1st half on Unit 2
Name all of the common nouns in this sentence.
Anna went to the mall and bought candy.
Common nouns: mall, candy
A noun that names a particular person, place or thing and requires a capital letter.
What is a proper noun?
True or False: Possessive nouns are only singular.
False
A _________ _______ shows ownership and takes the place of a possessive noun.
What is a possessive pronoun?
Rewrite the phrases in parentheses as a possessive noun. Example: The (tail that belongs to the dog) is short. Answer- The dog's tail is short.
1. (The book that belongs to Abby) is pink.
2. (The swing that belongs to Mrs. Sharlene) is broken.
1. Abby's book is pink.
2. Mrs. Sharlene's swing is broken.
Write P if the noun is proper, and C if it is common. If it is proper, capitalize the word.
1. jeremy
2. dog
3. may 27
1. Jeremy, P
2. C
3. May 27, P
A noun that names more than one person, place or thing.
What is a plural noun?
Name five personal pronouns.
5 of these:
I, you, she, he, it, we, they, me, her, him, us, or them
A ___________ __________ ends with -self or -selves and refers back to the related subject used earlier in the same sentence.
What is a reflexive pronoun?
Name the collective nouns in the sentences.
1. The herd of cattle grazed in the field.
2. The roll of coins was in my bag.
3. My basketball team won the game.
4. The crew on the boat sailed across the ocean.
1. herd
2. roll
3. team
4. crew
Name all of the proper nouns in this sentence.
Mary Anne and Kate went into Kings Dominion and rode on the Anaconda.
Proper Nouns: Mary Anne, Kate, Kings Dominion, Anaconda
A noun that shows possession or ownership.
What is a possessive noun?
When can you use nominative case pronouns?
You can use nominative case pronouns in the subject part of the sentence, or in the predicate part of the sentence after forms of the verb be.
An ______________ _________ is used to ask a question.
What is an interrogative pronoun?
State the following reflexive and intensive pronouns in the sentences and whether they are intensive or reflexive.
1. I will walk the dog myself.
2. Are they themselves eating pizza?
1. myself, reflexive
2. themselves, intensive
If the nouns below are singular, write S. If they are plural, write P.
1. dogs
2. Maddie
3. birthday
4. chocolate
5. bushes
1. P
2. S
3. S
4. S
5. P
A name used to define a group of people, animals, or things.
What is a collective noun?
When can you use objective case pronouns?
You can use objective case pronouns in the predicate part of the sentence after action verbs and words such as to, for and from.
_____________ _________ are words that point out specific people, places or things.
What are demonstrative pronouns?
Name 5 indefinite pronouns and 4 demonstrative pronouns.
Indefinite (5 of these):
anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, nothing, one, someone, something, both, few, many, several
Demonstrative:
this, that, these, those
Make the following nouns plural. If they are already plural, do not change them.
1. fish
2. radio
3. party
4. sun
5. woman
6. mouse
1. fish (not changed)
2. radios
3. parties
4. suns
5. women
6. mice
The word or words to which a pronoun refers.
What is an antecedent?
A __________ ________ refers a group of words to a preceding noun or pronoun.
What is a relative pronoun?
____________ ________ do not refer to a specific person, place or thing.
What are indefinite pronouns?
Find the interrogative and relative pronouns in the following sentences and state whether they are interrogative or relative.
1. Whose shoe is that?
2. The people who live across the street are nice.
1. Whose, interrogative
2. Who, relative