Countable vs. uncountable nouns | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 |

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FOCUS: Countable or uncountable?
Use the corpus to solve the following exercises:

1) Which of the following have been used as countable nouns in the corpus? "mud", "care", "feast", "homework" (Search hint: search for the nouns preceded by the indefinite article or their plural forms.)
"care" and "homework"
"mud" and "homework"
"care" and "feast"

2) Which of the following have been used as uncountable nouns in the corpus? "beetle", "honesty", "party", "work"
"beetle" and "work"
"honesty" and "work"
"party" and "honesty"

3) Which of the following have been used both as countable and uncountable nouns in the corpus? "fruit", "money", "information", "answer"
"fruit" and "money"
"information" and "answer"
"information" and "fruit"

4) Search for "glass" in the corpus; which of the following statements is true?
as an uncountable noun "glass" has the meaning of "spectacles"
as a countable noun "glass" has the meaning of "drinking vessel"
an an uncountable noun "glass" has the meaning of "drinking vessel"

5) Search for "paper" in the corpus; which of the following statements is true?
as an uncountable noun "paper" can have the meaning of "newspaper"
as a countable noun "paper" can have the meaning of "newspaper"
an a countable noun "paper" can have the meaning of "substance made from cellulose"

6) Search for "a piece of" (sort concordance by right word); which of the following nouns immediately follow the expression?
"cake" and "book"
"cake" and "poetry"
"fence" and "cake"

7) Has the plural form of "bread" ever been used in the corpus?
no
yes
yes, but only when referring to money

8) Search for "many" (sort concordance by right word) which of the following nouns immediately follow "many"?
"things" and "money"
"mothers" and "investigations"
"advantages" and "thanks"


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