Section 2 NOUNS Types of nouns: (list three to five words of each type) · Common Nouns: name a class of people, places, things, or ideas. EX: Asylum, Witches, Cemetery · Proper Nouns: give the name or title of a particular person, place, thing, or idea (must be capitalized). EX: BriarCliff Manor, Hotel Cortez, Camp Redwood · Compound Nouns: consist of words used together to form a single noun. EX: antichrist, greenhouse, nightmare · Concrete Nouns: refer to material things, to people, or to places. EX: cigarette, shawl, mask · Abstract Nouns: name ideas, qualities, concepts, emotions, or attitudes. EX: compassion, hatred, sanity Functions (How nouns are used): Write one sentence for each function. · Subject (comes before the verb) Elsa Mars sang at the show. ·
Direct Object (comes after the verb and answers what or whom) Myrtle Snow asked Cordelia to burn her at the stake.
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Indirect Object (answers to who or to whom) Sister Jude gave a punishment to one of her patients.
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 Relative: Nominative who That
our, ours your, yours their, theirs
Objective whom that those/ this
Possessive whose of that
