PPT-Chapter 3 Pronouns pro- acting in the place of something (substitute)

earlier prior to antecedent ante before cedere to go used as subject and predicate noun Subjective I you he she it we you they We chose teams The cocaptains were they. Definitions. . Pronoun-word that takes the place of one or more nouns.. Personal Pronouns-pronouns that refer to people or things. These are singular or plural.. Subject Pronoun-pronoun used as the subject of the sentence.. Pronouns. A. A pronoun is a word that is used in the place of one or more nouns or pronouns.. B. Examples:. 1. When Anne Davis came to the bus stop . she. was wearing a cast.. . Pronouns. A. A pronoun is a word that is used in the place of one or more nouns or pronouns.. Pronouns Personal pronouns have three cases: nominativeobjective, and possessive (See lesson 1.4). The way a pronoun is used in a sentence determines its case. NOMINATIVE CASE nominative He By Mrs. Ball and Ms. Jenkins. Pronoun. Review. What is a . pronoun. ?. Pronouns. Pronouns. are a very useful part of language. They save us from having to repeat saying the same word over and over. . Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives. Nouns. Nouns. are words, phrases, or clauses that name. Persons. Places. Things. Or ideas. 4 Tests of a Noun. To determine whether a word or group of words is a noun, check to see if you can answer yes to at least one question below:. “Nouns are the stuff in writing. In terms of writer’s craft, the well-chosen noun can be all the difference between . bug. and . cockroach. , or the writer saying “stuff” instead of a list of items that reveal something about a character or setting. Naming names gives the reader an exact image on which to focus.”. The words replaced are called ANTECEDENTS. Communication without Pronouns. Anthony and Mary Ellen had to find Anthony and Mary Ellen’s books and Anthony and Mary Ellen’s backpacks before Anthony and Mary Ellen could go in Anthony and Mary Ellen’s car to Anthony and Mary Ellen’s grandmother’s house.. Nouns. Nouns. are words, phrases, or clauses that name. Persons. Places. Things. Or ideas. 4 Tests of a Noun. To determine whether a word or group of words is a noun, check to see if you can answer yes to at least one question below:. Nouns. Nouns are naming words.. A noun names something.. Most nouns fall into four main groups:. People. Places. Things. Ideas. Examples. People. Places. Things. Ideas . Veterinarian. Lake Mead. Bumblebee. A common noun is a . general. person, place, or thing.. A proper noun refers to a . particular. person, place, or . thing and is usually capitalized.. lizard. Godzilla. The Giggly Guide to Grammar . Pronouns are words that substitute for nouns or pronouns.. Personal Pronouns. Personal pronouns refer to specific people or things. . These pronouns can take different cases (or forms), as they perform different jobs in a sentence. . Andrea A. Lunsford. Pronoun case . Pronouns acting as subjects are in the subjective case; those acting as objects are in the objective case; those acting as possessives are in the possessive case.. She . Chapter 2 Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives A noun is a word or word group that is used to name a person, place, thing, or an idea. Person—George Washington, teacher, chef Place—Grand Canyon, city, kitchen Parts of Speech Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Conjunctions, Prepositions, Interjections Nouns Person, place, thing, idea Concrete nouns – can be perceived with at least one of the five senses (rock, salt, scream)