Question

In the following sentence, a word has been italicized. To what category of noun does it belong?
The elephant has great strength.
A) Concrete noun / Uncountable noun
B) Abstract noun / Countable noun
C) Abstract noun / Uncountable noun
D) Concrete noun / Countable noun

Answer 1

Hint:Nouns come in a lot of different shapes and sizes. The major ones are common nouns, proper nouns, abstract nouns, and collective nouns.

Complete answer:
The meaning of strength is ‘the quality or state of being physically strong or power’ and here we have to identify whether the italicized word strength is what type of noun is concrete noun or uncountable noun or countable noun.

Option A) Concrete noun / Uncountable noun – is an incorrect answer because concrete nouns are something that can be perceived with the five senses. For example: Dog is something that one can see, hear, touch and smell and uncountable nouns are those nouns that cannot be counted i.e. salt, seafood, luggage and advice. So, strength is something that is not concrete but strength is an uncountable noun. We want that both the options should satisfy the condition. So, this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) Abstract noun / Countable noun – is an incorrect answer because abstract noun are those nouns that are intangible i.e. love, creativity, hate and etc. and countable nouns are those nouns that can be counted such as three books, pens table, apple and etc. So, strength is an abstract noun but not countable noun because we cannot count strength. Thus, this is an incorrect answer

Option C) Abstract noun / Uncountable noun – is the correct answer because abstract noun are those nouns that are intangible i.e. love, creativity, hate and etc. and uncountable nouns are those nouns that cannot be counted i.e. salt, seafood, luggage and advice. So, strength is something that is abstract i.e. intangible and uncountable noun i.e. we cannot count in numbers. Thus, strength is both an abstract and uncountable noun and this is the correct answer.

Option D) Concrete noun / Countable noun – is an incorrect answer because concrete nouns are something that can be perceived with the five senses. For example: Dog is something that one can see, hear, touch and smell and countable nouns are those nouns that can be counted such as three books, pens table, apple and etc. So, strength is not a concrete noun and countable noun. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note: Option C is the most appropriate answer as compared to any other option because the italicized word strength is something that cannot be counted and but this is an intangible thing that one can perceive and abstract nouns are sometimes uncountable nouns also. Thus, strength is an abstract noun and uncountable noun.