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Nouns and pronouns

Thai

Nouns and pronouns

An AR classroom game for Grade 4. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 6 questions in an interactive multiple choice activity.

Curriculum indicatorท 4.1 ป.4/1

A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

  1. Which word is a common noun?

    • โรงเรียน (rong-rian)
    • โรงเรียนวัดใหม่ (Wat Mai School)
    • สมชาย (Somchai - a man's name)
    Read the explanation

    A common noun names a kind of thing, not one particular one.

  2. Which word is a proper noun?

    • แม่น้ำสายใหญ่ (a big river)
    • แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา (the Chao Phraya River)
    • โรงเรียนประถม (a primary school)
    Read the explanation

    A proper noun names one particular thing and no other.

  3. Which word is a collective noun?

    • ช้าง (chang - elephant)
    • ป่า (paa - forest)
    • ฝูง (fung - flock)
    Read the explanation

    A collective noun names a group taken together.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Tells apart the kinds of noun (common, proper, collective, classifier) and picks the right classifier for elephants and books. Tagged ท 4.1 ป.4/1, though the content is closer to ท 4.1 ป.4/2, kinds of word.

What's in the worksheet

6 questions, multiple choice with three options each - The common noun is โรงเรียน (distractors: โรงเรียนวัดใหม่ and สมชาย) - The proper noun is แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา - The collective noun is ฝูง (flock) and the classifier is ตัว - Three elephants take เชือก; three books take เล่ม

How to use it in class

A 5-minute solo check once all four kinds of noun have been taught. On questions 1 and 2, draw attention to โรงเรียน versus โรงเรียนวัดใหม่, a very clear example of a general name versus a particular one. After question 3, ask for more collective nouns such as กอง or คณะ. Note that the set has no pronouns despite its title, so teach those separately. You can link it to a class and record it in the gradebook. In English mode, question 5 mistranslates the classifier ใบ as leaves; play that item in Thai mode.

Common sticking points

- Question 3: choosing ช้าง or ป่า because they picture a herd in a forest. Ask which word names a group. - Question 5: choosing ตัว, which is common in speech. Accept that people say it, but the textbook answer is เชือก. - Question 2: choosing แม่น้ำสายใหญ่ because a big river must have a name. Point out that the option never names the river.