5H1 GRO Nouns II

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome!

Road map

• Read - 10 mins
• Grammar: nouns II

Previous 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). 

Common noun

Abstract noun

Proper noun

Collective noun

courage

Jane

health

Pietje

Horse 

Family

coffee

Police

Lesson Goal

At the end of this class you can describe:

• the effect that English nouns may have on other words in a sentence
  
• how they are dealing with gender

Imporant because:

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

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!

Check

The answers to ex. 1 to 4 have been uploaded to SOM. 

(Jaarbijlagen, block 2)

Check your answers.

Questions? Just ask!

Imporant because:

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

Female/Male/Neuter

Some words are similar for both females and males

• baby, dancer, relative 

Some words are different, the female word gets an appendix

• Actor - Actress
• Heir - Heiress
  
• Hero - Heroine 

Female/Male/Neuter

Some words are completely different:

• bull  - cow
• cock - hen
• bachelor - spinster
• king -  queen

Personal pronouns

In general:

Only people and pets are referred to as 'he, his, him, she, her'

All other stuff: it, its

Exception: boats and cars are sometimes referred to as 'she' or 'her' especially when their owner is fond of them!

Countries: in writing often 'she'.

Do

Study the theory pp. 118 - 122 

Do ex. 6 and 7

pp. 97 - 99

This week

Wednesday: Alquin text II

Friday: no class