Nouns and Pronouns

What is a noun?

• A noun is a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.

• A noun is a punctuation mark.

• A noun is always plural.

• A noun is a type of verb.

Give an example of a proper noun.

• Mountain Peak

• Paris City

• New York City

• London City

Identify the pronoun in the sentence: She went to the store.

• He

• It

• They

• She

Rewrite the sentence using a pronoun: The girl is reading the book.

• Her is reading the book.

• They is reading the book.

• It is reading the book.

• She is reading the book.

What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?

• Common nouns are always capitalized, proper nouns are not.

• Common nouns are singular, proper nouns are plural.

• The main difference is that common nouns are general and proper nouns are specific.

• Proper nouns refer to people, common nouns refer to objects.

Choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence: They went to the park.

• It

• She

• He

• They

Define a pronoun.

• A pronoun is a punctuation mark

• A pronoun is a type of verb

• A pronoun is a type of adverb

• A pronoun is a word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g. I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g. she, it).

Provide an example of a singular pronoun.

• we

• she

• he

• it

What is the difference between a concrete and an abstract noun?

What is a collective noun?