English 2

A proper noun is a specific name for a common noun. It always begins with a capital letter.

Examples:

1. Dr. Santos is a dentist.

dentist – common

2. Dr. Santos is friendly.

Dr. Santos – proper noun

Common Proper

Circle the noun/s you find in each sentence. Note: there may be more than one.

1. I like to read the Bible.

2. It has 66 books.
3. Stories, of great men like Abraham, Joseph, and David are in the Old Testament.
4. The story of Jesus’ life is in the New Testament.
5. Genesis and Mathew are my favorite books.
6. Some of the books are letters written by Paul.
7. Revelation tells me about things in the future.
8. The Psalms are songs.
9. I always learn something about Math, Science, Language, Civics and Culture, Values, and
other subjects when I read the Bible.
10. I learn many things from the Bible.

List down five nouns for each column. Use the nouns you circled above.

Common Nouns Proper Nouns

Draw a picture of a place label the chart below with five common nouns that are found in your
drawing and name each of them with proper noun.

Naga City
Proper name

Common Proper

Your drawing of Naga City.

A. Cross out the noun that does not belong to each group.

1. Asahi table chair electric fan

2. Juan Pedro carpenter Milagros
3. bird cat dolphin Hatchiko
4. store Trinoma Mall moviehouse restaurant
5. Christmas holiday New Year Labor Day

B. What is the best common noun for the following proper nouns.

1. Koko Crunch _____________

2. Sketchers _____________
3. Atty. Ledesma _____________
4. Panasonic _____________
5. Winnie the Pooh _____________

C. Give the proper nouns for the following common nouns.

1. school _______________
2. principal _______________
3. teacher _______________
4. classmate _______________
5. book _______________
Counters for nouns

Mass nouns these are nouns that you cannot count one by one.

Examples:
Water juice milk

To show their amount, whether one or many, you use a counter.

Examples:
A glass of water or glasses of water
A bottle of juice or bottles of juice
A bucket of milk or buckets of milk

A. Circle the counter used for the noun in each sentence.

1. Peter wore a pair of sandals.

2. The woman brought a jar of oil.
3. The men carried sacks of rice.
4. Bottles of milk are set on the shelf.
5. Mark served slices of chocolate cake to the guests.
6. Luke drinks a cup of coffee every morning.
7. The little boy had three loaves of bread.
8. The dressmaker cut two meters of cloth.
9. The carpenter bought a bag of sand.
10. Mom prepared a pitcher of juice for her children.

B. Add a counter for each mass noun.

1. a _______ of sugar
2. a_______ of salt
3. a_______ of pepper
4. a_______ of flour
5. a _______ of vinegar
6. a _______ of shoes
7. a _______ of blood
8. a _______ of soup
9. a ______ of cheese
10. a ______ of tea

C. Choose five items from Activity B and use them in sentences.

1. __________________________________________.
2. __________________________________________.
 3. _________________________________________.
4. _________________________________________.
5. _________________________________________.

Singular and Plural Forms of Count Nouns

Count nouns – nouns that can be counted one by one. Count nouns have their singular and plural forms.
There are rules for forming the plural of count nouns.

1. You add -s to most count nouns.

Examples:
Pencil – pencils car – cars

2. You add -es to count nouns that end in s, z, ch, sh, or x.

Examples:
Bench – benches bush - bushes
Fox – foxes bus – buses

3. You add -s to nouns that have a vowel e and the letter y at the end.
Examples:
Pulley – pulleys monkey – monkeys donkey – donkeys

4. If a noun has a consonant and the letter y at the end, you change the y to I and add -es.
Examples:
Lady – ladies cherry – cherries lily – lilies

A. Write the plural form of each noun.

1. peach _____________________
2. box _____________________
3. alley _____________________
4. plate _____________________
5. candy _____________________
6. baby _____________________
7. brush _____________________
8. pouch ____________________
9. dress _____________________
10. chimney _____________________

B. Write sentences using your answers from Activity A.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
C. Give the singular form of each plural noun.

1. beaches __________

2. puppies ___________

3. tables ________________

4. taxes _____________

5. matches ___________

Decide whether each noun is in the singular or plural form. Write S for singular and P for plural.

1. grass ___________
2. trash __________
3. flowers __________
4. jelly ______________
5. trolleys ____________
Mathematics 2

A. Write ≤, ≥, or = on the line.

1. 2 078 ____ 7 001

2. 347 ____ 299
3. 1 074 ____ 903
4. 893 ____ 891
5. 287 ____ 287
6. 9 034 ____ 9 304
7. 8 024 ____ 8 024
8. 6 088 ____ 988
9. 7 099 ____ 7 900
10. 4 784 ____ 1 988

B. Write the number that comes first after the given number.

1. 256 _____
2. 983 _____
3. 599 _____
4. 810 _____
5. 3 600 _____
6. 1 199 _____
7. 8 533 _____
8. 4 200 _____
9. 3 598 _____
10. 9 506 _____

C. Write the number that comes before the given number.

1. _______ 758
2. _______ 225
3. _______ 698
4. _______ 300
5. ______ 910
6. ______ 1 205
7. ______ 5 096
8. ______ 10 000
9. ______ 8 334
10. ______ 7 009
 Arrange the numbers from greatest to least. The first one is done for you.

1. 114 141 913 590 = 913 590 141 114

2. 5 098 998 2 024 9 365 =
3. 187 821 7 055 1 256 =
4. 8 963 652 5 082 6 993 =
5. 289 642 188 501 =
6. 935 566 981 298 =
7. 5 798 2 054 6 334 4 210 =
8. 3 005 1 938 1 939 2 845 =
9. 599 236 580 703 =
10. 9 030 930 8 530 835 =

Arrange the numbers least to greatest.

1. 221 682 697 123 =

2. 688 935 128 963 =
3. 523 969 1 024 352 =
4. 5 025 2 682 3 684 1 923
5. 8 019 2 019 3 019 7 019 =
6. 8 544 2 360 3 056 5 360
7. 1 025 2 682 1 019 1 009
8. 4 256 6 425 5 264 2 645
9. 9 452 635 985 2 145
10. 6 044 2 146 3 895 1 396