Grammar - Nouns I

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome!

Road map

• BBC One Minute World News - Practice your WLS
• Grammar: nouns
• Work on assignments
• Break!

BBC One minute world news

• Watch the clip
• What are the two/three topics that are being discussed? 
• What is your idea/opinion about ..... 

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Lesson Goal

At the end of this class you can:  

• recognise common nouns, abstract nouns, proper nouns, and collective nouns
• describe the difference between countable and uncountable nouns. 

Imporant because:

you can use the techniques in your letters and essays (Part of the 5H PTA). 

When I was six years old I broke my leg

1. I, old
2. when, years
3. when, leg
4. years, leg

I was running from my brother and his friends

1. running, brother
2. brother, friends
3. running, friends
4. I, his

'I tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass I rolled down'
What are the nouns in this sentence?

'I found my heart and broke it here'
What are the nouns in this sentence?

Different sorts of nouns

• common noun - a goose, a cat, a man, a woman
• proper noun - Klaas, Appie
• abstract noun - honesty, world peace, faith
• collective noun - family, team, crowd

Countable nouns:

• can get the indefinite article 'a'
• singular and plural - one goose, two geese
•  thus: they can be counted!
• often something tangible and concrete

Uncountable nouns:

• cannot get the indefinite article 'a'
• no (direct) plural form 
•  thus: they cannot be counted!
• material /abstract nouns

E.g. Water needs a glass!

Quantifiers 

In vragende of ontkennende zinnen:

Much: uncountable nouns (e.g. money, information, time)

Many: countable nouns 

A lot of/lots of: bij bevestigende zinnen bij alle nouns! 

 

Quantifiers 

Much: bij zelfstandige naamwoord

Few : countable nouns

There were few men willing to fight in the war

Little : uncountable nouns

There is little information available on that topic

Quantifiers 

a few : countable nouns

There were a few cows grazing in the field 

a little : uncountable nouns

Put a little love in your heart!

Gebruik "Many/Much" bij

ontkennende en vragende zinnen.

O: I haven't got much time.

V: How much money do you need?

O: I don't have many friends.

v: How many copies do you need?

Gebruik  "A lot of" of "lots of" bij

bevestigende zinnen

B:  Dagobert Duck has a lot of money.

B: Students generally spend lots of time on their homework.

B:  John has got lots of work to do.

B: I have got lots of Facebook friends.

A few/A little

Dutch: 'een paar' & 'een beetje'. Nadruk op het kleine beetje dat er wel is (het glas is half vol)

Vorm: a little/a few + Zelfstandig nw.

Een beetje wijn                                   A little wine

Een paar leerlingen                           A few pupils

Few/Little

Dutch variant is 'weinig'. Nadruk op het feit dat er weinig is (het glas is half leeg).

Vorm: little/few + Zelfstandig nw.

Weinig wijn                                          Little wine

Weinig leerlingen                              Few pupils

Quantifiers 

Few horses remained in the paddock after cowboys had raided the ranch =  not many horses, emphasis on what is lacking! 'Weinig'

There are a few horses left of what once was a very large herd = small number, emphasis on what there is! 'een paar'

Quantifiers 

We had little time to prepare for the test.

=  emphasis on the fact that there is not a lot of time. 'weinig'

We had a little time to prepare for the test.

= emphasis on the fact that there still is time to prepare for the test albeit not a lot. 'een beetje'

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Looking ahead

Friday 4 Feb: Watching and listening

Tuesday 8 Feb: start on Alquin Block 3

Thursday 10 Feb: Finish grammar Nouns A. 2 - 6 on Learnbeat, study the theory. 

Choose the correct form:
There aren't ..... sheep left in Ireland. (veel)

1. many
2. much

Choose the correct form:

Does anybody have .... love left? (een beetje)

1. a few
2. a little
3. little
4. few

Choose the correct form:

Oliver did not get ... sleep last night (veel).

1. little
2. many
3. much
4. a little

Choose the correct form:

In fact, Oliver got ... sleep because his new born baby cried constantly. He is knackered!

1. a little
2. little
3. much
4. a little

Choose the correct form:

They have .... money so they can buy a swimming pool (veel).

1. a lot of
2. many
3. few
4. a few

Choose the correct form:

Do the students read .... books? (veel)

1. much
2. a few
3. few
4. many

Choose the correct form:

Research shows that .... students read all their course material before a test (weinig).

1. a little
2. a few
3. few
4. little

MUCH

MANY

People

Water

leaves

Fun

Homework

Hamburgers

Any questions?