Nouns and Pronouns

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Nouns and Pronouns

• Nouns name people, places, and things.
• Pronouns substitute for nouns.

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What kinds nouns are there?

• First, proper nouns name unique titles, persons,
  places, and organizations
• Dr. Monte teaches English at Dalton State
  College.
• Always capitalize the first letter of proper
  nouns to show that they are particular names.

Do you get this upset about improper grammar?
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Then what are common nouns?

• Common nouns are non-specific names for persons,
  places, and things.
• Which of these three words are common nouns?
• Doctors
• Prescribe
• Drugs

Is work really a lifetime sentence for not being
rich?
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Can you use proper and common nouns?

• Use Medical Technology, nursing, health careers,
  medicine.
• The most usual college majors are in __.
• Many students take __ to become doctors.
• Others study __ to assist patients.
• Still others study __ so they can work in medical
  laboratories.

So why do doctors play so much golf?
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What are count nouns?

• Nouns are also either countable or non-count.
• Count nouns are specific items like pens and
  books.
• Non-count nouns are mass items like ink and
  paper.
• Non-count nouns cannot be plural.

If pennies dont count anymore, can you still
count them?
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Is it a count or a non-count noun?

• Which of the nouns are uncountable?
• Money
• Dollar
• Jewelry
• Ring
• Transportation
• Automobile
• Furniture
• Chair

Would women like giant diamonds to fall from the
sky?
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What are concrete and abstract nouns?

• Concrete nouns like computer and teacher name
  what we know through one of our five senses.
• Use more concrete nouns to improve your writing!
• Abstract nouns like war and thought name
  feelings, characteristics, qualities, and ideas.

Is the pool abstract or concrete?
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Is it concrete or abstract?

• Which sentences have concrete words and which
  have abstract?
• 1.  The breeze ruffled his feathers.
• 2. I have knowledge on the subject.
• 3. I could smell dinner.
• 4. Sara got frustrated.
• 5. The music blasted through the thin walls.
• 6. Buddhist beliefs are very different from
  other religions.

Should the boy go to school to learn better
English?
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What are compound nouns?

• Compound nouns are two nouns treated as one. 
• Compound nouns can be written as
• One word classroom, wristwatch
• Hyphenated full-time, stop-watch
• Separated assistant professor, pocket watch
• Be careful how you write compound nouns.

Should the boy go to school to learn better
English?
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What are collective nouns?

• Collective nouns name groups of
• People team, committee
• Things furniture, jewelry
• Places resorts
• Collective nouns take singular verbs in America
  and plural verbs in Britain.
• In the US, the team is late.
• But in Britain, the team are late.

What kind of problem can Bobs girl cause the
team?
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Can you use nouns correctly?

• Use work, works, Dalton, Dalton State College,
  college, colleges, money, dollars, part-time,
  full-time.
• Do you attend __?
• Yes, I study at __.
• So far, how many __ have you attended?
• Just one. Only at __.
• How much __ does it cost to go there __?
• I dont know I am only a __ student now because
  I have to __ a lot.

Are position titles proper nouns?
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What are pronouns for?

• Pronouns like you and it are words that replace
  nouns before them.
• Pronouns are often used to avoid repeating a noun
  within a sentence or paragraph.
• Personal pronouns can be subjective, objective,
  or even possessive in case.

What single pronoun does the parrot repeat?
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Which case is the pronoun?

• Identify these pronouns as subjects, objects, or
  possessives
• They are there.
• Our car is ready.
• Theirs is not yet.
• We see the guy in the red cap.
• Give it to him.
• Where did the boss ask you to go?

Should the soldier know whom he kills?
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What are reflexive pronouns?

• Reflexive pronouns refer back to their
  antecedents
• Example She convinced herself that his story
  wasnt just a big, fat lie.
• The pronoun is reflexive when a verb or verb
  phrase exists between the pronoun and antecedent.

So whom is the man supposed to think for?
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What are indefinite pronouns?

• Indefinite pronouns like no one and anybody
  replace nouns without identifying a specific
  person or thing
• Both were assigned new articles for the magazine.
• Indefinite pronouns can be doubles, acting as
  adjectives.
• Both writers were late.

Did both the man and the woman pick the place?
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What are demonstrative pronouns?

• Demonstrative pronouns refer to specific noun
  antecedents
• This is our class.
• That is your book.
• Before a noun, demonstrative pronouns act as
  adjectives
• This class is ours.
• That book is yours.
• In writing, use demon-strative adjectives, not
  demonstrative pronouns.

Why will this one jump?
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What are interrogative and relative pronouns?

• Interrogative pronouns such as what and whose
  form questions
• Whose car are you driving today?
• Relative pronouns are the same words used in
  subordinate clauses
• I am driving the car whose owner is my best
  friend.

Who has the big problem with the metal detector?
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Can you use pronouns correctly?

• Use those, anyone, where, which, either,
  yourself, our, what.
• __ are you doing today?
• __ quiz are you taking?
• __ class uses computers.
• __ are you going later?
• Here is food help __.
• Do you know __ here?
• __ he or she is studying.
• These are his __ arent.

How does the judge like the boys odd question?