Count and Non-Count Nouns 6th Grade ELA

Count Nouns A count noun is something we can count. It has a singular form and a plural form.

Car/Cars Book/Books Apple/Apples Horse/Horses Child/Children

Count Nouns A singular count noun must have a determiner (or a helping word). a, an, the, this, that, my

Non-Count Nouns A non-count noun is something we don’t count. It does not have a plural form.

Bread Rice Furniture Cereal Traffic

Non-Count Nouns We use quantifiers before non-count nouns: some fruit a slice of bread a lot of homework a little information

Count Nouns Crayon Eggshell Allergy Type Desert Desktop Robot Category Bunny Element Rocket Frequency Eggshell Type Desktop Category Compound Median Range

Non-Count Nouns Grass Fabric Milk Furniture Data Strength Lotion Warmth Water Bread Traffic cereal Fabric Furniture Strength Participation Poetry Comprehension First aid Lab safety

Extra-Credit: Noun Alphabet Create an alphabet of nouns Think of one noun for each letter of the alphabet 10 must be non-count nouns Make your Count Nouns one color and your Non-Count Nouns a different color Include pictures to make it awesome!

Noun Alphabet A – Apple - Count B – Banana - Count C – Cat - Count D – Data- Non-Count E – Elephant – Count F – Furniture – Non-Count

Score Sheet How many points can I get? List on paper with pics = 10 points Alphabet book = 30 points Electronic alphabet (slideshow, Smore, etc.) = 50 points Electronic alphabet on Google Classroom = 60 points