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Exercise 1

Purpose: This exercise gives you practice in recognizing the reason why certain nouns should be uncountable.

Instructions: In this exercise, you are asked to assign the uncountable noun (highlighted in yellow) to one of the six classes of uncountable nouns:

  1. mass
  2. collective
  3. abstract
  4. processes and actions
  5. field of study
  6. diseases & medical conditions
Choose the best alternative from the list of uncountable noun classes, and then press the "CHECK" button to receive feedback on your choice.

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Estimated time: 20 minutes.

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