Grade 4 2011-2012
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!
Let's practice finding
NOUNS.
Remember, a NOUN is a
name of person, place, thing
or idea.
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.
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 Nouns
2.Common Nouns
6. Concrete Nouns
3.Count Nouns
7. Collective Nouns
4.Mass (uncountable) Nouns
Common Noun
A noun that names
any:
•person
•place
•thing
•idea
Proper Noun
Happy Valley
Church
A noun that names
Mario
a specific:
•person
Mr. Gatti’s Pizza
•place
•thing
•idea
Newton’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.
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5.
Bring out your Notes and Concept notebook,
and a pen.
In one column, write down 10 common nouns.
You will only be given 2 minutes to finish this.
With the signal of your teacher, quietly stand
up. Have your pen with you.
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.
Remember that PROPER NOUNS must be written
with a capital letter.
Look at the table below. What do you notice
with their grouping?
teacher
sand
table
soil
garbage can
gas
poster
hair
trees
grain
bag
water
What do the nouns in the first
column have in common?
teacher
table
garbage can
poster
trees
bag
The nouns in the
1st column are what
we call count
(countable) nouns or
names of people,
places, things that we
can count.
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 villages
3. seven dwarfs
4. twelve apostles
5. four pencils
How about the nouns in the 2nd column?
sand
soil
gas
hair
grain
water
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.
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
Look at the following table:
How much _______? = uncountable nouns
Example: How much coffee do you drink?
How many _______? = countable nouns
Example: How many cups of coffee do you
drink?
Let’s Practice!
Give an appropriate counter for the
following nouns.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
bread
oil
meat
wine
rice
6. powdered soap
7. salt and pepper
8. margarine
9. vinegar
10.tea
1. a. five kilos of rice
b. strands of hair
c. four gallons of salt
2. a. a bag of tea
b. two liters of paint
c. a slice of milk
3. a. eleven tanks of oxygen
b. nine bottles of meat
c. three kilos of rice
4. a. a basket of vinegar
b. a sack of cement
c. eight ounces of soda
5. a. a cup of coffee
b. seven cans of butter
c. a box of soap
Why do we need to distinguish
count nouns from mass nouns?
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.
excitement
happiness
fear
wisdom
glee
serenity
peace
tables
water
wind
fruits
music
hand
board
How do you think the given nouns are
classified? What do they have in common?
Discuss your answers with a partner for 2
Abstract nouns are nouns that you can’t see, touch,
smell, hear or taste. Both ideas (or concepts) and
qualities are ABSTRACT nouns.
Ideas or Concepts
freedom
love
honor
wish
idea
Qualities
honesty
stubbornness
friendliness
patience
cleanliness
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.
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 Noun
The 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.
Collective nouns are plural
when the individual
members of the collection
are acting individually.
Example:
Example:
The faculty meets every
Tuesday at 3:30.
Every Tuesday, the faculty
give their reports.
(The group is acting as one.)
(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.