Parts of Speech NOUNS
Types of nouns: · Common Nouns: name a class of people, places, things, or ideas. EX: Tree, song, workshop, holiday · Proper Nouns: give the name or title of a particular person, place, thing, or idea (must be capitalized). Ex: Christmas, Santa Clause, Rudolph, · Compound Nouns: consist of words used together to form a single noun. EX: Gingerbread, snowball, snowman, fire place.
· Concrete Nouns: refer to material things, to people, or to places. EX: Cookies, music, house, clothes · Abstract Nouns: name ideas, qualities, concepts, emotions, or attitudes. EX: love, joy, dream, kindness, peace
Functions (How nouns are used): · Subject (comes before the verb) · ·
During Christmas dinner, Hardin yelled at his dad.
Direct Object (comes after the verb and answers what or whom) Vanessa gave Mathew his secret santa present.
Indirect Object (answers to who or to whom)
Ms. Smith gave out gifts to charity on Christmas Eve.
PRONOUNS Pronouns take the place of nouns that have been established. Personal: Nominative (subjects) Objective (objects) I/we me/us you/you you/you He, she, it, one/they him, her, it, one/them Possessive My, mine Your, yours His, her, hers, its, one’s
our, ours your, yours their, theirs
Relative: 7
