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Types of Pronouns
Pronoun Stumpers
Misc.
100
Always capitalized
What is a proper noun?
100
Names something that you can detect with your senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste).
What is a concrete noun?
100
Refers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the spoken about.
What are personal pronouns?
100
Refers to the subject and is necessary to the meaning of the sentence.
What is a reflexive pronoun?
100
Names a group.
What is a collective noun?
200
Alway lowercase
What is a common noun?
200
Names an idea.
What is an abstract noun?
200
Points out a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a demonstrative pronoun?
200
Emphasizes a noun or another pronoun and is unnecessary to the meaning of the sentence.
What is an intensive pronoun?
200
Single noun made up of two or more words, either together, separate, or hyphenated.
What is a compound noun?
300
Names general categories of things.
What is a common noun?
300
Which type is Africa?
Concrete (place)
300
Introduces a subordinate clause.
What is a relative pronoun?
300
End in "self" or "selves."
What are reflexive and intensive pronouns?
300
Compound or collective? Baseballs
Compound
400
Gives the name to a specific person or thing.
What is a proper noun?
400
Which type is "humility'?
Abstract (idea).
400
Refers to a person, place, thing, or idea that may or may not be specifically names.
What is an indefinite pronoun?
400
I am very proud of [myself] for studying. (Reflexive or intensive?)
Reflexive
400
Compound or Collective? Assembly
Collective
500
Name the common and proper noun in the sentence: Sally loves to go to the beach.
Common: beach / Proper: Sally
500
Tell the concrete and abstract words in the sentence: Billy wants to be successful.
Concrete: Billy / Abstract: successful
500
Introduces a question.
What is an interrogative pronoun?
500
Miss Neeley [herself] told us to study outside of class! (Reflexive or intensive?)
Intensive
500
Name the collective and compound noun in the sentence: The volleyball team was very happy to have another trophy to put on top of the bookcase.
Collective: team / Compound: bookcase