Question

Choose the correct word in the brackets:
[mob, herd, pack, suite, string, album]
1. We could see a ----- of sheep coming down the hill.
2. A ----- of thieves is active in the city.
3. The police ordered the ----- to leave the place immediately.
4. There are some rare stamps in my stamp-----
5. We booked a ----- of rooms in a five star hotel.
6. There is a beautiful ----- of pearls lying in the showcase.

Answer 1

1 herd
4 album
5suite
6string
2mob
3pack

Answer 2

Answer:

1. herd
2. pack
3. mob
4. album
5. suite
6. string

Explanation:

More about Collective Nouns:

• Collective nouns are a single word that denotes a group of things, animals, people, ideas, etc.
• Some examples of collective nouns are a herd, pack, mob, album, suite, and string.
• In the first sentence, the herd is used as a collective noun because it denoted a group of animals.
• In the second sentence, the pack is used as a collective noun to denote a group of thieves.
• In the third sentence, the mob is used as a collective noun to denote a large crowd of people es[especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing any kind of trouble.
• In the fourth sentence, the album is used as a collective noun to denote a collection of stamps.
• In the fifth sentence, the suite is used as a collective noun to denote a set of rooms.
• In the sixth sentence, the string is used as a collective noun to denote a sequence of pearls.

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