Question

A. Underline the uncountable nouns in these sentences and write 1, 2 or 3 depending on
which rule applies to each of them.
1. There is a grain of truth in what he says.rule 2
2. Experience is a good teacher
3. Their family has been in business for many years.
4. It is difficult to put out fire without an extinguisher.
5. The coming months are a period of excitement
6. Seaweed is a widely used component in shampoos these days.
7. It was a friendship that was very special and rare.
8. He received a shower of praise for his new book​

Answer 1

Uncountable Nouns

Uncountable means it's not possible to count .So below underlined words are not possible to count . Therefore they are uncountable nouns:

• 1. There is a grain of truth in what he says.
• Because the word 'truth' is an example of abstract noun.

• 2. Experience is a good teacher.
• It is an example of uncountable noun. Here the term experience is used as a abstract noun.

• 3. Their family has been in business for many years.
• Business is not only an example of uncountable noun but also it's an example of countable noun. According to the sentence 'business' is used as a uncountable noun. It's not clear how many businesses are talking off.

• 4. It is difficult to put out fire without an extinguisher.

• 5. The coming months are a period of excitement.

• 6. Seaweed is a widely used component in shampoos these days.

• 7. It was a friendship that was very special and rare.

• 8. He received a shower of praise for his new book.

Note: An Abstract Noun is the name of a quality, action or state belonging to an object.

Examples: Softness,smile,silence.

Answer 2

The uncountable nouns are underlined

1. There is a grain of truth in what he says.

2. Experience is a good teacher

3. Their family has been in business for many years.

4. It is difficult to put out fire without an extinguisher.

5. The coming months are a period of excitement.

6. Seaweed is a widely used component in shampoos these days.

7. It was a friendship that was very special and rare.

8. He received a shower of praise for his new book​.

Explanation

Uncountable noun is a word that refers to a thing or quality that can’t be counted. For example the word ‘water’ is an uncountable noun. Similarly ‘honesty’ is uncountable also. Uncountable nouns don’t have singular or plural form. It has only one form. We can use determiners such as a little, much, etc. with uncountable nouns.