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English
Quarter 2 – Module 2:

Mass Nouns and Count Nouns

Name of Learner: ___________________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________
Name of School: ___________________________
 What I Need to Know
Hello dear learners! Today we are going to unlock another lesson in
English IV. As we go on with our topic, you will learn the following:
• Classify nouns as Count nouns and Mass nouns
• Distinguish count nouns from mass nouns
Use appropriate quantifiers for mass nouns in sentences

What’s In

You already knew what nouns are, right? Nouns are names of person, animal,
place/location, thing/object and idea. Here are some examples:
books sugar school milk
trees flowers chocolates salt

What’s New
Let’s start our lesson by reading a paragraph about
a very worth remembering vacation. After reading, answer
the comprehension questions below the paragraph.

My Summer Vacation

Hello! My name is John. My family went to Zambales for our summer vacation.
We visited small group of land masses entirely surrounded by water. We rode in
a sturdy banca to one of the island. I was awed by its sheer beauty! To our
delight, we saw a lot of seashells around the clear blue water seemed to beckon
us for a swim. My brother and I lost no time in doing so. After a while, we heard
mother call. It was time for our snacks. We quickly retraced our trace back to
where we were encamped. My mother served glasses of buko juice with suman
and bibingka. But my younger brother was given a glass of milk and biscuits.
Later for our lunch, we feasted on tinola, fried fish, fruits and vegetables. On our
way back, I said a little prayer of thanks to our Lord for the wonderful islands of
the beach of Zambales.
Source: http:www.scribd.com

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 Comprehension Check: Write your answer on the space provided after the given
question.

1. Who is the boy in the story? ____________________________________

2. Where did the whole family spend their vacation? ___________________
3. What kind of water vessel did they ride to reach the islands? __________
4. What did mother serve for their snacks and lunch? __________________
5. What did John do before leaving the islands? ______________________

What is it
Look at the words inside the box, these are the words found in the paragraph.

Column A Column B
Can be counted Cannot be counted
vegetables juice
fried fish milk
island sand
fruit water
biscuits tinola

The words inside the box tell something about the things that can be counted and
the things that cannot be counted.
Column A are nouns which can be counted. We call them count nouns. Count
nouns are nouns which can be counted as one or more.

Other examples are: spoon ballpen cellphone balloons

We can always count spoon, ballpen, cellphone and balloons to determine their
numbers.

Column B are nouns which cannot be counted. We call them mass nouns. Mass
nouns are nouns which cannot be counted.

Other examples are: oil sugar hair salt soup

If there are lots of oil, sugar, hair, salt and soup, it is incorrect to say oils, sugars,
hairs, salts and soups. Generally, mass nouns cannot be pluralized. We cannot
count them unless we use quantifiers or counters. Quantifiers or counters tell us
how much or how little the mass nouns are.

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Examples are: a cup of sugar strands of hair

a teaspoon of salt a bowl of soup

The underlined words in the given examples are called quantifiers.

Some quantifiers are: much, many, lots of, a little bit of, a piece of,
a glass of, a kilo of or a pound of. Mass nouns need quantifiers or counters for
measurement.

Examples are: a kilo of flour a glass of milk

slices of cheese pieces of bread

Always remember:
• Count nouns can be counted while mass nouns cannot be counted.
• Quantifiers or counters tell us how much or how little the mass nouns are.
• Mass nouns need quantifiers or counters for measurement
• Generally, we cannot pluralize mass nouns.

Identifying count nouns and mass nouns would make us communicate our ideas
better.

What’s More

Guided Activity 1

Directions: Identify the count nouns and mass nouns. Write C if it is a count noun
and M if it is a mass noun.

___1. slippers

___2. gasoline

___3. honey

___4. Spoon

___5. Vinegar

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Guided Activity 2
Directions: Pick out the correct count nouns and mass nouns and
write them under proper heading.

Blood sand books table pencil

coffee trees oranges soy sauce cement

Count nouns Mass nouns

1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.

Guided Activity 3

Directions: Tell whether the underlined noun is a mass noun or a count noun. Write
your answer on the space provided before the number of the given sentences.

________1. The LGU has distributed one sack of rice to the

Locally Stranded Individual (LSI) during their quarantine period.
________2. Mom told me to add more flour to the dough before
baking the cookies.
________3. Each family will be given three liters of alcohol during
the lockdown.
________4. Erwin should listen to his teacher.
________5. You will need eggs for this recipe.

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 Guided Activity 4

Directions: Choose the appropriate quantifier/counter for mass nouns from the box
to complete the phrases.

handful box cup bottle

bowl jar plateful basket

1. A _____ of chocolates
2. A _____ of peanuts
3. A _____ of grapes
4. A _____ of fries
5. A _____ of water
6. A _____ of soup
7. A _____ of coffee

Independent Activity 1

Directions: Choose the appropriate mass noun and count noun to

complete the following sentences. Write your answer on the blank.

paper cake juice vinegar nails

1. Paul bought a slice of _______ for his little brother.
2. The waiter served us two glasses of _________ and a bilao meal.
3. The carpenter asked me to buy three kilos of ________ for the fence.
4. I need four sheets of _________ to finish my essay writing task.
5. Shaneirah needs three liters of _______ for her atsara recipe.

Independent Activity 2

Directions: Complete the lines of the poem with tha appropriate

Counter or quantifier. Choose the quantifier from the box.

spoonful cup kilo teaspoon can

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 Today I will bake my favorite pie.

A treat for my mother and my Aunt Sie.

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.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Answer the following questions.

1. What are count nouns?

________________________________________.
2. What are mass nouns?
________________________________________.
3. What are quantifiers/counters?
____________________________________________________.
4. Why do mass nouns need quantifiers or counters?
____________________________________________________.
5. Why do we need to distinguish mass nouns from count nouns?
____________________________________________________.

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 What I Can Do
Directions: Identify the count nouns and mass nouns on the
given recipe. Write your answer on its proper column.

BANANA TURON RECIPE

10 pieces banana (saba)

1 cup sugar
1 liter cooking oil
15 pieces lumpia wrapper
5 pandan leaves
3 cups water
1 tablespoon margarine

Count nouns Mass nouns

____________________ ___________________
____________________ ___________________
____________________ ____________________
____________________ ____________________

Assessment
Directions: Encircle the mass nouns and box the count nouns in
in the sentences.
1. Teacher Shane loves to drink tea every day.
2. These candies are very sweet.
3. There are fifty-two chairs inside the classroom.
4. Adrian donates blood to the Red Cross every year.
5. Sabina has five books in her bag.

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References:

Source: Grace U. Rabelas et al., K-12 Learner’s Material in English 4. (Meralco Avenue,
Pasig City, Philippines: Department of Education, 2015)

Source: entjinr, Count and Mass Noun, www.scribd.com last modified December 27, 2012

Development Team

Writer: Shane G. Artesano

Buayan Elementary School
Editors/QA: Cheryl B. Velasco
Mardie A. Acotanza
Reviewer:
Evelyn F. Importante
OIC-CID Chief EPS
Illustrator:
Layout Artist:
Management Team:
Raymond M. Salvador
OIC-Assistant SDS

Jerry C. Bokingkito
OIC-Assistant SDS

Jeanelyn A. Aleman, CESE

OIC-Schools Division Superintendent

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 I Am a Filipino
by Carlos P. Romulo

I am a Filipino–inheritor of a glorious past, hostage to the uncertain future. As such

I must prove equal to a two-fold task–the task of meeting my responsibility to the
past, and the task of performing my obligation to the future.

I sprung from a hardy race, child many generations removed of ancient Malayan
pioneers. Across the centuries the memory comes rushing back to me: of brown-
skinned men putting out to sea in ships that were as frail as their hearts were stout.
Over the sea I see them come, borne upon the billowing wave and the whistling
wind, carried upon the mighty swell of hope– hope in the free abundance of new land
that was to be their home and their children’s forever.

I am a Filipino. In my blood runs the immortal seed of heroes–seed that flowered

down the centuries in deeds of courage and defiance. In my veins yet pulses the
same hot blood that sent Lapulapu to battle against the first invader of this land, that
nerved Lakandula in the combat against the alien foe, that drove Diego Silang and
Dagohoy into rebellion against the foreign oppressor.

The seed I bear within me is an immortal seed. It is the mark of my manhood, the
symbol of dignity as a human being. Like the seeds that were once buried in the
tomb of Tutankhamen many thousand years ago, it shall grow and flower and bear
fruit again. It is the insignia of my race, and my generation is but a stage in the
unending search of my people for freedom and happiness.

I am a Filipino, child of the marriage of the East and the West. The East, with its
languor and mysticism, its passivity and endurance, was my mother, and my sire
was the West that came thundering across the seas with the Cross and Sword and
the Machine. I am of the East, an eager participant in its spirit, and in its struggles
for liberation from the imperialist yoke. But I also know that the East must awake
from its centuried sleep, shake off the lethargy that has bound his limbs, and start
moving where destiny awaits.

I am a Filipino, and this is my inheritance. What pledge shall I give that I may prove
worthy of my inheritance? I shall give the pledge that has come ringing down the
corridors of the centuries, and it shall be compounded of the joyous cries of my
Malayan forebears when first they saw the contours of this land loom before their
eyes, of the battle cries that have resounded in every field of combat from Mactan to
Tirad Pass, of the voices of my people when they sing:

“I am a Filipino born to freedom, and I shall not rest until freedom shall have been
added unto my inheritance—for myself and my children and my children’s
children—forever.”

(Reprinted from The Philippines Herald, August 16, 1941)