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1.You will need your Writing notebook and a pen.
2.Objective of the game: Write the 10 most unique nouns that you can see at the designated areas. Nouns that are common to all groups’ lists will be wiped out.
3. You are just allowed to go around the small and big fields, corridor along the library and the playground for 5 minutes.
4. Refrain from running and shouting as you are having the activity.
5. Once teacher calls, line up by twos.
In order to go through your activity properly, let us recall first what nouns are!
For this part, Annie and Moby will join us once again!
Study these examples:
1. Mary ate a bowl of delicious soup. The nouns are Mary, bowl and soup.
2. Our new baby was born in the hospital on Friday.
The nouns are baby, hospital and Friday.
Let's practice finding NOUNS.
Remember, a NOUN is a name of person, place, thing or idea.
1.Kittens and cats make fun pets.2.Terry has a beautiful garden.3.Mr. & Mrs. Delarmente built a little
house on the hill.4.Maggie reads some very interesting
articles in that magazine.5.Shawn plays football every Saturday.
Since NOUNS are EVERYWHERE. They are easier to identify through their classifications or kinds.
There are 7 kinds of nouns:
1.Proper Nouns 5. Abstract Nouns2.Common Nouns 6. Concrete Nouns3.Count Nouns 7. Collective Nouns4.Mass (uncountable) Nouns
Proper NounA noun that names a specific:•person•place •thing•idea
MarioMario
Happy Valley Happy Valley ChurchChurch
Mr. Gatti’s PizzaMr. Gatti’s Pizza
Newton’s Theory of GravityNewton’s Theory of Gravity
Here are some more examples of common and proper nouns:
Common Proper country Philippines
president Ninoy Aquino
teacher Mrs. Ibarra
game Monopoly
museum National Museum
song Born This Way
lawyer Attorney Trina Legarda
Notice that because proper nouns name specific people, places, or things, they are
all CAPITALIZED.
Note that as common nouns neither president, doctor nor uncle is capitalized.
For example, if I say: I am going to my uncle’s house.
I am not naming a specific uncle, so “uncle” is not capitalized.
But if I say: I am going to my Uncle Ray’s house.
I am naming a specific person, and uncle is his title, so uncle is capitalized.
So the rule to remember is that when a common noun is used in front of a person’s name as a title, you MUST capitalize it.
A common noun that is used as someone’s name is also capitalized.
For example, If I say:
I am going to my mother’s house.
The word “mother” is not capitalized because I am not using it as her name. I am using the word to express a relationship not a name.
But if I say: I am going to Mother’s house.
The word “Mother” is capitalized because I am using it as her name. It is what I am calling her.
1. Bring out your Notes and Concept notebook, and a pen.
2. In one column, write down 10 common nouns. You will only be given 2 minutes to finish this.
3. With the signal of your teacher, quietly stand up. Have your pen with you.
4. As your teacher counts, you need to move clockwise within your table. Once she stops, write an appropriate proper noun on the notebook of your table mate.
5. Remember that PROPER NOUNS must be written with a capital letter.
teacher sand
table soil
garbage can gas
poster hair
trees grain
bag water
Look at the table below. What do you notice with their grouping?
The nouns in the 1st column are what we call count (countable) nouns or names of people, places, things that we can count.
teacher
table
garbage can
poster
trees
bag
What do the nouns in the first column have in common?
Numerals like one, two and three or articles such as a and an are put before these nouns to indicate their numbers.
Examples:1.a book (pertaining to one book)2.two villages3.seven dwarfs4.twelve apostles5.four pencils
Nouns such as gas, sand and soil cannot be counted.
What do we call these kinds of nouns?
Mass nouns (uncountable nouns) are names of uncountable things that we look upon as one big mass.
sand
soil
gas
hair
grain
water
How about the nouns in the 2nd column?
We cannot say one gas, three sands, twelve soil.
So How do you count mass nouns?
You can't, but you can measure them.
What can you use to measure nouns that are uncountable?
For mass nouns, we use counters!
Noun counters are measuring devices we use to quantify mass nouns.
•Containers are forms of counters. If you want to express the plural form of mass nouns, use noun counters!
Examples:
a box of cereal
six buckets of water
Seven cans of Coke.
Eight cartons of milk.
Nine cups of coffee.
Ten glasses of water.
Eleven jars of honey.
A dozen packets of butter.
•You can measure a mass noun to count it, but the noun counter takes the plural form not the noun.
Examples:
Two liters of milk
Five kilos of butter
•You can measure mass nouns using shapes or portions but once again the noun counter takes the plural form.
Examples:
Two pinches of salt
Five slices of cake
Fourteen spoonfuls of sugar
How much _______? = uncountable nouns
Example: How much coffee do you drink?
How many _______? = countable nouns
Example: How many cups of coffee do you drink?
Look at the following table:
Let’s Practice!Give an appropriate counter for the following nouns.
1.bread2.oil3.meat4.wine5.rice
6. powdered soap7. salt and pepper8. margarine9. vinegar10.tea
1. a. five kilos of riceb. strands of hairc. four gallons of salt
2. a. a bag of teab. two liters of paintc. a slice of milk
3. a. eleven tanks of oxygenb. nine bottles of meatc. three kilos of rice
4. a. a basket of vinegarb. a sack of cementc. eight ounces of soda
5. a. a cup of coffee
b. seven cans of butterc. a box of soap
Identifying count and mass nouns would make us communicate our ideas better!
Imagine saying milks, sugars, or coffees! These nouns are in incorrect forms because they are mass nouns that need counters for measurement.
Why do we need to distinguish count nouns from mass nouns?
excitementhappiness
fearwisdom
gleeserenitypeace
tableswaterwindfruitsmusichandboard
How do you think the given nouns are classified? What do they have in common? Discuss your answers with a partner for 2 minutes.
Abstract nouns are nouns that you can’t see, touch,smell, hear or taste. Both ideas (or concepts) and qualities are ABSTRACT nouns.
Can you see freedom? Can you see an idea? While you can see the effects of both freedom and love, you cannot actually touch, taste, or hear them. You only see/feel the manifestations of these nouns through the actions of others. This is why they are called abstract nouns.
Ideas or Concepts
Qualities
freedom honesty
love stubbornness
honor friendliness
wish patience
idea cleanliness
Remember that both countable and uncountable nouns can be divided into concrete and abstract nouns.
What are concrete nouns?
Concrete nouns can be experienced with at least one of your senses.
Examples: cake, wind, iron, boy, dog, pen, glass, apple, earthworm, door
Can you think of other examples of concrete nouns?
We have looked at concrete and abstract nouns. Now it is time to look at another type of noun:
The Collective NounThe collective noun is one collection of many parts.
We have one forest, but it is made of many trees.
We have one class, but it is made of many students.
We have one audience, but it is made of many patrons.
We have one team, but it is made of many players.
We have one troop, but it is made of many soldiers.
The big question is, “Are collective nouns singular or plural?”
Remember that while collective nouns are usually singular, they can sometimes be plural.
Collective nouns are singular when the group (or unit or collection) is acting as one:
1. After each performance, the audience rises to its feet in thunderous applause.
2. The team has won all of its games this season.
3. The family is going on vacation in August.
Collective nouns are singular when the unit is acting as one. Well then, how could they possibly ever be plural?
Collective nouns are singular when the individual members of the collection are acting as one– as a group.
Example:
The faculty meets every Tuesday at 3:30.
(The group is acting as one.)
Collective nouns are plural when the individual members of the collection are acting individually.
Example:
Every Tuesday, the faculty give their reports.
(The members of the faculty are giving individual reports, acting individually.)
Are the following units acting as groups or individuals? Choose the appropriate verbs.1. The jury (announce, announces) the decision.
2. The jury (is, are) taking their seats.
3. The class (is, are) answering the 1st Trim Examinations.
4. The class (is, are) practicing for their Buwan ng Wika presentations.
5. The team eagerly (wait, waits) for the announcement.
6. The team (wasn’t, weren’t) able to reach an agreement.
Are the following collective nouns acting as one or individually? Write the verb that best completes each sentence. 1. The whole class (meet, meets) at 3 pm.2. The family (takes, take) a trip to Jakarta, Indonesia.3. The chess club (compare, compares) their strategies so as to win the tournament.4. The audience (cheer, cheers) the winner of the million dollars.5. The orchestra (performs, perform) my favorite music.6. The baseball team (practice, practices) together every evening.7. The troop (disappears, disappear) in different directions.8. The team (is, are) putting on their helmets.
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