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Common Nouns Proper Nouns
Pronouns Irregular Nouns
Action Verbs Adjectives
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Created by Lindsay Flood © 2012 http://primarypolkadots.blogspot.com
Common Noun A general (not specific) person, place, or thing.
It is not written with a capital letter. Example: The girl went to school the other day. My teacher’s birthday is next month. The store sells a lot of soft drinks.
Proper Noun A specific person, place, or thing.
It is written with a capital letter. Example: Jaylen went to Smith Elementary on Monday. Mrs. Jones’ birthday is in February. Winn-Dixie sells a lot of Coca-Cola and Sprite.
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Pronouns Pronouns replace nouns.
List of Pronouns:
he you she me it mine they us them we their her him I Examples: My mom and dad went shopping. They went shopping. David drove to the store. He drove to the store. Jack threw the ball to the dog. He threw the ball to it.
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Irregular Nouns Irregular nouns are plural nouns.
Their endings may change by adding letters or taking away letters.
Sometimes a singular noun and plural noun look the same, and that makes them
irregular. Irregular Nouns
Singular (one thing)
Plural (more than one thing)
mouse mice
shelf shelves
leaf leaves
sheep sheep
deer deer
fish fish
scissors scissors
woman women tomato tomatoes watch watches
calf calves class classes
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Action Verbs Action verbs show an action of a
noun. Think? • Can I do this with my body? • Can an animal do this with their
body? • Can an object move this way? • Does this show movement or
action? • Can I do this with my brain? Examples: The rooster crowed at 6 a.m.! Afterwards, the farmer and his wife rolled out of bed. Their daughter Sally stood and thought about what she would wear.
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Adjective An adjective is a describing word.
An adjective describes a noun. It tells how many and what kind of
something. Think? • Does this word tell how many? • Does this word tell what kind? • Does this word tell which one? Examples: The pokey porcupine wore warm, fuzzy ear muffs. Last night, we ate three pizzas and drank fizzy sodas. I live in a yellow house with a green roof and red shutters. We live next to a large farm that has five brown horses. The pink, furry bear is mine.
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