III. In the following sentences say whether the highlighted nouns are countable
or uncountable.
a) Joyti apologised for her rudeness.
b) There are ten apples in the basket.
c) I need some sugar in my coffee.
d) Water is essential for life.
e) We should be kind towards the poor.
f) I have a dog which I want to sell.
g) The sky is full of stars today.
h) We will be taking four boxes of chocolates.
i) Success is not the key to happiness.
j) I like rice with my chicken curry.
IV. Choose the correct nouns from those given in the brackets and fill in the
blanks.
a) He shifted all his ____________ (furniture/furnitures) to his new house.
b) He gave the shopkeeper a hundred ____________ (rupee/rupees) note.
c) The old man cannot see without his ____________ (spectacle/spectacles).
d) I cut the string with a pair of ____________ (scissor/scissors).
e) The (cattle/cattles) ____________ are grazing in the field.
f) I have got some ____________ (dollars/dollar).
g) This (new/news) ____________ is very important.
h) I haven’t had much ____________ (rices/rice).
i) I like to hear different kinds of ____________ (musics/music).
j) There are three ____________ (peoples/people) here.
Answers
Answer:
a) rudeness- uncountable
b) basket countable
c) sugar uncountable
d) water uncountable
e) poor uncountable
f) dog countable
g) sky uncountable
h) chocolate countable
i) happiness uncountable
j)rice uncountable
blanks
a)furniture
b) rupee
c) spectacle
d) scissor
e) cattle
f) dollar
g) news
h) rice
i) music
j) people
Answer:
a) Joyti apologised for her (rudeness.) uncountable noun
b) There are ten (apples) in the basket. countable noun
c) I need some sugar in my coffee. uncountable noun
d) Water is essential for life. uncountable noun
e) We should be kind towards the poor. uncountable noun
f) I have a dog which I want to sell. countable noun
g) The sky is full of stars today. uncountable noun
h) We will be taking four boxes of chocolates. countable noun
i) Success is not the key to happiness. uncountable noun
j) I like rice with my chicken curry. uncountable noun
IV. Choose the correct nouns from those given in the brackets and fill in the
blanks.
a) He shifted all his _____furniture_______ (furniture/furnitures) to his new house.
b) He gave the shopkeeper a hundred _______rupee_____ (rupee/rupees) note.
c) The old man cannot see without his _______spectacles_____ (spectacle/spectacles).
d) I cut the string with a pair of _____scissor_______ (scissor/scissors).
e) The (cattle/cattles) ____cattle________ are grazing in the field.
f) I have got some ______dollars______ (dollars/dollar).
g) This (new/news) _______news_____ is very important.
h) I haven’t had much ____rice________ (rices/rice).
i) I like to hear different kinds of __music__________ (musics/music).
j) There are three _____people_______ (peoples/people) here.
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