NOUNS AND PRONOUNS

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, concept (idea), or quality.
Person : Student     Poet     Teacher    Musician      Uncle       Writer Sculptor
Place : college     home     garden     library   mall      beach      city      park     zoo
Thing : apple     game     movie     book    test    homework     thumb     dinner    desk    bracelet

These are Concrete Nouns because you can experience them with at least one of your senses.

Abstract nouns are nouns that you can’t see, touch, smell, hear or taste.  
Both ideas (or concepts) and qualities are ABSTRACT nouns.

Ideas or concepts
Freedom
Honor
Wish
Love
Feelings
Idea

qualities
Honesty
Friendliness
Stubbornness
Happines

Can you see freedom? Can you see an idea? While you can see the effects of both freedom and love, you cannot actually experience either one with any of your five senses. This is why they are called abstract nouns. To test to see if they are nouns, place a possessive pronoun in front of each one.
 “Our freedom,”  “His love,” “Your Honesty”

With the exception of a plural noun with an “s” on its end, all possessive nouns are formed by adding an ’s.
There are two types of plural nouns, regular and irregular. A regular noun is one which is made plural by adding an –s or an –es. An irregular noun is made plural with either an internal change (foot/feet) or the addition of another suffix (child/children). Still other irregular nouns have the same form whether they are singular or plural (fish/fish).



What are pronouns?
Pronouns take the place of nouns. The word or phrase replaced by a pronoun is called an antecedent.
Example:
Halloween is one of America's holidays. It is celebrated in October.
(Halloween is a noun. It is a pronoun that refers to the antecedent, Halloween.)

Personal Pronouns
Refer to people or things
Include: I, me, my, mine, you, your, yours, he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs, we, us, our, ours.
Examples:
He took her place in the game.
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