Nouns and pronouns have properties including number, gender, person, and case. Number refers to singular or plural, gender refers to masculine, feminine or neutral, and person refers to the speaker or subject. Case tells the use of a noun or pronoun in relation to other words. An appositive is a noun that follows and identifies another noun. Nouns and pronouns are in the nominative case when used as the subject of a sentence or as a predicate noun following a linking verb. Subject pronouns in the nominative case include I, you, he, she, it, we and they.

1. PROPERTIES OF NOUNS AND
PRONOUNS
Nouns and pronouns have the properties of number, gender,
person, and case.
Number refers to whether a noun or pronoun is singular (one) or plural
(more than one)
Gender refers to whether the noun or pronoun names something
masculine (boy), feminine (girl) or neutral (chair)

2. • Person refers to the speaker of a statement in relation to the subject.
– First Person = The subject is the speaker
• I read that story last week.
• We will arrive at 7:00.
- Second Person = the one spoken to
- You are very kind.
- Mary, come help us.
- Third Person = the person or thing spoken about
Kelly ate those hot peppers.
Vermont is a beautiful state.
* Case tells the use of a noun or pronoun in relation to other words in the
sentence. The three cases of a noun or pronoun are: nominative,
objective, and possessive

3. APPOSITIVES
•An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that follows another
noun and identifies the first noun.
•A noun in apposition has the same person, number, gender
and case as the noun it explains
1. Willow, Mrs. Severino’s cat, is very active.
2. My sister Bernadette is a pediatric nurse.
3. Gnocchi, a dense pasta, tastes delicious.
4. Mrs. Severino’s wedding gown was made by Mrs. Lange,
an excellent seamstress.
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4. NOUNS AND PRONOUNS IN THE NOMINATIVE CASE
* In the nominative case, a noun or pronoun can be used as the subject,
or as a predicate noun (subjective complement)
•The subject of a sentence is the person or thing that does the action
•1. Stella rearranged the furniture.
• (WHO REARRANGED?)
•2. Last week, Anita rescued a cat from the tree in our yard.
• (WHO RESCUED?)
•3. Tony’s youngest sister is my best friend.
• (WHO IS MY FRIEND?)

5. • A predicate noun is a noun or pronoun that follows a LINKING
VERB (most often a BEING VERB).
• A predicate noun RENAMES the subject
– Sally is a nurse at Frankford Hospital.
• (IS WHAT?)
– Albert Einstein was a genius.
• (WAS WHAT?)
– Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania.
» (IS WHAT?)
• * KNOW THE BEING VERBS: is, are, was, were,
am, be, being, been
– FYI: A predicate adjective is an adjective that follows a linking (being)
verb and describes the subject. Since both predicate nouns and
predicate adjectives refer to the subject, they are called subjective
complements.

6. SUBJECT PRONOUNS
used in nominative case
SINGULAR | PLURAL
FIRST PERSON - I | we
SECOND PERSON - you | you
THIRD PERSON – she, he, it | they

7. SUBJECT PRONOUNS
used in nominative case
SINGULAR | PLURAL
FIRST PERSON - I | we
SECOND PERSON - you | you
THIRD PERSON – she, he, it | they