This document provides an overview of nouns, pronouns, and verbs. It defines nouns as people, places, things or ideas and provides examples of identifying nouns in sentences. Pronouns are defined as words that take the place of nouns to avoid repetition, and lists the different types of pronouns. Verbs are defined as describing actions or states of being, and shows how verbs indicate what a noun does or is. Examples are given to practice identifying nouns, pronouns and verbs in sentences.

1. Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs:
Review
Working with the parts of speech

2. 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)

3. 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

4. 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)

5. 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

6. 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)

7. 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)