English Language Tests, Intermediate level
ESL/EFL Test #885 [color=blue]“Bedbugs!”, question 9
In the past few years, bedbug … have dramatically increased, equalling what was previously known to exist in the 16th century.
(a) colonizations
(b) existences
(c) infestations
(d) imagination
English Language Tests, Intermediate level
ESL/EFL Test #885 [color=blue]“Bedbugs!”, answer 9
In the past few years, bedbug infestations have dramatically increased, equalling what was previously known to exist in the 16th century.
Correct answer: (c) infestations
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Hi,
My question regarding this sentence is why the word ‘infestation’ can be used in plural. I think it is an uncountable noun…
Thank you very much.