Class begins when the bell rings.
Is 'rings' a regular or irregular verb?
Begins is an 'rings' verb.
An irregular verb does not follow the usual verb forms.
Interrogative pronouns are used when you are asking a question.
Provide an example, and identify the pronoun.
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What is the difference between an 'abstract noun' and a 'concrete noun'?
A concrete noun can be experienced with the five senses, an abstract noun cannot, it is intangible.
Provide a sentence using a personal pronoun.
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A personal pronoun is pronoun that refers to a specific person or thing.
Ex.: he, she, it, them
Linking verbs do not show action. They connect the subject of the verb to more information about the subject.
Ms. Durrah is a principal.
What is the linking verb?
The linking verb is 'is'.
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Provide an example of a non-count noun and a count noun.
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A non-count noun is a noun that only has a single form.
A count noun is a noun in which you can add a number to the front of it and an 's' to the end of it.
These shoes are her favorite.
Identify the demonstrative pronoun.
The demonstrative pronoun is 'these'.
A demonstrative pronoun focuses the attention on the noun they are replacing.
Auxiliary verbs come before the main verb in a sentence to assist the main verb by showing time and meaning.
Jose can go to the arcade.
What is the auxiliary verb in this sentence?
The auxiliary verb is 'can'.
Provide a sentence that includes a noun, pronoun and verb, and correctly identify each of them.
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