Noun & Pronoun Scavenger Hunt

Nouns are words used to name a person, place, thing, or idea.
Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns.

1. Common and proper nouns.
   1. List two common nouns that apply to people not in your group. (Ex: pianist, athlete)
   2. Ask the people to whom these common nouns apply (who are NOT in your group) to write their own names (proper nouns) in their best, neat cursive handwriting in the proper noun column.
   3. In the third column, write appropriate personal pronouns that could substitute for the proper nouns.
      
      

      Common Noun	Proper Noun (in neat cursive)	Pronoun

      
      
2. Nature nouns
   1. Go to the front of the school and collect a small piece of nature.
   2. Tape it here to your paper and write the noun that names it beside the specimen. Remember to use appropriate capitalization to indicate whether the noun is proper or common.
   3. Include a pronoun that could appropriately substitute for the noun you've used.
      
       
      
       
      
      
       
      
       
      
      
3. Look in your book bag or around the classroom to find an item of school equipment. Draw it here and write the noun that names it beside the drawing. (Use appropriate capitalization.)
   
    
   
   
    
   
    
   
    
   
   
4. Think of a noun that names an idea, something you can never see or touch. Write the noun here and then write a short paragraph (using complete sentences with appropriate capitalization and punctuation) describing its significance to you.
   
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
    
   
   
    
   
   
5. Some words can play several roles. For example: book.
   • "This is my book." The word book is naming an object so book is a noun in this sentence.
   • "My sister will book tickets for us," In this sentence, the word book is a verb, a word that expresses action. It expresses an action that involves doing something: phoning a box office or an airline ticket office or standing in line at the theater to buy tickets.

See p. 350 in the grammar text for examples of nouns used as adjectives. Think of another noun (not in the example above or in the text examples) that can also be used as two parts of speech. Write it in two sentences, first used as a noun and second used as another part of speech. (Can you name how it is used in the second sentence?)

 

 






 


 

6. Nouns in songs
   1. Write a stanza (verse) of a favorite song. Circle five nouns.
   2. Can you think of a song that has both common and proper nouns? If so, put a smiley face next to a proper noun.
   3. What about pronouns? Put a star above any pronouns.
      
      
       
      
      
      
      
       
      
      
      
       
       
      
      
7. Indefinite pronouns
   1. Write a sentence that includes an indefinite pronoun. Circle the indefinite pronoun.
   2. Our text says that indefinite pronouns are "frequently used without antecedents." Explain in complete sentences what this means.
      
      
       
      
      
       
      
       
      
       
      
8. Reflexive and intensive pronouns
   1. Read the discussion of reflexive and intensive pronouns in the back of our lit text, p. R42. (Any other text that discusses both usages could be a reference here, too.)
   2. Using the same pronoun, write two original sentences: one in which you use the pronoun reflexively and one in which you use the pronoun intensively. Label the pronouns to indicate which is which.
   3. In complete sentences--in your own words(!), explain the difference between reflexive and intensive pronouns.