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This afternoon we baked two cakes.In the first sentence cake is an uncountable noun, and in the second sentence cakes isa countable noun.Similarly, life is used as an uncountable noun when referring to life as an abstractconcept, but is used as a countable noun when referring to individual lives.e.g. Life is full of surprises.It was feared that two lives had been lost.In the first sentence life is an uncountable noun, and in the second sentence lives is acountable noun.b. Referring to a type of somethingAn uncountable noun can be used as countable noun when it refers to a type ofsomething.e.g. He has an honesty which is rare nowadays.The wheats of Canada differ from those of India.In the first sentence, the usually uncountable noun honesty is used with an as acountable noun to refer to a type of honesty. In the second sentence, the usuallyuncountable noun wheat is used as a countable noun in the plural to refer to types ofwheat.c. Referring to places used for specific activitiesA few nouns referring to places used for specific activities can be either countable oruncountable. These nouns are used as uncountable nouns when referri ng to places aslocations where specific activities are carried out, but are used as countable nounswhen referring to the places as objects. In the following pairs of sentences, the wordsbed and church are used first as uncountable nouns, and then as countable nouns.e.g. Because I was tired, I stayed in bed.Please help me to move the bed.She goes to church.She likes to photograph churches.In the first pair of sentences, stayed in bed refers to the activity of resting in bed;whereas move the bed refers to a bed as an object. In the second pair of sentences,goes to church refers to the activity of taking part in church services; whereas likes tophotograph churches refers to churches as objects.Nouns which are used in this way include:bedchurchcollegecourthomehospitalprisonschoolseatownuniversityd. Names of mealsSimilarly, the word television and the names of meals such as breakfast, lunch, dinnerand supper are used as uncountable nouns when it is desired to emphasize the activitybeing carried out.