Question

Task 4. Divide the following nouns into two groups: nouns used only in the singular and nouns used only in the plural: news, people, knowledge, goods, air, time, clothes, advice, luggage, mathematics, money, wages, premises, work, economics, information, progress, earnings, paper, scissors, silver, food, scales, riches.​

Answer 1

Plural: people, goods, clothes, wages, premises, earnings, scissors, scales, riches

Singular:

news, knowlegde, air, time, advice, luggage, mathematics, money, work, economics, information, progress, paper, silver, food

Answer 2

Sure, here are the nouns divided into two groups: those used only in the singular and those used only in the plural.

Nouns used only in the singular:

1. Knowledge
2. Air
3. Time
4. Advice
5. Luggage
6. Mathematics
7. Money
8. Economics
9. Information
10. Progress
11. Paper
12. Silver

Nouns used only in the plural:

1. News
2. People
3. Goods
4. Clothes
5. Wages
6. Premises
7. Earnings
8. Scissors
9. Food
10. Scales
11. Riches

Note: Some of the nouns in the second list can also be used in the singular form in specific contexts, but they are more commonly used in the plural form as indicated.