Name:______________________
Block:______________________
Date:_______________________
Parts of Speech Notes: Nouns pp. 6-7
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A noun is a word that names a _________________, place, ________________, or idea.
Common and Proper Nouns
1. A _________________ noun is a general name for a person, place, things, or idea. Common
nouns are usually not ______________________.
Ex: river, mountain, pilot, cat, boy, girl
2. A _________________ noun is the name of a particular person, place, thing or idea. It is always
________________________.
Ex: Mississippi, Kellan, Erica, Washington D.C.
Singular and Plural Nouns
3. A noun can also be __________________ (names a single person, place, thing or idea) or
__________________ (names more than one). Add s or es to most nouns to make them plural.
Ex singular: river, mountain
Ex plural: rivers, mountains
*Every noun is either common or proper AND singular or plural.
Possessive Nouns
4. A __________________ noun shows ownership or relationship. An _________________ is used
with nouns to show possession.
Ex: Aaron’s pencil
Amanda’s aunt
Parts of Speech Notes: Pronouns
pp. 9-10
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Pronouns
1. A pronoun is a word used in place of a ___________________ or another pronoun. The word
that a pronoun stands for is called its _________________________.
Ex: Jessica laughed as she read the note from her best friend.
Antecedent
Pronoun
*An antecedent can consist of two or more words, and it may be in a sentence other than the one in
which the pronoun occurs.
2. The forms of the personal pronouns are in the chart below:
Singular
I, me
First Person
(my, mine)
You
Second Person
(your, yours)
He, him, she, her, it
Third Person
(his, her, hers, its)
Plural
We, us
(our, ours)
You
(your, yours)
They, them
(their, theirs)
3. Like possessive nouns, _______________________________________show ownership
or relationship. Possessive pronouns are in parenthesis in the chart above.
Nouns Practice. Identify the following nouns as being common or proper, and singular or plural. Also
label the noun as possessive if it applies.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mrs. Daniel:_______________________________________________________
New York City:_____________________________________________________________
David’s:___________________________________________________________
students:__________________________________________________________
poster:___________________________________________________________
Amazon River:______________________________________________________
Pronouns Practice: For the following sentences underline the pronoun once and the antecedent twice.
1. Katya handed in her forms to Mrs. Daniel.
2. The dog buried its bone in the backyard.
3. The students wondered if they would get to leave class early.
4. Amanda finished the test early so she read a book.
5. Rebecca said she would bring in poster board for the group project.