2. The part of speech that is used to name a
person, place, thing, quality, or action
Can function as the subject or object of a
verb, the object of a preposition, or an
appositive (apposition – using two noun
phrases together eg. ‘the poet Tennyson’, or
‘Matt Damon, the acclaimed actor’)
3. Any member of a small class of words found
in many languages that are used as
replacements or substitutes for nouns and
noun phrases, and that have very general
reference, eg. I, you, he, this, who, what.
4. Noun, pronoun or other…!!
Noun – stand
Pronoun – sit
Other – standing crazy wave
Don’t be a
5. Noun
Proper Common
Count Noncount
Concrete Abstract
6. Proper: capital letter, rarely plural, don’t
usually use a determiner (a, the), can be
more than one word eg. London, George,
Tuesday, The Hague, King’s College.
Count nouns: individual, countable
entities eg. book/s, egg/s, horse/s. Can’t
stand alone as a singular (Book is nice.)
Use a or the.
7. Noun
Proper Common
Count Noncount
Concrete Abstract
8. Noncount nouns: a mass or notion eg.
butter, music, advice. Don’t allow a
plural. Use some or the. Can be used
with bit or piece or a special collective
term eg. a skulk of foxes.
Some nouns can be count or noncount
depending on the meaning eg. Would
you like a cake? / I like cake.
9. Noun
Proper Common
Count Noncount
Concrete Abstract
10. Both count and noncount nouns can be
concrete or abstract nouns.
Concrete = something that can be observed
or measured, eg. book, car, elephant, butter.
Abstract = something unobservable eg.
difficulty, idea, certainty.
Some nouns are between the two eg.
structure, version, music – they permit either
interpretation.
11. Noun
Proper Common
Count Noncount
Concrete Abstract
12. Pronouns – words that can take the place or a
noun, noun phrase or several noun phrases.
Main types:
Personal pronouns – I, you, he, she, it, we,
they
Reflexive pronouns – end in self/selves –
myself, themselves (can reflect a noun or
pronoun)
Possessive pronouns – show ownership – my,
your/s, mine, their/s, her/s, his
13. Minor types:
Reciprocal pronouns show a two-way
relationship eg. each other, one another.
Interrogative pronouns are used to ask
questions eg. who, whose, which, what,
whom.
Relative pronouns are used to link a
subordinate clause to a main clause eg. That’s
the book which caused the trouble.
14. Demonstrative pronouns show a
difference eg. take this one, not that
one.
Indefinite pronouns express quantity
eg. some-, any-, no- or every- followed
by –thing, -one, or –body. Also each,
much, more, most, less, fewer, some.
15. 1. While he was out of school, Rob missed three
important tests.
2. She told me I had to leave the room immediately.
3. It was a horrible looking cat.
4. They were all late for lessons.
5. Brian is my best friend and I will always be there
for him.
6. I promised my mum that I would leave her alone
so that she could work.
7. They are both very gentle, beautiful horses.
8. If we go out tonight we have to be home by 9pm.
9. I am starting a new fitness class tonight.
16. 1. While he was out of school, Rob missed three
important tests.
2. She told me I had to leave the room immediately.
3. It was a horrible looking cat.
4. They were all late for lessons.
5. Brian is my best friend and I will always be there
for him.
6. I promised my mum that I would leave her alone
so that she could work.
7. They are both very gentle, beautiful horses.
8. If we go out tonight we have to be home by 9pm.
9. I am starting a new fitness class tonight.
17. 1. While he was out of school, Rob missed three
important tests.
2. She told me I had to leave the room immediately.
3. It was a horrible looking cat.
4. They were all late for lessons.
5. Brian is my best friend and I will always be there
for him.
6. I promised my mum that I would leave her alone
so that she could work.
7. They are both very gentle, beautiful horses.
8. If we go out tonight we have to be home by 9pm.
9. I am starting a new fitness class tonight.
