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Grain - non-count noun

Grain - non-count noun

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6th - 10th Grade

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Catherine McCaw

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Grain - non-count noun

By Catherine McCaw

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eg “He was so hungry that he licked his bowl to ensure that not a single grain of rice was left.”

​Count noun when it refers to individual pieces;

eg "The USSR needed more grain to export.” 

​Non-Count when it means wheat, barley, corn, etc.

Grain is usually a non-count noun

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Multiple Choice

They can barely survive on the small ______ of _____ they hsve left.

 

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amount/grain

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number/grain

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amount/grains

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Multiple Choice

The government confiscated ___ ____ leaving the people with ___.  

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numerous/grain/few

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much/grain/little

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many/grain/little

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much/grains/few

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Multiple Choice

 

They had ___

----- in October than they had in March.

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fewer/grain

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less/grain

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fewer/grains

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less/grains

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Poll

The prisoners in the gulags survived on meals of bread and a cup of soup with a few ____ of barley in it.

grains

grain

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Multiple Choice

The peasants were starving because they didn’t have any ___.

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grain

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grains

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Multiple Choice

There ____ enough _____ to feed everybody.

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is/grain

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are/grain

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is/grains

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are/grains

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Multiple Choice

Sometimes when the price was low peasants decided not to sell their grain/grains.

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grain

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grains

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Multiple Choice

It was hoped that the new collective farms would be able to produce much/many more grain/grains than the private farms had.

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much/grain

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many/grains

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much/grains

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many/grain

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Multiple Choice

The Ukraine was the breadbasket of the USSR, producing a huge number/amount of grain/grains.

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number/grain

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number/grains

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amount/grain

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amount/grains

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Multiple Choice

Because of its short growing season and inefficient agriculture, Russia had little/few grain/grains.

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little/grain

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little/grains

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few/grain

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few/grains

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Grain - non-count noun

By Catherine McCaw

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