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Unit 1Nouns, Pronouns, and
Adjectivesch. 14, 16.1
7th English
Nouns—words that name a person, place, thing, or idea
Ex: person—Mr. Law, principalplace—Newport News, citything—pencil, binderidea—courage, fear
1. Collective nouns—nouns that name a group of people or things
Ex: team, class, committee, club
Types of nouns:
2. Compound nouns—nouns that are made up of two or more words
Can be separate words, hyphenated words, or combined words
Separated: middle school, post office Hyphenated: mother-in-law, make-up work Combined: doorknob, railroad,
grandmother
3. Common nouns—nouns that name any type of person, place, or thing
Ex: writer, park, document4. Proper nouns—nouns that name a specific
person, place, or thing Proper nouns ALWAYS begin with a capital
letter Ex: writer—William Shakespeare
park—Yellowstone National Parkdocument—Declaration of Independence
Pronouns—words that take the place of nouns or groups of words acting as nouns
Ex: Sally explained how she received her award.
Ex: The book The Hobbit is about a treasure hunt, and it is over 200 pages long.
Antecedent—the noun (or group of words acting as a noun) for which the pronoun stands
Ex: Sally explained how she received her award.
Ex: The book The Hobbit is about a treasure hunt, and it is over 200 pages long.
The antecedent usually comes before the pronoun.
The antecedent may be in a previous sentence.
1. Personal pronouns—these pronouns refer to the person speaking, the person spoken to, or the person, place or thing spoken about
Person speaking—1st person Person spoken to—2nd person Person, place or thing spoken about—3rd
person Memorize the chart in your notes!
Types of Pronouns:
2. Demonstrative pronouns—pronouns that point out specific people, places, or things
singular—this, thatplural—these, those
Ex: That is my book.These pencils are mine.
3. Interrogative pronouns—pronouns used to begin questions
who, what, which, whom, whose Ex: What is due tomorrow?
4. Indefinite pronouns—pronouns used to refer to unspecific people, places, or things
Memorize the chart in your notes! Ex: Everyone will be attending the
play.Both of us are sick.Some of the pizza is left.
Adjectives—words used to describe (modify) nouns or pronouns
Adjectives answer these questions:What kind? a new carWhich one? my carHow many? many carsHow much? no cars
Usually the adjective comes directly before the noun it describes/ modifies
Ex: The shiny, red car is Henry’s car.Henry’s car is shiny and red.
Articles—adjectives that answer the question which one?
2 kinds: definite (specific) and indefinite (unspecific)
Only the words “a,” “an,” and “the” are articles
Definite article: theEx: the book, the dog Indefinite articles: a, anEx: a dog, a book
1. Proper adjectives—proper nouns used as an adjective or adjectives formed from a proper noun
Ex: December weather, American history
Types of adjectives:
2. Compound adjectives—adjectives made up of more than 1 word
Can be hyphenated or combined words Ex: a well-known actress
a freshwater lake3. Demonstrative adjectives—demonstrative
pronouns used to describe/modify a noun This, that, these, those Ex: This book is mine.
4. Interrogative adjectives—interrogative pronouns used as adjectives
Which, what, whose Ex: Whose book is this?
5. Personal pronouns can be used as possessive adjectives
my, your, his, her, its, our, their6. Nouns can be used as adjectives By itself the word is a noun, but when it is
describing another word its an adjective Usually comes directly before the noun it
describes/modifies Ex: shoe salesperson
owl sanctuary