1. We had great difficulty (countable/uncountable) in getting this computer system working - and a new difficulty (countable/uncountable) has cropped up today.

2. What a tough job (countable/uncountable)! What hard work (countable/uncountable)!

3. Modern Polynesian literature (countable/uncountable) is largely unknown to the average student (countable/uncountable).

4. Jenny has no interest (countable / uncountable) in dolls, but likes baseball, which is a rather unusual interest (countable / uncountable) for a girl.

5. I'm afraid I've had little experience (countable / uncountable) of teaching girls, but I have had a little experience (countable / uncountable) of teaching boys.

6. The prospect of old age (countable / uncountable) may be quite lonely for unmarried people (countable / uncountable).

7. The decline in religious belief (countable / uncountable) is one of the main causes of modern man's (countable / uncountable) dissatisfaction with himself and the society in which he lives.

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