Nouns & Pronouns

Find the nouns in the sentence (2):
"You like sour apples, but I like sweet fruit."

• sour, apples
• sour, sweet
• apples, fruit
• fruit, sour

What is the best pronoun that fits in this sentence correctly?
"Noah offered to let Shayla read his poem if he could read _______."

• her
• its
• hers
• their

What is the best pronoun to fit in the blank?
"How do you come up with _______ unusual ideas for characters?"

• theirs
• your
• yours 
• ours

Which pronoun should replace the green pronoun?
"When the team lost the game, the players blamed ourselves."

• itself
• themselves
• himself
• yourselves

Which choice uses a reflexive pronoun correctly?
"Mayor Ramirez is a great fan and attends every single game."

• Mayor Ramirez is a great fan and herself attends every single game.
• Mayor Ramirez themselves is a great fan and attends every single game.
• Mayor Ramirez is a great fan itself and attends every single game.
• Mayor Ramirez herself is a great fan and attends every single game.

What is a common noun?

• Replaces a noun in a sentence
• Formed by adding -self or -selves
• A person, place, thing or idea

What is a proper noun?

• A person, place, thing or idea
• Names ANY person, place, thing or idea
• Names a SPECIFIC person, place, thing or idea

What is a pronoun?

• A person, place, thing or idea
• Names a SPECIFIC person, place, thing or idea
• A word used in place of one or more nouns

Choose the pronoun that would take the place of the word or words in green. 
Peter and Susan went to talk to the Professor.

• him
• her
• them
• it

Choose the pronoun to replace the green word(s).
The hat's logo was for the Orioles.

• My
• His
• Their
• Its