“Congregación Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Buen

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I.E.P.A.C. “Instituto Gelicich”

3ER MODULO DE SECOND GRADE

COUNT AND NON COUNT NOUNS

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COUNT NOUNS
Can be counted as one or more.
 pen, computer, bottle, spoon, desk, cup, television, chair, shoe, finger, flower,
camera, stick, balloon, book, table, comb, etc.
Take an s to form the plural.
 pens, computers, bottles, spoons, desks, cups, televisions, chairs, shoes, fingers,
flowers, cameras, sticks, balloons, books, tables, combs, etc.
Work with expressions such as (a few, few, many, some, every, each, these, and the
number of).
 a few pens, a few computers, many bottles, some spoons, every desk, each cup,
these televisions, the number of chairs, a few shoes, a few fingers, many flowers,
some cameras, every stick, each balloon, these books, the number of tables,
many combs, etc.
Work with appropriate articles (a, an, or the).
 a pen, the computer, a bottle, the spoon, a desk, the cup, a television, the chair, a
shoe, the finger, a flower, the camera, a stick, the balloon, a book, the table, a
comb, etc.
Do NOT work with much (for example, you would never say much pens or much
computers).
NON-COUNT NOUNS
Cannot be counted. They usually express a group or a type.
 water, wood, ice, air, oxygen, English, Spanish, traffic, furniture, milk, wine,
sugar, rice, meat, flour, soccer, sunshine, etc.
Generally cannot be pluralized.
Work both with and without an article (a, an, or the), depending on the context of
the sentence.
 Sugar is sweet.
 The sunshine is beautiful.
 I drink milk.
 He eats rice.
 We watch soccer together.
 The wood is burning.
Work with expressions such as (some, any, enough, this, that, and much).
 We ate some rice and milk.
 I hope to see some sunshine today.
 This meat is good.
 She does not speak much Spanish.
 Do you see any traffic on the road?
 That wine is very old.

DR. JOHN EMILIO LORET DE MOLA GARAY

 “Congregación Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Buen
Pastor”
I.E.P.A.C. “Instituto Gelicich”
Do NOT work with expressions such as (these, those, every, each, either, or
neither).

COUNT NOUNS
All count nouns have a singular and plural form and are used in agreement with singular
or plural verbs. Count nouns are things that exist as separate and distinct individual
units. Count nouns are generally individual persons, places or objects that can be
recognized by our senses.
Count Noun Type Examples
Names of persons, their relationships and their friend, girl, accountant
occupations
Names of species, plants, insects cat, dolphin, tree, fly
Names of objects with a finite and specific shape bottle, computer, table, office,
building
Units of measurement centimeter, inch, meter, kilogram,
pound, degree
Units of social classification family, language, country
Some abstract concepts idea, invention, plan
Examples:
 There will be two proposals submitted to the manager by 2pm.
 Each office comes equiped with a computer, a desk and two chairs.
 Not all great ideas lead to successful inventions.

NON-COUNT NOUNS
Non-count nouns only have one form and are always used in agreement with singular
verbs. Many non-count nouns are wholes that cannot be cut into parts or counted
individually. Non-count nouns also include most shapeless objects and abstract ideas.
Non-Count Noun Type Examples
Nouns that are whole and made up of smaller sand, rice, sugar
parts
Foods that can be purchased in various forms meat, bread, fruit, coffee
Substances that can change shape or have oil, tea, milk, wood, iron, glass,
various forms water, wind, rain, fire, ice
Groups of things that have different sizes and clothing, furniture, luggage, cash
shapes
Languages Italian, French, Japanese
Most -ing forms learning, working, speaking
Abstract concepts, often with endings -ness, - efficiency, progress, intelligence,
ance, -ence, -ity beauty
Examples:
 Clothing is one of the common things collected to give to charity.
 Water boils to become steam or freezes to become ice.

DR. JOHN EMILIO LORET DE MOLA GARAY

 “Congregación Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Buen
Pastor”
I.E.P.A.C. “Instituto Gelicich”

ESTUDIAR Y APRENDER LAS PALABRAS EN INGLES DEL CUADRO

DR. JOHN EMILIO LORET DE MOLA GARAY

 “Congregación Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Buen
Pastor”
I.E.P.A.C. “Instituto Gelicich”

DESARROLLAR LA ACTIVIDAD

DR. JOHN EMILIO LORET DE MOLA GARAY

 “Congregación Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Buen
Pastor”
I.E.P.A.C. “Instituto Gelicich”

DR. JOHN EMILIO LORET DE MOLA GARAY