Count and Mass Nouns; Collective Nouns Grade 4

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1. Checking of Prior Knowledge

2. COUNT OR NON-COUNT? Count – raise your two arms Non-Count - stand Individual Response:

3. bottle Count or Non-Count?

4. juice Count or Non-Count?

5. book Count or Non-Count?

6. teacher Count or Non-Count?

7. meat Count or Non-Count?

8. hair Count or Non-Count?

9. Count Nouns Mass Nouns Nouns

10. Count nouns are nouns that we can count . There can be more than one of them. COUNT NOUNS Let’s see some examples

11. One brother Two brothers Three brothers One school Five schools Twenty schools COUNT NOUNS

12. Aside from numbers, you can also use: a, an, the, some, many , and few to quantify them COUNT NOUNS

13. Examples: A notebook An apple Some oranges Few pupils COUNT NOUNS

14. Mass nouns are nouns that cannot be counted . Generally, they do not have plural forms. We do not use numbers to count them. We use counters instead. MASS NOUNS Let’s see some examples

15. b ottle of milk s trands of hair MASS NOUNS counter Mass noun Mass noun counter

16. It is important to use appropriate counters for mass nouns so that others can understand what we mean.

17. c up of d ash of p inch of b ox of p ail of t easpoon of p ack of h eap of (a pile of) Other examples of counters

18. A lot of mass nouns come in liquid or mass form like clay, tea, and soup. Abstract nouns are considered mass nouns, too.

19. NOUNS Count Nouns Count nouns are nouns that we can count. They have plural forms. We use numbers to count them. Mass Nouns Mass nouns are nouns that cannot be counted. Generally , they do not have plural forms We use counters to quantify them.

20. salt Mass Noun or Count Noun? Mass noun

21. vinegar Mass Noun or Count Noun? Mass noun

22. friend Mass Noun or Count Noun? count noun

23. book Mass Noun or Count Noun? count noun

24. hope Mass Noun or Count Noun? mass noun

25. school Mass Noun or Count Noun? count noun

26. rice Mass Noun or Count Noun? mass noun

27. friendship Mass Noun or Count Noun? mass noun

28. sugar Mass Noun or Count Noun? mass noun

29. Much or Many Auction

30. sugar Much or Many Auction:

31. pencils Much or Many Auction:

32. love Much or Many Auction:

33. oil Much or Many Auction:

34. books Much or Many Auction:

35. coffee Much or Many Auction:

36. chocolate Much or Many Auction:

37. money Much or Many Auction:

38. happiness Much or Many Auction:

39. things Much or Many Auction:

40. We use much with mass nouns (uncountable nouns) We use many with count nouns (countable nouns) Much or Many?

41. Collective nouns t hese are nouns that names groups composed of members.

42. Examples: c ast of actors b oard of directors s chool of fish Collective nouns

43. Examples: Batch of bread Team of athletes Troop of monkeys Tower of giraffes Collective nouns

44. Examples: Pack of wolves Staff of employees Bouquet of flowers Class of students Army of ants Collective nouns