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Department of Education
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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOCOS NORTE

English 4
Quarter 2 – Module 2:
Kinds of Nouns:
Mass and Count Nouns
Possessive Nouns
Collective Nouns

MELC: Use clear and coherent sentences employing

appropriate grammatical structures:
Kinds of Nouns-Mass Nouns and Count Nouns,
Possessive Nouns, Collective Nouns
(EN4G-Id-33)

Prepared by:

ANALYN AGOTO
Sta. Rosa Elementary School
English- Grade 4
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Quarter 2 – Module 2: Kinds of Nouns: Mass and Count Nouns Possessive
Nouns Collective Nouns
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English
Quarter 2 – Module 2:
Kinds of Nouns:
Mass and Count Nouns
Possessive Nouns
Collective Nouns
Introductory Message

This Contextualized Learning Module (CLM) is prepared so that you, our dear
learners, can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions,
directions, exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand each
lesson with ease.
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 What I Need to Know

This module was specifically developed and designed to provide you fun and
meaningful learning experience, with your own time and pace.

The module is divided into three lessons, namely:

1. Lesson 1 – Mass Nouns and Count Nouns

2. Lesson 2 – Possessive Nouns
3. Lesson 3 – Collective Nouns

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Use clear and coherent sentences using grammatical structures: Mass Nouns and
Count Nouns- ENG4-Id-3
2. Compose clear and coherent sentences using Possessive Nouns- EN4G-If-5
3. Use collective nouns -EN4G-Ih-7

What I Know
Directions: List down the name of each pictures below.

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Lesson Mass and
1 Count Nouns

Hello dear learners!

How are you at this
moment?

Today you will learn

about Kinds of
Nouns. Let’s get to
know more about
them.

What I Know
Directions: Classify the nouns as to mass nouns and count nouns.

Flour church milk spoon coffee

Apple oil shoes candies books
Sugar mangoes lotion vinegar tomatoes
Pencil case box meat water cellphone

Mass Nouns Count Nouns

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 What’s New

Directions: Encircle all the nouns that you can see inside the word cage. They are
written horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

C A N D Y L I N I
R A C D F G B S A
A D R A E O E G G
Y G K S U G A R P
O F L O U R N C E
N F K I M N S O B
A P P L E S X F B
B A L L O O N F L
D R T A B U I E E
C H U R C H G E S

Are you familiar with those words? Let

us now proceed to the next level to
deepen your knowledge about nouns.

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 What It Is

A. What are mass nouns and count nouns?

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 What’s More

Activity 1: Directions: Identify the underlined words in the box. Put ____ if it is
a count noun and __X__ if it is a mass noun.

1. The garden is planted with green vegetables.

2. Mang Ramon waters the plant everyday.
3. He pulls the weed growing around the plants.
4. He applies fertilizer.
5. Mang Ramon and his neighbor sell vegetables in the market.
6. The glass of juice is too sweet.
7. Five sacks of rice is sold daily.
8. Gasoline is getting more expensive.
9. We use alcohol to disinfect our body.
10. The utensils are new.

Activity 2. Directions: Complete the lines of the poem with the appropriate
counter or quantifier. Choose the quantifiers from the box.

Today I will bake my favorite pie.

A treat for my mother and Aunt Sue.
First, I will sift a of flour.
Add a of yeast. Mix and leave the dough for an hour. Later, I
will put two of sugar.
A of milk, I’ll be sure it’s not vinegar. A couple of eggs would
add some flavor.
A of vanilla and honey would do me a favor. Of making my pie
the best that they could savor.

Spoonful cup kilo teaspoon can

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 Lesson Possessive
2 Nouns

Welcome back to your

second lesson. I hope you
are always happy doing
your worksheet activities.

What’s In

Directions: Add an apostrophe (‘) to form the possessive of each plural nouns

Examples A: The leaves are red.

(trees)
Answer: The trees’ leaves are red. (Plural Possessive Noun)

1. The cribs are empty. (babies)

2. The backpacks are all in the closet. (children)

3. The habitat was very clean. (animals)

4. The feathers are yellow. (birds)

5. The pants are black. (boys)

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 What’s New

Directions: Match the community helpers below with their possessions. Write
their correct possessive form. The first one is done for you.

camp police officer police officer’s whistle

pen writer

net fisherfolk
bible Boy Scouts
baskets Firefighter

license clerk
house priest

blackboard teacher
keys vendors

What It Is

In the last lesson, you learned about mass nouns and count nouns.
Today, you will be learning about possessive nouns.

What is a possessive noun?

A noun is commonly defined as a person, place, thing, idea, or quality. Nouns become
possessive once they are changed to show ownership.
Examples of Possessive Nouns:
Janet’s car needed to be washed after taking it across the country.
Janet’s = possessive noun
Car = object of possession

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 Forming possessive nouns:
Possessive nouns begin as simple nouns and must be changed in
order to show possession.
• To make singular nouns possessive, you simply add an apostrophe + s.
Book = Book’s
Sally = Sally’s
• To make plural nouns ending in “s” possessive, an apostrophe is added to
the end.
Vacations = Vacations’
Cakes = Cakes’
• To make plural nouns not ending in “s” possessive, add an apostrophe + s.
Children = Children’s
Deer = Deer’s
• To make names that end in “s” possessive, you can either add an
apostrophe at the end, or you may add an apostrophe + s.
Chris = Chris’ or Chris’s
Jess = Jess’ or Jess’s

What’s More

Activity 1: Read each sentence carefully. Change the underlined phrase to show ownership or
possession.
Example: The bike of Kobi was bought by his father.
Answer: Kobi’s bike
1. The doll of my sister was a gift from her grandmother.
2. The toy house of the twins looks exciting.
3. The car of Nessy is new.
4. The bookshop of Ana is open from Monday to Saturday.
5. The wife of the baker is very kind.

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 Activity 2. Write the correct possessive form of the given noun in the
blank.

I will attend (birthday of Mika ) Mikas’s birthday next Saturday. Her

parents are preparing a party for her. Mother ordered the birthday cake at (he
bakeshop of Agnes) 1 . She has the invitations printed at ( the
Print House of Macy) 2 .

She will be preparing ( favorite of Mika) 3 party

food. Meanwhile, Father bought some pink and white balloons at (Toy
Balloons of Coco ) 4 . All of the (friends of the children ) 5 are
invited. Mika cannot seem to wait for Saturday. She is very excited.

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 Lesson
Collective Nouns.
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What’s In

Hi, how do you find the

activity of nouns? We will
have a lot more of
worksheets today! Come on,
let’s move on!

Directions: Matching Type. Match the collective noun with the noun it goes with.
Write your answers in your activity notebook.

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 What’s New

Directions: Underline the collective nouns.

1. I go camping with my Scouts’ troop.
2. A battalion of soldiers marched to the gate.
3. The flight of birds was flying south for winter.
4. The school staff will be away on Friday.
5. There was crowd of people at the show.
6. I already saw a chain of mountains.
7. Mrs. Agoto’s class enjoys English subject.
8. The group of players entered the gym together.
9. The students were amazed at the performance of the
orchestra.
10. My father brought home a bunch of bananas.

What It Is

What is a Collective Noun?

A collective noun is a type of noun that identifies groups of people, places,
things and ideas. A collective noun identifies nouns collectively.
Example:
My class is exceptionally bright.
In this sentence, “class” does not refer to a single individual but a group of
people. Even though the noun itself is singular, it includes multiple people.
This particular sentence refers to a group of students.

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 Here is a list of common collective nouns which contains words that describe groups
of animals, people, or things.

Herd– A group of herbivore animals

Pack– A group of canine animals such as wolves or dogs; also used to describe
playing cards and packages containing multiple objects
Flock– A group of birds; also used to discuss small hooved animals such as sheep or
goats
Swarm– A group of insects
Shoal– A group of fish
Group – A very general term used to describe people, places, things, and animals
Crowd – Usually used to describe a group of people
Gang – Usually used to describe a group of criminals; also used to describe a group of
workers, particularly sailors or dock workers
Mob – Normally used to describe an angry or unruly group of people; also used to
describe a group of kangaroos
Staff – A group of people who work in the same place
Crew – Usually used to denote a group of workers; also used to describe aircraft and
ships personnel
Choir – A large, organized group of singers
Orchestra – A large, organized group of instrumentalists, led by a conductor
Panel – A group of experts
Board – A group of people, usually professionals, who take on an advisory role
Troupe – A group of actors or acrobats; also used to describe a group of monkeys
Bunch – Usually a group of smallish objects such as grapes, flowers, keys, or
bananas
Pile – An untidy collection of items such as rubbish
Set – A tidy group of matched objects such as dishes; also used to describe rules or a
social group of people
Stack – A group of items neatly laid one on top of another; i.e., a stack of books
Series – Used to discuss movies, books, or events that follow one after another, i.e.
Star Trek or Harry Potter

What’s More

Directions: Use collective nouns to describe the pictures. Construct two to

three sentences.

Example: 1. This is a pride of lions.

2. They are wild animals.
3. They live in the jungle.

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1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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 Congratulations, you are doing
great! I hope you were able to
understand our lessons.

What I Have Learned

Directions:
A. Write down 5 examples each of Mass Nouns and Count Nouns.

Mass Nouns Count Nouns

B. Write the possessive noun of each noun.

1. Monastery of the monk

2. Cave of the lion
3. Bag of Joan
4. Horns of the carabao
5. The advice of the counselor

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 A. Complete the puzzle using the given clues.

Across Down
2. a of fish 1. A of gorillas
3. a of asteroids 3. A of ducklings
4. a of oysters

What I Can Do

Directions: Write a brief description/opinion about the following:

1. What values do you show when you are using quantifiers to measure
mass nouns? Why?

2. Your classmate is owning the watch given by your mother on your

birthday. In what manner do you say that an object is yours?

3. What are the three Kinds of Nouns? Describe each.

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 Assessment
Directions: Read the following questions and write the letter that
best represents your answer in your activity notebook.
1. What do you call the nouns that can be counted?

A. mass noun B. count noun C. possessive noun D. collective

2. What collective noun is used to describe a group of bees?

A, bunch B. swarm C. rank D. battalion

3. Which is an example of mass noun?

A. Oranges B. umbrella C. watches D. sugar

4, The possessive noun of the office of the principal is .

A. Principal of the office B. principals’ office

C. Principal’s office D. offices of the principal

5, It refers to a group or a whole unit of persons, animals, places or objects.

A, mass noun B. collective noun C. count noun D. possessive

6, Which shows protecting the flocks of birds in the forest?

A. Destroy their habitat. B. Shoot them.

C. Cut down trees. D. Let them live and fly freely

7, Which of the following statements is not correct?

A. nouns are those that cannot be counted.

B. Possessive noun shows possession.

C. Count Nouns refer to a group or unit of persons, places and things
D. Collective nouns use quantifiers to measure objects or things.

8, Which of the objects or things are grouped as one.

A. sugar, oil, slippers, apples B. watch, necklace, earrings

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 C, gasoline, softdrinks, balloons D. computers, sand, flour

9.Which sentence has collective nouns?

A. Teachers aim the best for their pupils.

B. At last, I found my diamond ring!
C. Rene reviewed for the examination last night.
D. A battalion of soldiers marched to the gate.

10. The baker needed money for his wife’s medicine who had been sick for
a week. Which of the following shows possessive noun?

A. Baker needed money B. money for his wife’s

C. Wife’s medicine D. sick for a week

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 Answer Key

LESSON 1: I Know
What
What’s New

Lesson 2
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