Proper Nouns refer to a specific person, place or thing. They are capitalized. Example: John Doe, Livermore, California, America, Stoneridge Mall, January
Common Nouns refer to things in general. Example: the man, people, cities, states, countries, malls, months, dogs, cats
Some words are both verbs and nouns. A test to tell what they are is to see whether they can be used with "to," the infinitive verb form, or "the."
Example: to water = verb, the water = noun
to skate = verb, the skate = noun
Personal Pronouns:
1st Person - I (singular), We (plural)
2nd Person - You (singular), You (plural)
3rd Person - He/She/It (singular), They (plural)
Subjective Objective Possessive
I me my, mine
you you your, yours
we us our, ours
they them their, theirs
he him his, his
she her her, hers
it it its, its
Example:
(I, You, We, They) have a cat.
(He, She, It) has a cat.
That cat belongs to (me, you, us, them, him, her, it).
That is (my, your, our, their, his, her, its) cat.
That cat is (mine, yours, ours, theirs, his, hers, its).
Relative Pronouns:
Subjective Objective Possessive
who whom whose
which which whose
that that that
Example:
Who has a cat?
The cat belongs to whom?
Whose cat is it?
Indefinite Pronouns: (These often confuse whether a verb should be conjugated as singular (is, has) or plural (are, have).)
Singular Plural Depends
someone many some
somebody both most
something few any
everyone several none
everybody all
everything
anyone
anybody
anything
no one
nobody
nothing
each one
either one
neither one