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To Count or Not to Count That is the Question…

To Count or Not to Count That is the Question…. Understanding Count and Non-Count Nouns. What is a noun?. A noun names a person, place or thing. Many nouns have a singular and a plural form. I ate an apple . I ate two apples . These nouns are called Count Nouns .

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To Count or Not to Count That is the Question…

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  1. To Count or Not to CountThat is the Question… Understanding Count and Non-Count Nouns

  2. What is a noun? • A noun names a person, place or thing. Many nouns have a singular and a plural form. I ate an apple. I ate two apples. These nouns are called Count Nouns. However, some nouns only have a singular form. These nouns are called Non-Count Nouns.

  3. Count Nouns • Refer to nouns that are easily counted. Example: apple, dog, book, shirt, pen To make these nouns plural you simply add an s. Example: We ate ten apples! Review: s, es, y-ies, foot-feet

  4. Non-Count Nouns • Refers to nouns that cannot logically be counted. Examples: anger, rice, warmth, leisure, education, courage, progress, weather You cannot add an “s” to these nouns or give them a number. Example: We went to the store and bought six rices. Incorrect.

  5. Quantifying Non-Count Nouns • rice—bags of rice • homework--homework assignments • bread--loaves of bread, slices of bread • wine--bottles of wine, glasses of wine • snow--snow storms, snow flakes, snow drifts • dirt--piles of dirt, truckloads of dirt • Or by adding “some” “a lot of” “a little bit of” We bought some rice.

  6. Review… • Video Review of Nouns

  7. Questions…

  8. Question 1 • What is a non-count noun? • A. A non-count noun can be made plural by adding an “s”. • B. A non-count noun cannot logically be counted. • C. A non-count noun can be counted and preceded by a number.

  9. Question 2 • Is honesty a non-count noun? A. Yes B. No

  10. Question 3 • How would you make the count noun “ditch” plural? A. Add es “ditches” B. Just add s “ditchs” C. Cannot be made plural, this is a non-count noun.

  11. Question 4 • What is a count noun? • A. A count noun can be made plural by adding an “s”. • B. A count noun cannot logically be counted. • C. A count noun can be counted and preceded by a number.

  12. Question 5 • How do you make the noun “foot” plural. • A. foots • B. feets • C. feet

  13. Right !!

  14. Wrong !!

  15. Credits • Image courtesy of Microsoft Clip Art Online • Video Clip courtesy of United Streaming • Non-Count Noun Definition 1997 - 2010 by Robin L. Simmons • Right and Wrong sound courtesy of Microsoft

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