Quantity vs. Number Mr. McCloskey

Quantity vs. Number Mr. McCloskey

Notes:

OBJECTIVES: SWBAT

Draw a distinction between nouns which are measured as quantities and nouns which are measured as numbers in order to distinguish between proper singular and plural agreement rules.

2. Enhance develop and utilize proper grammar across the curriculums.

Categorize the following words, into the correct list. Be ready to explain why you have chosen to place each word in the category to which you have placed it in.

Sugar, people, pages, water, barrels, snow, sand, air, trees, earth, coffee.

Quantity:

Number:

Which Category do we use “much” for?

Which Category do we use “many” for?

Student Notes:

Examples: There are hundreds of millions of people in America

Can they be counted?

2. Hopefully, billions of barrels of oil will come out of Alaska.

a. Can oil be counted?

b. Is our subject singular or plural?

Sand slows down most of the competitors, yet sharp hills do not.

a. Which phrase is singular?

b. Which phrase is Plural?