Noun Test 31

The correct answer is option A.

In grammar, when we refer to something that exists in numbers of 'two' for e.g legs and trousers, ears and earrings, glasses or spectacles, we use the word 'pair' to indicate that they are singular in number but two of them make one item. So, the correct answer is option D) a pair of spectacles where the word 'spectacles' indicates that there are two i.e one for each eye but together they make one item so they are referred to as 'a' pair. Since the subject is 'pair' which is singular, we use the phrase 'a pair'. 

'Hair', as a noun, is generally a non-countable noun and therefore has no plural form. Has is used alongside the pronouns he/she/it/who and with singular nouns. Since 'hair' is singular in this particular sentence, option A is the correct answer.

Concrete nouns are physical objects, or people that can be perceived by at least one of our five senses: sight, touch, smell, taste, hearing. Abstract nouns are the opposite, they're ideas, concepts, states of being that cannot be perceived by any of our senses. In the sentence, 'way' is a manner or mode that leads to 'death'. Hence, it's an abstract noun as it cannot be perceived by even one of our senses. Similarly, 'death' is a state of being dead, it's an abstract noun. Hence option A is correct. Option B is incorrect because 'smoking' is a gerund (verbs that have -ing ending but perform the role of a noun) in the given sentence, and gerunds are considered to be abstract nouns and 'way' is not a physical path, but a manner that leads to death. Option C is incorrect because 'smoking' is not an abstract noun. Option D is incorrect because, firstly, 'smoking' is not a noun. Secondly, 'way' and 'death' are not concrete nouns, you can't see or touch a way, nor can you see or touch death, they're abstract nouns.

'Truth' is an abstract noun as it is a quality which is not tangible means cant be touched.

Much and many are closely related words. The main difference is that 'many' is used when the noun is countable and 'much' is used when the noun is uncountable. The sentence 'There aren't few people in the park today' means that there are many people in the park today. It is unusual to say that there are not 'few' people in a park. So, option B) Few is not the correct answer. 'Less' is usually used for singular mass nouns. Hence, option D) Less is not the right answer. 

In the given sentence 'fast' is used as a noun to refer to a period during which you do not eat food, especially for religious or health reasons.

Abstract nouns are words that name things that are not concrete. Your five physical senses cannot detect an abstract noun  things like ideas, concepts, feelings, and traits.

The name given to every person or thing of the same class or kind is a common noun. The name given to a quality, action or state considered apart from the object to which it belongs, is an abstract noun.

The name of some particular person, place or thing is a proper noun. The name given to every person or thing of the same class orkind is a common noun.