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Nouns/Pronouns
Parts of Speech
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| noun | person, place, thing, idea |
| pronoun | replaces a noun |
| article/noun determiner | signals a noun is coming |
| concrete | can be experienced with the senses |
| abstract | cannot be experienced through the senses |
| proper noun | name of a specific person, place, thing, idea |
| common noun | a general item |
| possessive | indicates ownership |
| plural | indicates more than one |
| we | plural pronoun |
| the | article indicating a specific noun |
| a/an | articles indicating generality |
| an | precedes a noun beginning with a vowel sound |
| mine | singular possessive pronoun |
| I | first person pronoun |
| idea | abstract noun |
| cloud | concrete noun |
| compound noun | made of two or more words |
| collective noun | indicates a group |
| team | collective noun |
| class | collective noun |
| peanut butter | compound noun |
| friendship | compound noun |
| newspaper | compound noun |
| Bill of Rights | proper compound noun |
| Toyota | proper noun |
| thought | abstract noun |
| beauty | abstract noun |
| smoke | concrete noun |
| dog | concrete noun |
| gerund | verb used as a noun by adding -ing |
| running | gerund |
| swimming | gerund |
| boxing | gerund |
| Ms. Silfven | proper noun |
| you | second person pronoun |
| our | first person possessive pronoun |
| cat's | singular possessive noun |
| cats | plural noun |
| cats' | plural possessive noun |
| students | plural noun |
| student's | singular possessive noun |
| teachers' | plural possessive noun |
| newspapers' | plural posessive noun |
| children | plural noun |
| children's | plural possessive noun |
| child's | singular possessive noun |
| who | interrogative pronoun |
| I, he, she, they, we, you, it | subject pronouns |
| me, him, her, them, us, you, it | object pronouns |
| sentence subject | does the action |
| sentence object | receives the action |