CONTENTS

6-1 Nouns: Subjects and Objects

6-2 Nouns as Objects of Prepositions
6-3 Adjectives with Nouns
6-4 Subject Pronouns and Object Pronouns
6-5 Nouns: Singular and Plural Forms
6-6 Nouns: Irregular Plural Forms
6-7 Possessive Pronouns: Mine, Yours, His, Hers, Ours,
Theirs
6-8 Possessive Nouns
6-9 Questions with Whose
6-10 Possessive: Irregular Plural Nouns
6-1 NOUNS: SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS

Balls bounce.

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subject
NOUN
(a) Balls bounce.
subject verb object

NOUN NOUN
(b) Jill is petting a dog.
subject verb object

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Lions roar.

subject verb

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She is wearing boots .

subject verb object

of verb

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 6-2 NOUNS AS OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS

subject
NOUN NOUN
(c) Fatima works in an office. object
subject verb prep. object of prep.

NOUN NOUN NOUN

(d)
Juan is writing notes in a book.
subject verb object prep. object of prep.

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6-2 NOUNS: SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS

• about • from
• across • in
• at • of
• between • on
• by • to
• for • with
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Many people are at the lake .

subject verb object prep. object

of verb of prep.

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Beth teaches math at Ohio U .

subject verb object prep. object

of verb of prep.

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6-3 ADJECTIVES WITH NOUNS

George is a happy man.

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 6-3 ADJECTIVES WITH NOUNS

(a) I love chocolate ice cream.

adjective + noun

adjectives describe nouns

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(b) My friend has a cute daughter.

adj. + noun

adjectives describe nouns

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 6-3 ADJECTIVES WITH NOUNS

(c) A small person is riding a big horse.

adj. + noun adj. + noun

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 6-3 ADJECTIVES WITH NOUNS

(a) I love chocolate ice cream .

(b) My friend has a cute daughter .

(c)The small person is riding a big horse .

adjectives in front of nouns

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(d) The ice cream is delicious.

noun + be + adjective

Adjectives can follow be.

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adjectives ? nouns

Teachers are important people.

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adjectives ? nouns

We all have happy and sad memories.

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adjectives ? nouns

The hotel was noisy, but the

beach was wonderful .

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6-4 SUBJECT PRONOUNS AND OBJECT PRONOUNS

She knows Gina.

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 6-4 SUBJECT PRONOUNS AND OBJECT PRONOUNS

SUBJECT PRONOUNS OBJECT PRONOUNS

(a) I know Gina. (b) Gina likes me.

(c) You know Gina. (d) Gina likes you.

(e) She knows Gina. (f) Gina likes her.

(g) He knows Gina. (h) Gina likes him.

(i) It is a nice day. (j) Gina likes it.

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6-4 SUBJECT PRONOUNS AND OBJECT PRONOUNS

SUBJECT PRONOUNS OBJECT PRONOUNS

I me

you you

she her

he him

it it
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SUBJECT PRONOUNS OBJECT PRONOUNS

(k) We know Gina. (l) Gina likes us.

(m) You know Gina. (n) Gina likes you.

(o) They know Gina. (p) Gina likes them.

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 6-4 SUBJECT PRONOUNS AND OBJECT PRONOUNS

SUBJECT PRONOUNS OBJECT PRONOUNS

we us

you you

they them

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 6-4 SUBJECT PRONOUNS AND OBJECT PRONOUNS

(q) I see my teacher. She is tall.

(r) My teacher is great. We like her class.

(s) My teacher has a black sports car.

It is very fast.

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Rita has a new house.

____
She bought __
it last summer.

I me
you you
she her
he him
it it
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Talal got a new job.

___
He likes ___
it very much.

I me
you you
she her
he him
it it
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Hiram and I eat dinner with our friends

every weekend. ___
We meet _____
them at a
restaurant.

we us
you you
they them

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Mark and Shannon call us sometimes.

They
____ called us
__ last week.

we us
you you
they them

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6-5 NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS

one three
button buttons

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 6-5 NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS

SINGULAR PLURAL

(a) one button two buttons

one banana six bananas
one card three cards
one ant four ants
add -s

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 6-5 NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS

SINGULAR PLURAL
(b) one baby two babies

consonant + -y y to i, add -es

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 6-5 NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS

SINGULAR PLURAL
(b) one baby two babies
y

one party six part ies

y

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 6-5 NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS

SINGULAR PLURAL
(c) one toy six toys

vowel + -y add -s

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 6-5 NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS

SINGULAR PLURAL
(c) one toy six toys

one ray three rays

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 6-5 NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS

SINGULAR PLURAL
(d) one wife two wives

-f or -fe f to v, add -es

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 6-5 NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS

SINGULAR PLURAL

(d) one wife two wi v

fees

one life two life

v es

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 6-5 NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS

SINGULAR PLURAL
(e) wish
watch
glass
tax

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 6-5 NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS

SINGULAR PLURAL
(e) wish wishes
watch watches
glass glasses
tax taxes

-sh, -ch, -ss, -x add -es

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 6-5 NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS

SINGULAR PLURAL
(f) tomato tomatoes
potato potatoes

consonant + -o add -es

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 6-5 NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS

SINGULAR PLURAL
(f) zoo zoo s
radio radio s

vowel + -o add -s

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6-5 Let’s Practice

Tigers sometimes live in ____.

zoos

dish
zoo
thief
tomato

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6-5 Let’s Practice

Tomatoes
________ are good in salads.

dish
zoo
thief
tomato

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Our new ______

dishes are orange, green,
and blue.

dish
zoo
thief
tomato

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Those _______
thieves stole my jewelry.

dish
zoo
thief
tomato

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6-6 NOUNS: IRREGULAR PLURAL FORMS

one child many children

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SINGULAR PLURAL
(a) child children
(b) foot feet
(c) man men
(d) mouse mice
(e) tooth teeth
(f ) woman women

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 6-6 NOUNS: IRREGULAR PLURAL FORMS

SINGULAR PLURAL

(g) sheep sheep

(h) fish fish
(i ) (none) people

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 6-6 Let’s Practice

My son and Really? Is

his wife just child
this their first
had a baby. foot
child? ?
child
man
woman
tooth

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No, they
child
have three
foot
children. How nice!
man
woman
tooth

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I saw a Yes, there are

child
mouse! many mice
foot
around here.
mouse
cat
fish

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Did you catch Yes, there are

any fish ? fish tooth
many mice
foot
in the lake.
mouse
hat
fish

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6-7 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: MINE, YOURS, HIS,
HERS, OURS, THEIRS

This hat belongs to me.

It is my hat.
It is mine.

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 6-7 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: MINE, YOURS, HIS,
HERS, OURS, THEIRS

(a) This hat belongs to me.

It is my hat.
It is mine.
(b) That hat belongs to you.
It is your hat.
It is yours.
(c) That hat is mine.
That is mine hat. ?

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 6-7 POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS: MINE, YOURS, HIS,
HERS, OURS, THEIRS

POSSESSIVE POSSESSIVE
ADJECTIVE PRONOUN

my mine possessive
your yours adjective + noun
her hers my hat
his his
our ours
possessive pronoun
their theirs no noun

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 6-7 Let’s Practice

I own this bicycle.

This bicycle belongs to ___.
me
This is ___
my bicycle.
This bicycle is ____.
mine

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You own that backpack.

That backpack belongs to ___.
you
That is ____
your backpack.
That backpack is _____.
yours

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We own these flowers.

us
These flowers belongs to ___.

These are ___

our flowers.
ours
These flowers are_____.

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6-8 POSSESSIVE NOUNS

The dog has a collar.

The dog’s collar is blue.

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(a) The dog has a collar. SINGULAR NOUN

The dog’s collar is blue. POSSESSIVE

FORM

(b) My sister has a son. SINGULAR NOUN

My sister’s son is tall. POSSESSIVE

FORM
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(a) The dog has a collar.

The dog’s collar is blue.

(b) My sister has a son.

My sister’s son is tall.

POSSESSIVE NOUN, SINGULAR:

noun + apostrophe ( ’ ) + -s

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(c) The dogs have collars. PLURAL NOUN

The dogs’ collars are blue. POSSESSIVE

FORM

(d) My sisters have sons. PLURAL NOUN

My sisters’ sons are tall. POSSESSIVE

FORM
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(c) The dogs have collars.

The dogs’ collars are blue.

(d) My sisters have sons.

My sisters’ sons are tall.

POSSESSIVE NOUN, PLURAL:

noun + -s + apostrophe (’)

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‘
? Marinas house is nice.

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‘
? ‘
She likes Lukes smile.

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‘
‘ ? The dogs share a house.

? The dogs house is crowded.

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6-9 QUESTIONS WITH WHOSE

Whose pen is this?

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(a) Whose pen is this?

Mine.
It’s mine.
It’s my pen.

(b) Whose pens are these?

Ben’s.
They’re Ben’s.
They’re Ben’s pens.

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(a) Whose pen is this?

(b) Whose pens are these?

Whose asks about possession.

Whose + noun

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(c) Whose is this?

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(c) Whose is this?

(d) Whose are these?

Whose
clear meaning no noun

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(c) Whose is this?

(d) Whose are these?

(e) Who’s your friend?

Who’s = who is

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6-9 Let’s Practice

is this
are these

Whose calculator __
is ____?
this

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is this
are these

are _____?
Whose boots ___ these

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is this
are these

Whose notebook __
is ____?
this

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6-10 POSSESSIVE: IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS

The factory makes

children’s shoes.

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 6-10 POSSESSIVE: IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS

(a) The factory makes children’s shoes.

(b) That factory makes men’s shoes too.
(c) It also makes women’s shoes and boots.
(d) Some people’s names are hard to say.

children
men irregular plural
women nouns
people
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(a) The factory makes children’s shoes.

(b) That factory makes men’s shoes too.
(c) It also makes women’s shoes and boots.
(d) Some people’s names are hard to say.

REGULAR PLURAL POSSESSIVE NOUN:

the girls’ teacher
IRREGULAR PLURAL POSSESSIVE NOUN:
the men’s shoes
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Tyler
These shoes belong to Tyler.
They’re ______
Tyler’s shoes.

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men
These shoes are for men.
They’re _____
men’s shoes.

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women

These shoes are for women.

They’re ________
women’s shoes.

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 CHAPTER 6 REVIEW

Ali is singing songs in the car.

is
Ali singing songs in the car
subject verb object prep. object of prep.

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I like candy.

I like candy
subject verb object prep. object of prep.

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He plays soccer in the park.

He plays soccer in the park

subject verb object prep. object of prep.

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