Identify the uncountable noun/nouns in the given sentence:
1. During the storm, the electricity went out, leaving the entire neighbourhood in darkness until the power was restored.
a) electricity
b) storm
c) neighbourhood
d) restored
Answer: a)
2. Shelly took good care of the grandma when the mother was away.
a) Shelly
b) grandma
c) mother
d) care
Answer: d)
3. The children gathered around him to take marshmallows from him.
a) countable
b) uncountable
c) abstract
d) both a and b
Answer: d)
4. The chef added a pinch of spice to enhance the flavour of the soup.
a) countable
b) uncountable
c) abstract
d) both a and b
Answer: d)
Identify the type of noun for the highlighted word:
5. They poured petrol over the pile of rubbish and set it alight.
a) countable
b) uncountable
c) abstract
d) common
Answer: b)
6. Avoid adding table salt to your food is a healthy habit.
a) countable
b) uncountable
c) abstract
d) common
Answer: b)
7. The smell of good food causes the saliva to flow.
a) countable
b) uncountable
c) abstract
d) common
Answer: b)
8. His blood boiled at the very sight of the goon.
a) common
b) countable
c) uncountable
d) abstract
Answer: c)
9. For five years, he devoted considerable energy to his job, after which his health started deteriorating.
a) common
b) countable
c) uncountable
d) abstract
Answer: c)
10. The mud in the dried-up river bed had cracked.
a) common
b) countable
c) uncountable
d) abstract
Answer: c)
Identify the uncountable noun/nouns in the given sentence:
11. The chef added too much salt to the soup, making it almost inedible.
a) chef
b) salt
c) soup
d) inedible
Answer: b)
12. After the rain, puddles formed everywhere on the pavement.
a) rain
b) puddles
c) pavement
d) formed
Answer: a)
13. Julie’s job requires a lot of patience and understanding.
a) job
b) patience
c) requires
d) understanding
Answer: b)
14. The musician's performance was filled with passion and emotion in today’s concert.
a) musician
b) performance
c) passion
d) emotion
Answer: c)
15. John spilt coffee on his shirt just before the important meeting.
a) spilt
b) coffee
c) shirt
d) meeting
Answer: b)
16. There was a lot of traffic on the highway this morning.
a) traffic
b) highway
c) morning
d) lot
Answer: a)
17. We need more time to finish this project properly.
a) need
b) time
c) finish
d) project
Answer: b)
18. Alice enjoys listening to classical music in the evenings.
a) enjoys
b) listening
c) classical
d) music
Answer: d)
19. The teacher asked the students to bring some information about the topic for the presentation.
a) teacher
b) students
c) information
d) presentation
Answer: c)
20. The company faced a lot of criticism after the product launch.
a) company
b) criticism
c) product
d) launch
Answer: b)
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