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Nouns, pronouns and adjectives

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Isaac and Meghan's grammar lesson
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By: Isaac Caudill & Meghan Combs
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By: Isaac Caudill&

Meghan Combs

A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns can function in a sentence as a

subject, object, or an objects preposition. Boy Girl Beach Atlanta

Sally went for her morning jog. Sally would be a noun because she is a

person.

The pencil was red.Pencil is a noun because it is naming a thing.

The boy is lightening fast. Fast would not be a noun because it isn’t

naming a person, place, thing, or idea.

A pronoun is just like a noun but it isn’t a clear noun.

It doesn’t describe a certain person, place, thing or idea.

He She They We

She was early for class.She is a pronoun because it’s not a clear

noun.

They all failed the test. They is also a pronoun because it’s not a

clear noun.

Isaac is a great athlete. A pronoun doesn’t refer to a specific person.

Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing.

The articles- a, an, and the are also adjectives.

Tall Big Huge Small

She has frizzy hair.Frizzy describes what her hair looks like so

therefore it is an adjective.

The bear was huge.Huge describes how big the bear was.

He was very tall.Was isn’t a adjective because it doesn’t

describe the noun.

I. What is the noun in this sentence? Isaac is a good basketball player.

II. What is the pronoun in this sentence? She is a very good volleyball player.

III. What is the adjective in this sentence? Tyler is a big basketball player.

IV. What is the noun in this sentence? Meghan is a very good volleyball player.

V. What is the pronoun in this sentence? He is the best athlete in the state.


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