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Nouns
Pronouns
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How many nouns are in the following sentence?
The students ate pizza in the cafeteria.
3
Students
Pizza
Cafeteria
How many nouns are in the following sentence?
The sky is filled with clouds.
2
Sky
Clouds
What is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun?
The coaches gave their teams a pep talk before the game.
coaches
What is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun?
The old uniforms had holes in them.
uniforms
How many nouns are in the following sentence?
The bright sunshine gave me a headache.
2
Sunshine
Headache
How many nouns are in the following sentence?
Honesty and respect are part of a solid friendship.
3
Honesty
Respect
Friendship
What is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun?
Andy hit a homer with his lucky bat.
Andy
What is the antecedent of the underlined pronoun?
The team loved their new uniforms.
team
What are the nouns in the following sentences?
1. Most clams could fit in your hand.
2. The largest clams, however, weigh about 500 pounds.
Sentence 1: clams, hand
Sentence 2: clams, pounds
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea
How many pronouns are in the story below:
Northstar Middle School is in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. We
have over 400 students at our school. The sixth grade has
resource teachers. They are really great teachers. The
students are divided into two teams. The teams have over
80 kids on them.
4
we
our
they
them
How many pronouns are in the story below:
In the fall we went to Camp Manitou. It was really fun.
The bus took us to camp. We slept in the cabins. Our
teachers slept in the cabins too. In the morning we had
breakfast. It was delicious. I can’t wait to go back.
8
we
it
us
we
our
we
it
I
What are the nouns in the following sentences?
1. Their shells are big enough to use for beds and bathtubs.
2. They are found in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean
near Australia.
Sentence 1: shells, beds, bathtubs
Sentence 2: Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Australia
Identify each of the following nouns as common or proper:
milwaukee brewers
teacher
ms. slaggie
carson park
baseball
park
Common nouns; teacher, baseball, park
Proper nouns; Milwaukee Brewers,
Ms. Slaggie, Carson Park
What is the correct pronoun for the following sentence?
The owl is eating (it, its, it’s) prey.
its
What is the correct pronoun for the following sentence?
(It, Its, It’s) is our tradition to eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
It
Does the apostrophe go before or after the “s” to show
ownership in the following sentence?
The porch windows let in the (suns) rays.
Before: sun’s
Does the apostrophe go before or after the “s” to show
ownership in the following sentence?
The baby kangaroos were in their (mothers) pouches.
After: mothers’
What is the correct pronoun for each of the following sentences?
1. Do (you, your, you’re) homework each night.
2. Your lungs can be affected if (you, your, yours, you’re) a smoker.
1. your
2. you’re
What is the correct pronoun for each of the following
sentences?
1. Stacey is going to take Andy and (I, me) to the movies.
2. My friend and (I, me) were planning to go to the mall.
1. me
2. I