Questões de Concurso sobre Substantivos contáveis e incontáveis | Countable and uncountable

Analyze the following sentences below about the excerpt “Most people get a gold watch when they retire”.

I. “Watch” is an uncountable noun.

II. “Gold” is an adjective.

III. If it was not preceded by “gold,” “watch” should be used with the article “an”.

Which ones are correct?

A wrongly pluralised English uncountable noun can be found in alternative:

Decide whether the bold nouns in the sentences below are COUNTABLE (C) or UNCOUNTABLE (U).

( ) That building is a piece of art! It’s made mainly of glass.

( ) Can you please hand me those clothes?

( ) I have so much work to do today, I’m already tired.

( ) Have you noticed how many new butters are available at the store?

( ) You know I love coffee!

The correct order of filling the parentheses, from top to bottom, is:

Analyze the propositions and select the wrong alter-native:

I- ‘many things’ (l. 6) is a countable example;

II- ‘something’ (l.9) can be also, used to offer something to somebody.

III- In the sentence ‘In this world, I love several things.’ ‘several’ (l.20) is uncountable.

Select the alternative that presents an uncountable noun:

Which noun does not have the correct definition? Choose the incorrect answer:

Regarding the item “pluralisation of nouns”, which of the alternatives shows an uncountable word incorrectly used in the plural form?

Assinale a alternativa em que todas as palavras são uncountable nouns:

Para as questões de números 21 a 24, assinale a alternativa que contém a palavra que melhor completa a lacuna numerada no texto, mantendo a coerência do sentido e a norma padrão da língua inglesa.

Fill out the gaps in the sentences below with one of the following words: much / many / few / little.

1. I shouldn’t have ___ sugar… Sweets are bad for my health.

2. There are too ___ cookies, they won’t all fit in the jar.

3. Only a ___ people came, it was a very small event.

4. It was just an hour! They did a lot in the ___ time they had.

Mark the alternative that fills out, correctly and respectively, the gaps in the sentences above.

The word “information” (last sentence of the second paragraph of text 10A2) is an uncountable noun. Choose the option that correctly presents another uncountable noun.

In the comic below we see a conversation between a person’s internal organs:

In the last part, the bowel says “Very funny. I’ll be back in a few minutes”. Which of the explanations below correctly justifies the use of “few”?

Some uncountable nouns, in certain contexts, particularly in spoken language, are used as countable. Check the item that CORRECTLY displays this use:

Analise as sentenças a seguir.

1. Ferrari is ______ car. It costs US$ 17,7 million (expensive).

2. No, Bugatti La Voiture Noire Is ______ Ferrari. It costs US$ 18,7 million (expensive).

Assinale a alternativa que preencha correta e respectivamente as lacunas.

The word “information” is an uncountable noun.

Read the paragraph below.

Slavery still exists. The United Nations says about 50 million people are enslaved today. They are in forced labour or marriages. The U.N. said one in 150 people in the world is enslaved. This number increased by 20 per cent in the past few years. It is growing because of coronavirus, climate change, and the cost of living crisis. These have made many people poor. They can only survive by working in terrible conditions having an unwanted marriage.

Adapted from: https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2209/220915- modern-slavery-1.html

Choose the option which defines the underlined nouns as U (uncountable) or C (countable).

Regarding countable and uncountable nouns, in relation to the underlined words, number the 2nd column according to the 1st column, then check the item that presents the CORRECT sequence:

(1) Countable.

(2) Uncountable.

( ) The children are playing at the park.

( ) Hot water is always good for sore muscles.

( ) Our research is going to be groundbreaking, I bet.

( ) My heart is set on this, I can’t change it.

Há algumas situações em que uncountable nouns são usados como countable nouns na língua inglesa, por conta da língua falada e coloquial, sendo flexionados para o plural (-s). Assinalar a alternativa que demonstra esse uso:

Consider the excerpt below:

John went to the supermarket in the neighboring town to buy the following items: apple, potato , onion , orange, watermelon and grape.

Of the underlined words, how many are countable nouns?

Which noun does not have the correct definition? Choose the INCORRECT answer.