Nouns Test 31

Options B, C and D: The words 'take', 'road' and 'give' do not form the required meaning in the sentence. The expression is a set phrase and cannot be substituted with another word. Hence these options are wrong.

Just like 'a swarm of bees', 'a flock of sheep', we write 'a packet of cigarettes'. 'Packet' is the appropriate collective noun to complete the phrase. So, option C is correct and the others are not because they do not provide the appropriate answer.

The correct answer is Option A - collective nouns. Words such as team, flock, fleet etc are collective nouns because they refer to a large number of people or things taken together.
Option B is incorrect because concrete nouns refer to people or things that can be experienced with the five senses.
Option C is incorrect because uncountable nouns refer to things that cannot be counted.
Option D is incorrect because proper nouns refer to people or things that are specific or unique.

 Group of cattle is called as herd of cattle.

Look, Mother; James has brought you a 'bunch' of flowers.
It goes without saying that nobody is going to present a branch, bush, bucket or growth of flowers, unless the situation is extremely comical. 'Bunch' is a collective noun used to refer to things such as 'flowers' or 'keys.'
So, option C is correct and the other options are not because they do not provide the correct answer.

Countable nouns refer to things that can be counted, and have a singular and plural form, like apple/apples. Uncountable nouns refer to things that cannot be counted, they do not have a plural form, for example: rice, milk. From the given options, A is correct as 'alphabet' refers to a set of letters of a language. The plural of alphabet is alphabets and it's a countable noun. Option B is incorrect because the noun is not an uncountable, it can be modified by a number, hence it's countable. Option C is incorrect because the question asks for nouns to be picked out, and 'he' is a pronoun. Option D is incorrect because 'he' is not a noun, so it can't be countable or uncountable and 'alphabet' is a countable, and not an uncountable noun.

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.