Final answer:
In the passage, 'Harvard' is a proper noun, 'faith' is an abstract noun, 'homework' is a mass noun, and 'day' is a concrete noun. Statements a) and b) are correct, while statements c) and d) are incorrect.
Step-by-step explanation:
In the given passage, the following statements about the nouns can be analyzed:
- 'Harvard' is a noun falling into the category of a place, specifically it is a proper noun, as it names a particular institution and is always capitalized.
- 'faith' is indeed an abstract noun because it represents a belief or trust in something, which is an idea, not a physical object that can be touched or seen.
- 'homework' is a mass noun, which is sometimes mistakenly referred to as a count noun. It generally cannot be counted without a unit of measurement (e.g., pieces of homework).
- 'day' is a concrete noun, not an abstract noun, as it refers to a specific period of time which can be identified and measured.
Based on these analyses, the correct answers are:
- a) 'Harvard' is a noun - category (place) - Correct
- b) 'faith' is an abstract noun - Correct
- c) 'homework' is a count noun - Incorrect
- d) 'day' is an abstract noun - Incorrect