Chapter 9

Classify the italicized nouns in the following.

It took ages for the police to arrive, but they finally turned up.
1. uncountable
2. countable, singular
3. countable, plural
Phonetics can be defined as the study of speech sounds
1. uncountable
2. countable, singular
3. countable, plural
Money does not bring happiness.
1. uncountable
2. countable, singular
3. countable, plural
His experience had clearly been a painful one.
1. uncountable
2. countable, singular
3. countable, plural
The news must have come as a terrible shock.
1. uncountable
2. countable, singular
3. countable, plural
Add some honey to your Greek yoghurt.
1. uncountable
2. countable, singular
3. countable, pluralcountable, plural
Long trousers must be worn in this cocktail bar – no shorts!
1. uncountable
2. countable, singular
3. countable, plural
People say that cats have nine lives.
1. uncountable
2. countable, singular
3. countable, plural
Their marriage broke down after the children left home.
1. uncountable
2. countable, singular
3. countable, plural