PART OF SPEECH IN

DETAIL
Noun-Pronoun
 NOUN (n)

Circle the nouns

1. Doris is an ugly woman who has five bratty

children.
2. What is all this craziness?
3. My patience is running out.
Characteristics:
- Many nouns can be identified by their suffixes or endings. 4. Martha, please be careful with the silver
platter and the crystal glasses.
[happiness, capitalization, recreation, government, aptitude, fatherhood,
5. The improvement in your essay is
existence, defiance, celebrity, freedom ]
amazing.
- Many times the articles/adjectives an, a, or the appear before a noun.
- Many times nouns are modified, or changed, by adjectives. 6. On Tuesdays, Mary likes to go to the
Such as: the hairy octopus. Octopus is a noun, but hairy is an adjective. museum to see the exhibits.
 NOUN (n)
Common vs Proper Concrete vs Abstract
Common Proper Concrete Abstract
Name any person, place, Name SPESIFIC person, Name something we can see, Name ideas, feelings, and
thing, or idea. (nonspecific place, thing, or idea. (always hear, smell, taste, or touch. characteristics.
and always begin with a begin with capital letters. Ex: water, person, car Ex: Monday, trip, happiness,
lowercase letter. bravery, freedom, name,
Ex: school, boy, car, dog, Ex: Seaford Middle School, date, time, thought
country Theo, Mercedes, Spain

Circle the concrete nouns. Underline the abstract nouns.

There are twenty-five nouns in the following paragraph.
Identify them.
Rebecca Motte was a great patriot. During the Revolutionary
War, British soldiers seized her mansion in South Carolina and
set up defenses. General Harry Lee told Motte that the
Americans would have to burn her home to smoke out the
enemy. Motte supported the plan and was glad to help her
country. She even supplied fire arrows and a bow for the
attack. The enemy raised the white flag, and the house was
saved. That night, Motte invited both sides to dinner.
1. Martha is a beautiful name for a baby, but only time will
tell if Martha will grow up to be a beautiful girl.
2. My aunt Sally believes that peace in the world is the most
important thing.
3. I can hear the wind blowing outside my window.
4. The music in the auditorium was so loud that my ears rang
the next day.
5. Can you see the ice forming on the windows because of
the cold?
PRONOUN (pro)

The noun the

pronoun refers
to is called the
antecedent.
 Type of Pronouns
Subjective Objective Reflexive Possessive Relative Demonstrative
Pronouns Pronouns Pronouns Pronouns Pronouns Pronouns
These are the These pronouns Refer to back to Are used to connect details To demonstrate
ONLY personal have things the subject. show ownership. to the subject of or point
pronouns that happen to them. the sentence something.
can be used as They receive HIMSELF, HIS, HER, OUR, and may often
subjects in a action. HERSELF, OURS, THEIR, combine two THOSE, THESE,
sentence. They YOURSELF, THEIRS, HERS, shorter THIS, THAT
can do things. ME, YOU, HIM, YOURSELVES, YOU, YOURS, sentences.
HER, IT, US, ITSELF, MY, MINE, ITS WHO, WHOM,
HE, SHE, I, YOU, THEM OURSELVES WHOSE, WHICH
WE , THEY, IT OR THAT.
Ex: Ex: Ex: Ex: Ex: Ex:
 He goes to  He gave the  You only think > The book is  Gossip is a  This is my
the park. gift to her. of yourself. mine. form of proposal.
 She eats  Mom  We couldn’t > Please get her communicati  Please give
onions. borrowed the do all work by jacket. on that is a these to him.
list from us. ourselves. waste of time  Can you hand
and energy. me that?
 Type of Pronouns
Indefinite
Pronouns
Do not refer to a
definite person
or thing

(see the next

chart)
Ex:
 Each brought
his book.

Use the Indefinite Pronoun Chart above to select the correct matching pronoun

1 4

2 5

3 6
Circle ANY pronouns that you find. Then, draw an arrow
from the pronoun to its antecedent.
Circle all the pronouns. They can be ANY of the pronouns listed on the pages before.
There may be more than one pronoun in each sentence
 Check this paragraph, find the pronouns error used and make corrections.

Over spring break I visited my older cousin, Diana, and they took me to a butterfly exhibit at a

museum. Diana and I have been close ever since she was young. Our mothers are twin sisters, and

she is inseparable! Diana knows how much I love butterflies, so it was their special present to me.

I have a soft spot for caterpillars too. I love them because something about the way it transforms

is so interesting to me. One summer my grandmother gave me a butterfly growing kit, and you got

to see the entire life cycle of five Painted Lady butterflies. I even got to set it free. So when my

cousin said they wanted to take me to the butterfly exhibit, I was really excited!