Question

3. What is collective noun? Give an example.
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Answer 1

Explanation:

A collective noun is a noun that refers to groups of people, animals or things. Audience, team, pack, and murder are all examples of collective nouns. An audience is a group of people who gather together to watch or listen to something. A team is a group of people who do something together.

Answer 2

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Collective noun :-

It is the name of a collection of persons or things taken together or a group.

• For example, Flock, audience, class, committee, crowd, fleet, herd, jury, family, etc.

• A fleet of ships.
• A crowd of people.
• A mob of angry people.

These generally take a singular verb.

These generally take a singular verb.For example, A heard of cattle is passing.

Some of these types like family, team, jury, etc. can take both verbs (Singular and Plural) depends on their usage, like this-

• The jury has issued a notice. (Here ‘the jury’ behaves like a single unit).

• The jury are divided into their decisions. (Here ‘the jury’ refers to all the members separately and behaves as the Noun of Multitude).