Language Arts Review

​ Nouns and Adjectives

​NOUN- describes a person, place, thing or idea.

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Common Noun- general name for a person, place, thing or idea that is NOT capitalized.

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Proper Noun- is specific to a person, place, thing or idea that IS capitalized.​

• Proper Nouns Examples underlined:

• Julio is hilarious.

• New York City is enormous.

• The Tree of Life is in Bahrain.

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• Common Nouns Examples underlined:

• The child tiptoed very cautiously.

• The dog ran past us.

• ​Kentaro remembered the bronze statue.

• ​Tiny carts sold newspapers named Tokyo Press. 

Pronoun Examples:​

• Please take these papers and give it to them.

• Janice and I live in an apartment.

• ​Dinosaurs were very large, but they died millions of years ago.

• ​Her friend says it's ours, but I think it belongs to them.

​Pronoun-is a word that you use to refer to someone or something when you do not need to use a noun.

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Personal Pronoun-​  a short word we use as a simple substitute for the proper name of a person. I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, and them are all personal pronouns.

Personal Pronoun Examples:​

• Tom is my classmate. He is the monitor in my class.

• Michael and I are friends. We met at school.

• ​Tom and I are both competitive. We always race to finish tests first.

• ​London is a great city. It is my favoutite city.

​Possessive Pronoun- shows ownership. Such as "my, mine, hers,ours, theirs."

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​Demonstrative Pronoun-adjectives are this, that, these and those. 

• Possessive Pronoun Examples:

• That blue bike is hers.

• Felix has got a robot. His robot is cool.

• Demonstrative Pronoun-

• I'm so excited. My father bought these toys for me.

• This salad is made by me.

• Can you pass me those pens?

• That ​jar on the table over there is empty.

​Indefinite Pronouns- does not refer to any person, amount, or thing in particular, e.g. anything, something, anyone, everyone, few,many, most, each, some, nothing.

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Interrogative Pronouns- ​are who, whom, whose, what, and which

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• Indefinite Pronoun Examples:

• The law says that everyone has to wear a seat belt.

• He looked everywhere for the money.

• ​Would you like to go somewhere this weekend?

• Has anybody seen Julia today?

• Interrogative Pronoun Examples:

​Antecedent- the word the pronoun takes place of. It is a phrase, or word, indicated by a pronoun.

• Examples of Antecedent is underlined:

• My sister is at the top of her class.

• The boy smiled at his father in in the audience.

• The plants droop when they need water.

• When Jessica left, she slammed the door.

• Heidi and I complete our homework together.

• After listening to the teacher explain the directions, Jeon, Luke, and I completed the experiment ourselves.

​Adjectives-  are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns: enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast.

• The turtle is slow.

• Red, fast, funny, old, young, smart, long

• Two, yellow, fragile, hard, soft, bossy, lazy,

• rude, confident, sporty, serious

​Harry picked up his yellow pencil off the floor.

​Proper Adjectives-

1. an adjective, typically capitalized, derived from a proper noun.

2. proper adjective describes (modifies) a noun.

3. Many proper adjectives are formed using the names of countries (or other specific places), religions or people's names.

• Proper adjectives are usually formed using the endings: an, ish and ese

• Have you seen the  Portuguese coins? (capitalized and a country)

• My mother chose Mediterranean furniture. (capitalized and country)

• ​Our club met during Christmas vacation. (Capitalized)

• ​An Irish leprechaun is the team mascot. (C

• ​We decided to go a Mexican restaurant.

• ​I can play the Chopin waltz on the piano.