Grammar - Nouns I 5H1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome!

Road map

• Read - 10 mins
• Grammar: nouns I 

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.
Which words are nouns?

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

I was running from my brother and his friends.
Recognise the nouns.

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?
No capital letters, separate your words by a comma

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

I on my way driving at ninety down those country lanes.

1. way, down , country
2. way, ninety, lanes
3. way, country lanes
4. way, down, ninety, country lanes

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!

See the grid in your book  on p. 120!

Do ex. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 

pp. 94 to 97 work book

Lesson goal achieved?

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). 

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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Alquin

'In Your Dreams'

Alquin

Read the text

Finish ex. E. b. and d. and F.

Next week

Tuesday:              Alquin text II

Wednesday:       GRO Nouns II

Friday:                   no class. 

Deeltoets II on 3 February 2023