grade 4 unit 3: nouns and tenses

Grade 4 Unit 3: Nouns and Tenses

Table of Contents

Introduction 2

Objectives 2

Lesson 1: Compound Nouns 3 Warm-up! 3 Learn About It! 4 Check Your Understanding 8 Let’s Step Up! 10

Lesson 2: Simple Present Tense 11 Warm-up! 11 Learn About It! 11 Check Your Understanding 14 Let’s Step Up! 15

Performance Task 16

Self-Check: How Well Did I Learn? 18

Wrap Up 18

Bibliography 20

GRADE 4 | ENGLISH

UNIT 3

Nouns and Tenses Why do you think names are important? Imagine if things were called the same way. How would you distinguish one object from another? This can only be resolved by using nouns that give identity to people, places, animals, things, events and conditions. Without nouns, it would be hard to explain something or address someone. In this unit, you will learn one interesting type of noun that is very common yet quite tricky for beginners. Remember one of your concepts in Science that when you combine two objects, a reaction will take place? Similarly, when you combine two distinctive nouns, a different noun is newly formed.

Objectives

The unit objectives should be based on the competencies given. Follow the format below. In this unit, you should be able to:

● read words, phrases, poems, or stories with compound words; and ● use simple present tense of verbs in sentences.

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Lesson 1: Compound Nouns

Do you still remember the different types of nouns? The most common nouns are the ones you can sense physically like concrete nouns or the ones that cannot be perceived by senses like abstract nouns. What do you recall about the collective nouns? In this lesson, you will learn another type of noun that has a unique structure.

Warm-up!

Check your bag and observe your classroom. Try to identify two objects which you think when their names are combined will form a new object. For example, you got a black crayon and the board. If these two are put together, you will have blackboard. Now, try to list down as many as you can. This

can be played as a group by writing the answers on the board. The team who writes the most number of correct words wins the game. Remember these two separate objects must be available in the classroom, but not necessarily true for the newly formed word.


Learn About It!

Take a look at the word below.

basketball The word basketball is an example of a compound word. The word basketball is noun made up of two words. Therefore, it is called a compound noun. The first part of a compound noun usually tells what kind or for what purpose the thing or person is, while the second part names the object or thing.


There are three types of compound words:

1. Closed Compound Words Closed Compound Words are compound words that are combined with no space in between two words. Here are some examples of closed compound words:

Examples

airport keyboard textbook

basketball lifeguard volleyball

doorbell moonlight watercolor

earthworm notebook zookeeper

firefighter pancake bedroom

icebox rainbow seafood

Examples

1. The lifeguard is the hero of the day when he saved a drowning dog. 2. My grandmother loses her voice whenever she eats seafood and we think she is

allergic to it. 3. One common dream among young children is to become firefighters someday

but once they grow old, this dream has long been forgotten.


2. Open Compound Words Open Compound Words are compound words that are combined with a space in between two words. Here are some examples of open compound words:

Examples

air pump light bulb living room

disk drive post office vacuum cleaner

high school role play grade school

ice cream school year killer whale

junk food theme park bread knife

Examples

1. Before usb, people used to save data in a disk drive. 2. Every country has its own post office even though there is email nowadays. 3. Junk food is prohibited in school cafeteria.

Be careful in confusing compound words with a phrase. The most common compound words are usually closed compound words.

bluebird – a kind of bird blue bird – a bird that is blue (blue functions as an adjective)


3. Hyphenated Compound Words Hyphenated Compound Words are compound words that are combined with the use of a hyphen (-). Here are some examples of hyphenated compound words:

Examples

brother-in-law master-at-arms tip-off

merry-go-round self-service mother-in-law

editor-in-chief commander-in-chief runner-up

Examples

1. Dealing with mother-in-law is a hurdle that married women must overcome. 2. The president of the Philippines has two major functions and these are

executive chief and commander-in-chief. 3. Life isn’t about merry-go-round; there would be bumpy roads along the way

that you must pass through to become a mature person.


Check Your Understanding Choose the word that makes the noun a compound noun. Write the word on the blank.

1. sun___________ (a. shine b. shift c. blind) 2. child___________ (a. dom b. three c. hood) 3. check_________ (a. ful b. list c. able) 4. toe__________ (a. nail b. dime c. foot) 5. fire________ (a. safety b. truck c. filled)

Complete the sentence with the correctly spelled compound word based on the corresponding picture on the right side as a clue.

A. It was first time Andrew and Jerome were taking the MRT train without their mothers. They squealed in delight as they swung gleefully on the _________________.

B. Peter groaned in agony as the doctor examined him. He regretted gorging on several ____________ and pastries that night before. C. As he stopped at the ____________ junction, Louie turned round to look behind.


D. I patiently took out some diamond bracelets and __________ for the couple to look at. E. I feel safer that our car has a _____________ for the baby.

Write a sentence using the following images that will form a compound noun.

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Let’s Step Up!


Lesson 2: Simple Present Tense

There are many things that happen around us everyday. We often go through our daily tasks, talk about how we do things every time, and explain natural and general occurrences. In this lesson, we will learn how to correctly indicate our actions and explain general conditions and routines based on current time expressions.

Warm-up!

Time Machine!

If you were given a chance to travel at a certain point in time using a time machine, what place would you want to see? Is it the past or the future? Explain and share your choice to your seatmate. Be ready to express your viewpoint to the whole class.

Learn About It!

Every sentence has a subject and a predicate. The subject tells what the sentence is about. The predicate consists of the verb that tells what the subject does in the sentence. The subject can be singular which means one. The subject can also be plural which means more than one person, animal, or thing.


S V I dance to start my day full of energy.

S V Brando and Jeffrey help one another to win.

S V She walks far to attend her classes.

In the first example, the subject, I, dance to start the day. In the second example, the subject, Brando and Jeffrey, help each other to win. In the last example, the subject, she, walks to attend her class. Notice that the verbs agree with their subjects in number. One of the most common tenses of the verb is the simple present tense. The Simple Present Tense shows habits, unchanging or permanent situations, and general truths. To form the simple present tense, just use the base form of the verb or add

-es or -s. If the verb ends in a consonant and y, change y to i and add “-es”. Always remember to check the subject-verb agreement when using the simple present tense. Do not add “-es” or “-s” to the verb when the subject is plural.


The following time markers are often used with the simple present tense:

always everyday every week

every month every year

Alicia brushes her teeth every morning. In this example, the sentence explains a habitual action. This sentence shows that the subject Alicia does the action of brushing her teeth every morning of every day. The verb brushes should be in the simple present tense.

Plants grow in soil. This example shows a general truth. It is true that plants grow in soil. Therefore the verb should be in the simple present tense.

Regina always studies her lessons. In this example, the situation in the sentence shows a habitual action as the time expression suggests. This means that the verb should be in the simple present tense.


Check Your Understanding Change the verb in the parenthesis to its correct form.

1. Ranie ___________ (drive) a Toyota. 2. Toni never _________ (help) me around the house. 3. The team _________ (try) to win the championship. 4. Three little pigs ___________ (run) around the pen. 5. The pens _________(be) mine.

Write a complete sentence using the following verbs.

1. inspire 2. take 3. dance 4. teach 5. embrace

Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Make sure you use the proper

simple present tense of the verb.

What are your evening activities?: 1._________________________________________________________________ 2._________________________________________________________________ 3._________________________________________________________________ How do you make yourself feel happy? 1._________________________________________________________________


2._________________________________________________________________ 3._________________________________________________________________

What advice can you give a friend who got a low score in a recent quiz?

1._________________________________________________________________ 2._________________________________________________________________ 3._________________________________________________________________

Let’s Step Up!


Performance Task

Deal Maker or Deal Breaker ! Goal : The goal is to create a storyboard through pictures with few words for your deal maker or breaker presentation. Role: You are an aspiring creative director in one of the highly reputable advertising companies. They gave you the motivation to come up with an interesting output where you will combine words and pictures. Audience: You need to convince your boss plus the target client to give you this project. If you succeed, your promotion is highly guaranteed. Situation: The challenge involves creating an advertising campaign for children. Product/Performance and Purpose: You will create a storyboard of your concept for a television commercial with the following guidelines:

1. Choose the product that you would like to endorse for your storyboard. 2. Cut out or draw pictures that will represent your product and write a short description

for each scene. Use the simple present tense. 3. Include at least 9 compound nouns in your description. Highlight these nouns in the

storyboard. 4. Submit your storyboard on a ½ illustration board. The description/text may be

typewritten.


Standards & Criteria for Success: Your work will be judged based on the following criteria:

Criteria Beginning (1-5)

Developing (16-10)

Accomplished (11-15)

Score

Content (Focus on details/events are clearly evident; it is clearly related to the topic.)

Organization (Logical progression of details/events; clear transitions between ideas.)

Language (spelling, mechanics, grammar and usage)

Creativity ( graphics or objects used in the collage reflect an exceptional degree of student creativity in their creation and/or display)

Theme ( gives a reasonable explanation of how every item in the storyboard is related to the assigned theme or context. For most items, the relationship is clear without explanation.)

Quality of Construction (The storyboard shows considerable attention to construction. The items are neatly trimmed. All items are carefully and securely attached to the board. There are no stray marks, smudges or glue stains. Nothing is hanging over the edges.


Self-Check: How Well Did I Learn?

Do a self-check on how well you learned the lessons in this unit. Place a checkmark in the appropriate box.

Skills I think I need more

practice and assistance

I am familiar and can perform well

with minimal assistance

I am confident that I can perform this on

my own

I can read words, phrases, poems, or stories with compound words

I can use simple present tense of verbs in sentences

Wrap Up


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