Top 20, Great Grammar for Great Writing, First Edition Teaching Notes

semantically connected where one is count and the other is noncount. Examples are agame – tennis and a fact – information.In Exercise 4, students underline twenty-nine nouns in the paragraph. They must identifythe seventeen count nouns and the twelve noncount nouns.3.2.1 compares count and noncount nouns. The charts that follow may help somelearners solidify their understanding of this grammatical concept.In Exercise 5, students underline the correct count or noncount form of the nouns. Thefirst half is about scientific research; the second half is about South American exports.Exercise 6 continues with the same type of activity.Exercise 7 and Exercise 8 push students by having them check off all possible forms.Again, this kind of activity may be especially beneficial to visual or systematic learners.In Exercise 9, students have to use all of the information in this chapter to edit the twelveerrors.Exercise 10 is a short review multiple-choice exercise. Exercise 11 is an opportunity forstudents to do original writing that demonstrates their mastery of the material in thischapter. Students must write on the assigned topic while using a series of designatedexpressions such as a lot of, many, a few, etc.2