Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, and Capitalization

How many

"____ ______" is used for an amount you can count (ex: fewer)

How much

"____ ______" is used for an amount you generally don't count (ex: less)

False

"oh" is always capitalized

He she it

3 pronouns used for animals

Person

A Quality that indicates whether the noun is first, second, or third

Number

A quality of noun that indicates whether the noun is singular and plural

Concrete Nouns

A type of noun that names a person, place, or thing that exists in a material or physical form

Abstract noun

A type of noun that names a thing that is a quality or condition

Compound noun

A type of nouns that names 2 or more words used together as a single noun

Pronoun

A word used in place of one or more nouns

True

A, an, and the are always adjectives

Proper adjective

An adjective formed from a proper noun and begins with a capital letter

What kind Which one How much How many

An adjective modifies a word by telling?

Abstract

Examples of __________ nouns 1)love 2) honesty

Concrete

Examples of ______________ nouns 1) tower 2) Human

She

Feminine pronoun

Change y to Ies

How to make nouns plural that end in y preceded by a consanant

Add s

How to make nouns plural that end in y preceded by a vowel

He

If the gender of the antecedent is unknown

False

In a hyphenated street name everything is capitalized

Add es

Making words that end in s,x,z,ch,sh plural

He

Masculine pronoun

Possessive Adjective

Modify (comes before) a noun

He

Neuter pronoun

Relative pronoun

Pronoun used to Introduce a subordinate clause

Possessive pronoun

Pronouns that are most often seen after "to be"" verbs and the preposition "of"

Indefinite articles

Refer to any member of a general group (unspecific)

Indefinite pronoun

Refers to a person, place, thing, or idea that may or may not be specifically named

Definite articles

Refers to someone or something in particular (specific)

Articles

The more frequently used adjectives like a, an, and the

False

The names of teams, organizations, institutions, and government bodies aren't supposed to be capitalized

3rd person

The one spoken about is considered?

2nd person

The one spoken to is considered?

Interrogative Pronoun

The pronoun used to introduce a question

Gender

The quality of a noun that indicates whether a noun is masculine, neuter or feminine

1st person

The speaker is considered?

Masculine neuter feminine

The three types of nouns that are separated by gender

Antecedent

The word a pronoun stands in for/replaces

Intensive

These pronouns are considered both reflexive pronouns and _____________ pronouns •myself •ourselves •yourselves •yourself •himself •herself •itself •themselves

Intensive pronoun

This pronoun emphasizes a noun or pronoun

Reflexive pronoun

This pronoun refers to a noun or another pronoun

True

True or False? "The" is the only definite article

True

True or False? A and an are indefinite articles

True

True or False? A common noun is generally not capitalized unless it begins a sentence or is part of a title

True

True or False? All abstract nouns are referred to as "it"

False

True or False? All proper nouns change spelling when they are used as adjectives

True

True or False? Always capitalize the names of religious/holy days and celebrations, religions and their followers, sacred writings, and specific deities

True

True or False? An adjective may come before or after the word it modifies

False

True or False? Articles are their own part of speech, they are not considered adjectives

False

True or False? Historical events and time periods are never capitalized

True

True or False? Possessive pronouns/adjectives never have apostrophes

True

True or False? Proper nouns are always capitalized

True

True or False? Religions, sacred writings, and holidays are always capitalized

False

True or False? Seasons are always capitalized

False

True or False? Stars and constellations aren't capitalized

False

True or False? The words black and white must be capitalized when they refer to races

True

True or False? The words gods and goddess are not capitalized when they refer to deities of ancient mythology

False

True or False? The words sun and moon are generally capitalized

False

True or False? When quoting part of a sentence, you capitalize it if the writer didnt

False

True or False? Words like democratic, republican, and socialist are always capitalized

False

True or False? Words such as democratic and republican are always capitalized unless they refer to a specific political party

True

True or False? You capitalize "i" and "o"

True

True or False? you capitalize the names of persons and animals

True

True or False? Do not capitalize words like hotel, theatre, school, and church unless they are part of a proper name

True

True or False? Earth is only capitalized when stated with another planet or heavenly body

False

True or False? Words such as north and east are only capitalized when they indicate direction

False

True or False? only the first word in a geographical name is capitalized

True

True or False? Nationalities and races are capitalized

True

True or false? These personal pronouns are the object terms •me •us •you •him •her •it •them

False

True or false? the number of the pronoun and antecedent doesn't have to agree

True

True or false? these personal pronouns are the subject terms •I •we •you •he •she •it •they

False

True or false? you capitalize the beginning of a letter, but not the ending

Common Noun

Type of noun that names a class of persons, places, or things

Proper Noun

Type of noun that names a particular/specific person, place or thing and is always capitalized

A

Use this indefinite article before a consonant sound

An

Use this indefinite article before a vowel sound

Person number gender

What are the three qualities of nouns?

Relative

What kind of pronoun are these terms: •That •Which •who •whom •whose

Proper

What type of noun are these words 1) Bobby 2) Santa Claus

Common

What type of noun are these words 1) school 2)boy

Collective

What type of noun are these words 1)team 2)flock

Compound noun

What type of noun are these words? 1) basketball 2) sister-in-law

Interrogative

What type of pronoun are these terms: •What •which •who •whom •whose

Demonstrative

What type of pronoun are these words: •This •That •Those •These

Demonstrative pronoun

When •this •that •these •those Replaces a noun or pronoun

Demonstrative adjective

When •this •that •these •those modify a noun or pronoun

Capital letters

___________ _________ are used to •mark the beginning of sentences •distinguish proper nouns from common nouns •indicate other words that deserve special attention

Intangible

cannot be experienced with any of the five senses

Indefinite

example of _____________ pronouns: All, both, each, either, few, many, much, neither, several, some, anybody, no one, something, anything, any, etc.

Proper adjective

formed from a proper noun •begins with a capital letter

Add s

how to make most words plural

Add S or change the f/fe to ves

how to make words ending in F or Fe plural

True

names of specific buildings are capitilized

Demonstrative pronoun

points out a person, place, thing, or idea

It

pronoun used for objects, plants, and ideas

She

pronoun used for ships, motor vehicles, and sometimes countries

Collective noun

references a group of persons, animals, places or things considered as 1, therefore its singular

Noun

this part of speech names a person, place, thing or idea

Adjective

word used to modify a noun or pronoun

Possessive

•my,mine •our, ours •your, yours •his, hers •its •their, theirs Can be either ___________ pronouns/adjectives