Units of Measurement With Nouns         What are they? They are used with noncount nouns to express a specific quantity.  Example:  1. I'd like some water.  An unspecific quantity 2. I'd like a glass of water. Specific quantity 3.  I'd like a cup of coffee. 4.  I'd like a piece of fruit. This list shows some common measure words that we use to "measure" uncountable nouns. a  bag  of flour | rice | gold dust a  bar  of chocolate | gold | soap a  bottle  of Coke | milk | water | wine a  bowl  of cereal | rice | soup a  box  of cereal | paper a  can  of cream | meat | tuna a  carton  of ice-cream | orange juice | milk a  cup  of hot chocolate | coffee | tea a  drop  of blood | oil | water a  glass  of beer | juice | water | wine a  grain  of rice | sand | truth an  item  of clothing | expenditure | news a  jar  of honey | jam | peanut butter a  piece  of advice | furniture | paper a  roll  of paper | tape | toilet paper | Scotch tape a  slice  of bread | che

  Quantifying Expressions A lot of / Lots of:  We use  a lot of  and  lots of  in informal styles.  Lots of  is more informal than  a lot of .  A lot of  and  lots of  can both be used with plural  countable nouns and with singular uncountable nouns for affirmatives, negatives, and questions: We’ve got  lots of  things to do. That’s  a lot of  money. There weren’t  a lot of  choices. Can you hurry up? I don’t have  a lot of  time. Are there  a lot of  good players at your tennis club? Have you eaten  lots of  chocolate? Practice   Nearpod Practice (I SHARE IT IN CLASS) Some and Any Practice

 A vs An  A  is used before a noun that starts with a consonant sound. An  is used before a noun that starts with a vowel sound. Note that the rule is not whether they start with a consonant or vowel, but whether they start with a consonant or vowel  sound . This can help you decide which to use in difficult cases like words beginning in “u” or “h. Both are used in from of singular count nouns.  Ex.  An animal An aparment An Elephant Mr. Tang is an old man.* We use "An" if the word that begins with "u" has a vowel sound: an uncle, an ugly picture.   We use "A" if the word that begins with "u" has a /yu/ sound:  A university A usual event In some words that being with "h," the "h" is not pronounced. Instead, the word begins with a vowel sound and "an" is used:  An hour An honor.  In most words that begin with "h," the "h" is pronounced.  We use "a" if the "h" is pronounced. A ho

 Countable and Noncountable Nouns   Singular Plural   Count Noun A book One book Book Two books Some books A lot of books   A count Noun Singular:           Plural: a/ an+ noun          Noun + s a number + noun Noncount Noun Mail Some mail A lot of mail (No plural form) A Noncount Noun Singular:           Do not use a/an .   Do not use one .   Plural: A Noncount noun does not have a plural form. Commom Noncount Nouns   Advice Furniture Help Homework Information Jewelry Luck Mail   Money Music Traffic Vocabulary Weather Work Bread Cheese Coffee Food Fruit Meat Milk Pepper Rice Salt Soup Sugar Tea Water NonCount Nouns 1.        Abstract ideas: Which means that does no have phy

Nouns in different positions in the sentence:     1.1. The noun as subject.     1.2. The noun as object.     1.3 The noun is the object of the prepositional phrase.     1.1. The noun as subject. A nouns is used as the subject of a sentence. Ex.  a. Birds fly. "Birds" is a noun. It is the subject of the sentence. b. Karl is holding a pen. "Karl" is the noun and it is the subject of the sentence.   1.2. The noun as object. Nouns that  received the action of the subject. The  subject   does the action. Action happens to the  object . We use a  noun  for both the  subject  and the  object  in a sentence. An object can be a  single-word noun   (e.g., dog, goldfish, man), a pronoun (e.g., her, it, him), a noun phrase (e.g., the doggy in window, to eat our goldfish, a man about town). An  object  in a sentence is always a  noun . An  object  in a sentence does nothing. The action happens to the  object . Ex.  Bob drives a truck. She gave  a gift. We  need   a big

 Use of singular and plural forms of nouns First of all,  What is a noun? It is a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common noun), or to name a particular one of these (proper noun). Practice of Nouns Practice 2 Pluralizing Nouns The plural form   of a noun is the form a noun takes when it refers to more than one item.  For example,  apple  is singular while  apples  is plural.  In the English language, there are many rules and exceptions for pluralizing nouns.  The most common way to pluralize a noun is to add - s  to the end.  girl – girls tree – trees the Walker family – the Walkers When a noun ends in -ss, -x, -ch, -sh, or -z, pluralize it by adding -es to the end. box – boxes ditch – ditches business – businesses the Jones family – the Joneses the Pérez family – the Pérezes The most common way to pluralize a noun ending in - o  is by adding - es  to the end. tomato – tomatoes hero – heroes echo – echoes Some nouns ending in - o  are pluralized by ad

 TOPICS: 1. Use of singular and plural forms of nouns 2. Nouns in different positions in the sentence 3. The use of quantifiable and unquantifiable nouns.   4. The use of articles 5. Quantifying expressions 6. Possessive nouns 7. Units of measurement with nouns GENERAL OBJECTIVE: Dominate the use of nouns and pronouns with their quantifying expressions and articles in oral and written form. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE: Recognizes the nouns in their forms and positions. Verse for the module Use of singular and plural forms of nouns

Time Clauses—Before, After, When They are subordinate clauses that describe when an action occurs.   * Subordinate clause or independent clause is a clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.  Adverb clauses of time cannot stand on their own and must be attached to an independent clause. WHY? because it does not express a complete thought.  *In grammar, a clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a verb.  EXAMPLES WITH WHEN:  He was talking on the phone when I arrived. When she called, he had already eaten lunch. I washed the dishes when my daughter fell asleep. EXAMPLES WITH AFTER: We will finish after he comes. She ate after I (had) left. EXAMPLES WITH BEFORE: We will finish before he arrives. She (had) left before I telephoned. IT IS FORM BY TWO CLAUSES A MAIN CLAUSE:  It is a complete sentence. Example: I ate breakfast.   A TIME CLAUSE:    It is an incomplete sentence. It must be connected to a main clause. Example:  Before I went to class.   Str