Noun Test 28

Countable nouns refer to things that can be counted, they have a singular and plural form, like apple/apples. Uncountable nouns are nouns that cannot be counted, and they do not have a plural form, like rice, flour, milk. In option A, 'officer' refers to a person, persons can be counted, and 'cup' can also be counted, hence they're countable nouns. Water cannot be counted, you can't say three waters or few waters, hence it's an uncountable noun and option A is thus, correct. Option B is incorrect, as 'officer' and 'cup' are not uncountable, they have a plural form officers and cups, and water cannot be counted, hence it's not a countable noun. Option C is incorrect, officer and water have been correctly identified as countable and uncountable but cup is not an uncountable noun. It's a thing that has a plural form and can be counted as two cups, three cups and so on, hence it's a countable noun. In option D, the nouns are correctly identified as countable and uncountable, but we've been asked to pick out all the nouns, 'officer' being a noun is missing from this option, hence option D is incorrect.

There are two proper nouns in this statement: Newton - the name of the scientist and 'the Law of Gravity' - the name of a law of physics. 'Law' and 'gravity' are common nouns. Out of the four options, the only correct one is 'Newton - Proper Noun'.

'Team' is a countable noun here since we can count the number of teams. 'Victorious' is an adjective and not a noun. There are no uncountable nouns in the sentence.

Common nouns are words that name general people, places, things and ideas whereas proper nouns name a specific person, place, or thing. For example, 'country' is a common noun and 'India' is a proper noun. The first letter of a proper noun is capitalized. From the given options, Option B is correct because Portuguese and India are proper nouns that name a group of people of a specific nationality and country, respectively. Option A is incorrect because Portuguese and India are both proper nouns, not common nouns. Portuguese is a proper noun that refers to people from a specific country, Portugal and India names a specific country. Option C is incorrect because India is a proper noun that names a specific country. Option D is incorrect because Portuguese is not a common noun, it's a proper noun that refers to citizens of the country Portugal.

Abstract nouns denote a quality, an idea or state, as opposed to concrete objects. Most abstract nouns are uncountable. The italicized word 'honesty' refers to the state of being honest, hence it's an abstract as well as uncountable noun and option A is thus, correct. Option B is incorrect because honesty cannot be counted, it's a state of being which is abstract in nature and cannot be measured. Option C is incorrect because concrete nouns refer to physical objects whereas honesty is not a physical object. Option D is incorrect because honesty is not a physical object, nor can it be counted.

Hence options A, B and D are incorrect.

Proper nouns refer to a specific person, place or thing and hence cannot be counted. Kamala Das is a proper noun, hence it's uncountable. Poetry is the art of writing in rhythm, it's an abstract noun. Most of the abstract nouns are uncountable, poetry being one of them. Hence option B is correct, and option A is incorrect as these nouns cannot be counted, there can't be two Kamala Das or two poetry. Option C is incorrect because Kamala Das is an uncountable noun, it's a specific name of a person and cannot be modified by a number or quantifier. Similarly, Option D is incorrect as poetry cannot be counted, hence it's not a countable noun.