Nouns and Pronouns Overview

A noun is the part of speech that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

A concrete noun names something you can see, touch, taste, hear, or smell.

An abstract noun names something you cannot perceive through any of your five senses.

<p>A collective noun names a group of people or things.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A compound noun is a noun made up of two or more words acting as a single unit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A common noun names anyone of a class of people, places, or things.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pronouns are words that stand for nouns or for words that take the place of nouns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Antecedents are nouns or words that take the place of nouns to which pronouns refer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Personal pronouns refer to the person speaking (first person), the person spoken to (second person), or the person, place, or thing spoken about (third person).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A reflexive pronoun ends in -self or -selves and indicates that someone or something in the sentence acts for or on itself.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An intensive pronoun ends in -self or -selves and simply adds emphasis to a noun or pronoun in the sentence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reciprocal pronouns, each other and one another, refer to a plural antecedent. They express a mutual action or relationship.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A demonstrative pronoun directs attention to a specific person, place, or thing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A relative pronoun introduces an adjective clause and connects it to the word that the clause modifies.</p> Signup and view all the answers