Question

Pick out the countable and uncountable nouns from the following sentence:

Kamala Das is good at poetry.

• A. Kamala Das, poetry - Countable
• B. Kamala Das, poetry - Uncountable
  
• C. Kamala Das - Countable, poetry - Uncountable
• D. Kamala Das - Uncountable, poetry - Countable

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Kamala Das, poetry - Uncountable

Proper nouns refer to a specific person, place or thing and hence cannot be counted. Kamala Das is a proper noun, hence it's uncountable. Poetry is the art of writing in rhythm, it's an abstract noun. Most of the abstract nouns are uncountable, poetry being one of them. Hence option B is correct, and option A is incorrect as these nouns cannot be counted, there can't be two Kamala Das or two poetry. Option C is incorrect because Kamala Das is an uncountable noun, it's a specific name of a person and cannot be modified by a number or quantifier. Similarly, Option D is incorrect as poetry cannot be counted, hence it's not a countable noun.