Blue Level

Lesson Four

Nouns and Pronouns

Nouns

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Nouns represent people, places, things, activities, emotions, and ideas.

(1) a person

actor

(2) a place

Nicaragua

(3) a thing

pliers

(4) an emotion

love

(5) an idea

idea

Examples of nouns:

1. That man is an actor.

2. That country is beautiful.

3. I use pliers to fix things.

4. Everyone needs love.

5. I have an idea! Let’s go see a movie!

Nouns are divided into two main groups:

Count Nouns

and

Noncount Nouns

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Pronouns

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Pronouns represent nouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, and they are…. Subject Pronouns
Singular	Plural
I	We
You	You
He	They
She
It

This quicktime video is for the pronouns “you” and “I.”

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I am a teacher. Noun: teacher Pronoun: I
You are a student. Noun: student Pronoun: You
He is a guitar player Noun: player Pronoun: He
She is a mother. Noun: mother. Pronoun: she
It is a radio. Noun: radio Pronoun: It
We are people. Noun: people Pronoun: We (I + You) = We	I + you
You are students. Noun: Students Pronoun: You Note: “You” can be singular or plural
They are a family. Noun: family Pronoun: They “They” is always plural. It can be used for people or things.
They are wooden chairs. Noun: chairs Pronoun: They “They” is a plural pronoun for the chairs.

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There are also…. Object Pronouns
Singular	Plural
me	us
you	you
him	them
her
It

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Next: Lesson Five

demonstrative pronouns

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