Nouns and

Pronouns
What is a noun?

Common nouns are any person,

place, or thing. Common nouns
are not capitalized.
Examples:
The city
That newspaper
A policeman
Compound Nouns
A compound noun is a noun that is
made up of more than one word.
Compound nouns can be:
Separated - bubble bath, station
wagon
Hyphenated - son-in-law, hand-me-
down
Combined - shipwreck, handstand
Proper Nouns
Proper nouns are the name of a
special person, place, or thing.
Proper nouns are capitalized.
Examples
Nashville
Mrs. Anderson
LaVergne Middle School
Possessive Nouns
A possessive noun is a noun that names
who or what has something.
Add an apostrophe and s ('s) to form the
possessive of most singular nouns.
Add an apostrophe (') to form the
possessive of plural nouns that end with s.
Add an apostrophe and s ('s) to form the
possessive of plural nouns that do not end
with s.
 The dog's collar is too
large.
The word "dog's" is the
possessive noun. It tells
you that the noun "collar"
belongs to the dog. The
dog owns, or possesses the
collar.
Pronouns
A pronoun is a substitute for a noun.
It refers to a person, place, thing,
feeling, or quality but does not refer
to it by its name.
The critique of Plato's Republic was
written from a contemporary point of
view. It was an in-depth analysis of
Plato's opinions about possible
governmental forms
Personal Pronouns

 Personal pronouns refer to:

1. The person speaking
2. The person spoken to
3. The person, place, or thing
spoken about.
 Personal Pronoun

Singular Plural

First Person I, me, my, mine we, us, our, ours

Second Person you, your, yours you, your, yours

he, him, his,

they, them, their,
Third Person she, her, hers, it,
theirs
its
Reflexive and Intensive
Pronouns
Reflective: Refers to the subject
and is necessary to the meaning
of the sentence.
Intensive: Emphasizes a noun or
another pronoun and is
unnecessary to the meaning.
Examples
Example: Reflexive
Tara enjoyed HERSELF at the party.
The team prided THEMSELVES on their victory.

Intensive:
I MYSELF cooked that delicious dinner.
Did you redecorate the room
YOURSELF?
Other Types of Pronouns

Demonstrative: Points out a

person, place, thing, or idea
Interrogative: Introduces a
question.
Indefinite: refers to a person,
place, thing, or an idea that might
not be specifically named.
Possessive Pronouns

Show ownership. Some are

used alone; some describe a
noun.
The person in the blue car is (my,
mine, I, me) mother.
Possessive Pronouns
(My, Mine, I, Me) am ashamed of
myself for being so rude to her.
He is not a good friend, but he is an
acquaintance of (my, mine).
My parents will not allow (my, mine,
I, me) to spend the night with Pam.
(My, Mine, I, Me) brother sits on a
stool when he plays the piano.
Pronoun Antecedent
An antecedent is the word, phrase, or
clause to which a pronoun refers,
understood by the context.
Antecedents are nouns that pronouns
replace.
Examples
Joe ate his whole pepperoni pizza!
Joe ate his whole pepperoni pizza!
When Angie moved, she gave her cat to
the neighbors.
When Angie moved, she gave her cat to
the neighbors.
Caring for bees can be rewarding, but it
requires a certain amount of bravery.
Caring for bees can be rewarding, but it
requires a certain amount of bravery.
Pronoun/Antecedent
Agreement
A pronoun must agree with its
antecedent in number, gender, and
person.
A singular pronoun must correspond
to a singular antecedent
The garbage man took away 25%
more trash this holiday. He began
dreaming of a green Christmas next
year, one with less trash.
Pronoun/Antecedent
Agreement
A plural pronoun must refer to a
plural antecedent.
The garbage men worked hard. They
wanted to go skiing in Colorado.
Pronouns that refer to a male or
female must refer to the correct
gender.
Fred drank milk before he ate dinner.
Susan ate steak after she went home.