Nouns, pronouns and adjectives

1. WHAT IS A NOUN? A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea. Nouns can function in a sentence as a subject, an object or object of a preposition. Girl Book Mary Paris Bird Education Love

2. WHAT IS THE SUBJECT? In a sentence, the subject is the person, animal or thing that does the verb: Alyssa is eating a banana. (Who is eating?) The cat is drinking milk. (Who is drinking?) The phone is ringing. (What is ringing?) NOTE: The subject comes before the verb

3. In a sentence, the object receives the action performed by the subject: Alyssa is eating a banana. (What is Alyssa eating?) The cat is drinking milk. (What is the cat drinking?) I bought a present for my wife. (What did I buy?) NOTE: The object comes after the verb WHAT IS THE OBJECT?

4. WHAT IS OBJECT OF A PREPOSITION? In a sentence, the object of a preposition is the noun following a preposition Alyssa is eating a banana with chocolate. The cat is drinking milk in a plate. I bought a present for my wife. NOTE: The object of prep. comes after a preposition

5. WHAT IS AN adjective? Adjectives are words used to describe nouns. They give you more information about the nouns: The ball is red The tall man is waiting for the bus The small boy is eating a delicious apple The watch is expensive, but elegant, durable and beautiful.

6. WHAT IS A PRONOUN? A pronoun is a word used to substitute a noun to make a phrase less repetitive Compare: Joe is my brother. Joe is 16 years old and goes to school. Joe likes to play soccer and basketball. Joe has many friends. His friends like Joe because Joe is nice and fun. Joe is my brother. He is 16 years old and goes to school. Joe likes to play soccer and basketball. He has many friends. They like him because he is nice and fun.

7. Subject pronouns substitute a noun that functions as a subject: My mom loves Joe. She loves Joe Joe likes to play soccer. He likes to play soccer Joe and I go to school. We go to school. NOTE: The subject pronoun comes before the verb SUBJECT PRONOUNS

8. OBJECT PRONOUNS Object pronouns substitute a noun that functions as an object: My mom loves Joe. My mom loves him Joe likes his friends. Joe likes them Joe is talking to Ann. Joe is talking to her. NOTE: The object pronoun comes after the verb

9. SUBJECT AND OBJECT PRON. Subject Object I Me You You He Him She Her It It We Us You You They Them