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Eight Parts of Speech
Nouns
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns can be further divided into subcategories:
Concrete Nouns name objects that can be perceived by the senses.
EXAMPLES: desk, car, tree, house, pencil, computer, textbook, lamp, bed, envelope
Abstract Nouns name ideas, emotions, and other things that cannot be perceived by the senses. Some common suffixes for Abstract Nouns include -ism, -ition, -ship, -ness, -ment, -ability.
EXAMPLES: patriotism, communism, nation, exaggeration, friendship, relationship, happiness, stillness, temperament, experiment, likability, fallibility, fear, love
Pronouns
Proper Nouns name specific people, places, objects, and ideas. Proper Nouns can be concrete or abstract and are always capitalized.
EXAMPLES: United States, President Obama, Boston, France, Madison Square Garden, Hinduism, Indian Ocean, Red Sox, Boeing
Common Nouns name general, non-specific people, places, objects, and ideas. Common Nouns can be concrete or abstract and are not capitalized.
EXAMPLES: paper clip, stapler, computer, fear, hope, love, flavor, humanity, space, envelope, pancake
Pronouns are words that replace nouns in a sentence. Pronouns can be further divided into subcategories:
Objective Pronouns replace nouns that are the object of the sentence, receiving a verb’s action or following a preposition.
EXAMPLES: me, you, us, him, her, them Usage:
“There is a distance between you and me.”
“Let them eat cake!”
Nominative Pronouns replace nouns that
are the subjects of a sentence or a clause. EXAMPLES: I, you, we, he, she, they Usage:
“ I owe him an explanation.”
“They drank soda to their hearts’ content.”
Possessive Pronouns show ownership. Unlike possessive nouns, possessive pronouns never contain apostrophes.
EXAMPLES: his, hers, theirs, your, yours, ours, whose
Usage:
“Whose woods these are, I do not know.” “Is that your Ferrari or hers?”
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