Below are the answers for the practice lesson on uncountable nouns. If you have not completed this lesson, please do it before looking at the answers. To view the lesson, click here: Uncountable Noun Practice Lesson
I’ve also put a link to a list of Uncountable Nouns under the answer key below.
Answers
- Luck plays
- The word “lucky” is an adjective, not a noun. The word luck is uncountable and is never plural. With uncountable nouns the verb is always third person singular, which means you need an “s” (play =plays)
- advice
- This is uncountable.
- courage
- This is uncountable.
- Economics plays
- The noun is “economics”. The “s” is part of the noun and does not create a plural noun. “Economics” is a singular, uncountable noun but it is irregular because it contains an “s”. The other noun form is “economy” and that is countable. The word “economic” is an adjective. The other adjective is “economical”. As you see, this word can take different forms.
- wisdom
- This is uncountable.
- employment
- This is uncountable.
- equipment
- This is uncountable.
- News is
- This is another irregular uncountable noun because it contains an “s” in the singular form.
- pollution
- This is uncountable.
- hairs
- This word is both countable and uncountable. In most cases, it is not possible to count how many hairs a person has on their head. This means it would be uncountable when referring to hair on people’s head. However, in this example, the person was almost bald. This means it was actually possible to count each individual hair. This made the noun countable. You could also see that the sentence contained the quantifier “a few” and this can only be used with countable nouns. It was a tricky question and don’t worry if you didn’t get it right. If you did get it right – well done 😊
Uncountable Word List
If you would like to learn more about uncountable nouns. See my comprehensive list, click here: Uncountable Noun List
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