Question

C. Fill in the blanks with the correct options.
loaf /pack / band / team / herd / collection / flock / troupe
1. A…………………….. of musicians was hired for the wedding.
2. My brother had a rare ………………………..of stamps in his cupboard.
3. Have you ever seen a ………………………………of elephants playing among themselves?
4. What happened to the……………………………………… of bread I had bought yesterday?
5. West Indies has a great ………………………………………………….of players.
6. He comes back in the evening with his ……………………………………….of sheep.
7. A ………………………………………..of dancers has come to perform tonight in our village.
8. I think I spotted a……………………………….. of wolves near the watchtower.

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

1ans) Band

2ans) Collection

3ans) Herd

4ans) Loaf

5ans) Team

6ans) Flock

7ans) Troupe

8ans) Pack

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answers are as follows :

1. A band of musicians was hired for the wedding.
2. My brother had a rare collection of stamps in his cupboard.
3. Have you ever seen a herd of elephants playing among themselves?
4. What happened to the loaf of bread I had bought yesterday?
5. West Indies has a great team of players.
6. He comes back in the evening with his flock of sheep.
7. A troupe of dancers has come to perform tonight in our village.
8. I think I spotted a pack of wolves near the watchtower.

Explanation :

• A collective noun in linguistics is a word that designates a group of items when taken collectively.
• Furthermore, common speech, most collective nouns do not refer exclusively to one type of entity.
• For instance, the collective noun "group" can be used to describe a group of people, dogs, or other objects.
• Some collective nouns, particularly terms of venery, which designate groups of particular animals, are particular to one kind of object.
• For instance, the venerated phrase "pride" only ever refers to lions, never to dogs or cows.
• Other examples can be seen in popular culture, such as the "parliament" of owls.
• The verb agreement with collective count nouns is handled differently in various English dialects.
• For instance, British English speakers typically accept that, depending on the context and the implied metonymic shift, collective nouns can take either singular or plural verb forms.
• Many collective words can be attributed to morphological origin, and collective nouns are commonly designated by affixes in different languages.
• There are fewer collectives generated by derivation than through more obviously syntactical morphological approaches since it is a slower and less effective word development process.
• Derivational collectives, like all derived terms, frequently deviate semantically from the original words, gaining new connotations and even new denotations.

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