"A lot of ice cream is eaten." Just to clarify what John is saying: whenever you use a non-countable noun, you should use the singular verb ("is"). Non-countable nouns are usually either substances that don't come in individual solid units (water, milk, sand, dust, cement) or categories describing a type of substance/material (plastic, glass, fur, skin). Some words can be both countable and uncountable. When you talk about coffee as a substance, it's uncountable ("I made a lot of coffee"), but if you're talking about a single unit of coffee, it can be countable ("get me a coffee" = "get me a cup of coffee"). When a noun becomes countable, though, it also has a plural form. You should only use the plural verb with the plural noun. There IS a lot of ice cream (singular: ice cream is a non-count noun; there is a lot of IT) There ARE a lot of ice creamS (plural: ice cream is a plural count noun; there are a lot of THEM)

ice cream is both countable and uncountable depending on the sentence. "ice cream" is uncountable in the sentence "a lot of ice cream" so the correct answer is A "lot of ice cream is eaten" if you are referring to ice cream being removed from a container and shared or served in a restaurant etc then is countable because each portion is countable. "would you like some ice cream" = the ice cream is now countable

The answer is , is eaten. A lot of ice cream is eaten. Ice cream is singular so you need to use is.

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