1. Kinds of nouns
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2. Ready for a Game? You will need your Writing notebook and a pen.
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. 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.

4. Let’s first recall what nouns are!
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!

5. 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.

6. Let us identify the nouns in the following sentences!
Kittens and cats make fun pets.
Terry has a beautiful garden.
Mr. & Mrs. Delarmente built a little house on the hill.
Maggie reads some very interesting articles in that magazine.
Shawn plays football every Saturday.

7. Since NOUNS are EVERYWHERE
Since NOUNS are EVERYWHERE. They are easier to identify through their classifications or kinds.
There are 7 kinds of nouns:
Proper Nouns 5. Abstract Nouns
Common Nouns 6. Concrete Nouns
Count Nouns 7. Collective Nouns
Mass (uncountable) Nouns

8. What are the differences between common and proper nouns?

9. Common Noun
A noun that names any:
person
place
thing
idea

10. A noun that names a specific: person place thing idea
Proper Noun
A noun that names a specific:
person
place
thing
idea
Happy Valley
Church
Mario
Mr. Gatti’s Pizza
Newton’s Theory of Gravity

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. Are you ready for a practice?
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.

15. 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

16. What do the nouns in the first column have in common?
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

17. Numerals like one, two and three or articles such as a and an are put before these nouns to indicate their numbers.
Examples:
a book (pertaining to one book)
two villages
seven dwarfs
twelve apostles
four pencils

18. How about the nouns in the 2nd column?
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

19. 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!

20. 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

21. 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.

22. 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

23. Fourteen spoonfuls of sugar
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

24. 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?

25. Let’s Practice!
Give an appropriate counter for the following nouns.
bread
oil
meat
wine
rice
6. powdered soap
7. salt and pepper
margarine
vinegar
tea

26. Identify the mass nouns that do not have appropriate counters.
a. five kilos of rice
b. strands of hair
c. four gallons of salt
a. a bag of tea
b. two liters of paint
c. a slice of milk

27. 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

28. 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.

29. Look at the table below.
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 minutes.

30. 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
Qualities
freedom
honesty
love
stubbornness
honor
friendliness
wish
patience
idea
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.

31. 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?

32. We have looked at concrete and abstract 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.

33. 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:
After each performance, the audience rises to its feet in thunderous applause.
The team has won all of its games this season.
The family is going on vacation in August.

34. Collective nouns are singular when the unit is acting as one
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.)

35. Let us Practice!
Are the following units acting as groups or individuals? Choose the appropriate verbs.
The jury (announce, announces) the decision.
The jury (is, are) taking their seats.
The class (is, are) answering the 1st Trim Examinations.
The class (is, are) practicing for their Buwan ng Wika presentations.
The team eagerly (wait, waits) for the announcement.
The team (wasn’t, weren’t) able to reach an agreement.

36. Are the following collective nouns acting as one or individually
 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.