Different types of noun. Functional Grammar . Group 5. w4

Mass nouns denote something occurring in the form of discrete entities which can be counted.

• True

• False

What kind of noun do the following word belong to?

Luggage, furniture, homework, equipment

• 1. Count noun

• Mass noun

• 1. Both a&b

The difference between mass noun and count noun in based on……….

(a)  

1. Nouns in English can be classified as ……... nouns and mass nouns

(a)  

1. Which words are count nouns?

2. Food, furniture,chair, air, apple, advice, blood, friend

• 1. Food, furniture,chair

• 1. air, apple, advice

• 1. advice, blood, friend

• apple, friend, chair

Few nouns are clearly either count or mass in the contexts in which they are most frequently used.

• True

• False

The word “work” in this sentence functions as (a)   noun. 

"Hard work pays off in the long run."

(a)   is a noun that describes a group of things or people as a unit.

A big class of nouns have only plural forms.

• True

• False

 The use of plural pronouns and plural Finites in written English is generally avoided.

• True

• False