Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs: Review

Working with the parts of speech

What are Nouns?

They are people, places, things, or ideas

Identify the nouns in the following sentences:John walked to the store with his brother.

(John, store, and brother are the nouns)Lexi is a very interesting girl.

(Lexi and girl are the nouns)

What are Pronouns?

Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns and/subjects so that sentences don’t sound so repetitive

There are the 1st person (I, me, my, mine, myself, we, our, us), 2nd person (you, your, yours), and 3rd person (he, she, it, him, her, hers, his, its, they, them, their, theirs) pronouns

Pronoun Practice

Identify the pronouns in the following sentences:

You really should clean up your room.(“you” and “your” are the pronouns)

When Mr. Victor says that everyone is responsible for his own education, he hopes that his students take this to heart.(everyone, he, and his are all pronouns)

What’s a Verb?

A verb describes an action or state of being

Verbs are used to show what a noun does or is

There are action verbs, linking verbs, being verbs, helping verbs to name a few

Remember, substitute is or are to figure out if the verb is action or linking

Verb Practice

Identify the verbs in the following sentences: Mr. Victor speaks rather loudly.

(“speaks” is the verb)

He often moves around his room when he talks.(“moves” and “talks” are the verbs)

If there is something funny, Mr. Victor laughs along with his students.(“is” and “laughs” are the verbs)

Verb Practice

Identify the verbs in the following sentences: Mr. Victor speaks rather loudly.

(“speaks” is the verb)

He often moves around his room when he talks.(“moves” and “talks” are the verbs)

If there is something funny, Mr. Victor laughs along with his students.(“is” and “laughs” are the verbs)