Work in Pairs and Decide Whether the Following Are Countable Singular (Cs), Countable Plural (Cp) Or Uncountable (Uc). Write the Symbols Under Each Circle. One Has Been Done as an Example - English Communicative

Question

Work in pairs and decide whether the following are countable singular (cs), countable plural (cp) or uncountable (uc). Write the symbols under each circle. One has been done as an example

Feet - CP	person -	news -	oxen -
tooth -	coffee -	knife -	boxes -
goose -	gentlement -	oil -	furmiture -

Answer in Brief

Solution

Feet - CP	person - CS	news - CS	oxen - CP
tooth - CS	coffee - UC	knife - CS	boxes - CP
goose - CS	gentlement - CP	oil - US	furmiture - US

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Subject - Verb Agreement

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Chapter 3: Subject - Verb Agreement - Exercise A [Page 43]

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CBSE English Communicative Workbook Interact in English [English] Class 10

Chapter 3 Subject - Verb Agreement
Exercise A | Q 4 | Page 43

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Verbs - singular or plural

Look at the following two sentences. Which one is correct?

a) The jury were divided in their opinion.
b) The jury was unanimous in their decision.

Jury is a collective noun. Whenever there is a sense of unity, we use singular
verb with collective nouns but when it is used in the sense of separation, we use
plural verb with them, so both are correct in different situations.

Here are some more such words.

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Club	Subject
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1 + 1 = 2	.....................................

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