nouns that can be counted and cannot be counted

1. Prepared by:
Shirley Puaso-Valera
Grade -1 SY 2015-2016
Countable nouns
Things I can count
Three oranges
Two oranges

2. Objectives
Identify mass and count nouns.
Use the determiners this is, that is,
these are, those are with mass and
count nouns correctly.
Write sentences using determiners
with mass and count nouns.

3. Drill
 Show different pictures that show mass and
count nouns.

4. Drill
 Show different pictures that show mass and
count nouns.
sugar
Make –up kit
sea
hair
milk
coffee
fruits
Alarm clock gasoline
rain banana

5. Review
past lesson on short u
sounds

6. Riddles
 This grain is white and small, I eat it with rice
and vegetables.
It is colorless and odourless. It is used in
drinking and washing dishes.
It goes with the breeze, when inhaled, it makes
you sneeze.
Babies love this white liquid in a bottle or in a
glass with lid.

7. Riddles
 This grain is white and small, I eat it with rice and
vegetables. ( rice )
It is colorless and odourless. It is used in drinking
and washing dishes. ( water)
It goes with the breeze, when inhaled, it makes you
sneeze. (dust)
Babies love this white liquid in a bottle or in a glass
with lid. ( milk)

8. Dialog
: What do you have there?
: These are our donations to the flood victims.
: What’s in that box, Ben?
: Shirts, pants, dresses and shoes.
: Let me help you. Are all of these used?
: Some items are new.Will you donate something , too?
: Yes,We will also donate food like rice ,
: I am sure they will need everything we can gather. sugar, milk and
sardines.

9. Questions
For whom are the things in the box?
 What are in the big box?
Do you donate things to others , too?
What do you give them?
Which of the underlined words can be counted?
Which cannot be counted?

10. Generalization
• We call nouns that can be
counted as count nouns.
• Those nouns that cannot be
counted are called mass nouns

11. Count Nouns
Count Nouns refer to things that you can easily
count.
Count Nouns
Chairs Students Hats
Bananas Bottles Glasses
Houses Boats Shirts
Countries Pencils Cars

12. Non-Count Nouns
Non-Count Nouns refer to things that by their
nature are not easily countable such as
substances, mass forms and abstract ideas.
Non-Count Nouns
Beauty Electricity Space
Sand Nature Music
Butter Honesty Rice
Water Entertainment Satisfaction

13. Practice: These ten images are nouns.
Click only on the non-count nouns… There are 5 of them.
Popcorn
Book
Fish
Milk Dog
Coffee
Love
Candle
Coin
Bread

14. Application
Identify the count and mass nouns. Write the nouns in
their proper column
wine toothbrush noodle paper slippers
carrots softdrinks honey matchbox battery
magazines perfume candle apple tomatoes
vinegar pot sand gas spoons
Mass nouns Count nouns

15. Evaluation
Circle the count nouns and cross out the mass nouns.
1.The right amount of salt is good for the body.
2. Gasoline is getting more expensive.
3.This glass of juice is too sweet.
4.Five sacks of rice is sold daily.
5.These pieces of cookies are really tasty.
6. Here are the four cubes of ice for patient’s ice
bag.

16. Homework
List own some mass and count nouns.
Things we eat and drink
Mass nouns count nouns
Things we use
Mass nouns count nouns
Things we buy
Mass nouns count nouns