Question

Collective nouns.
A____of buses took us to the theatre.
My mother bought a ___ of cherries.
A___ of musician will be playing in the city centre.

Answer 1

A fleet of buses took us to the theatre.
My mother bought a bunch of cherries.
A band of musicians will be playing in the city centre.

Answer 2

Answer:

A fleet of buses took us to the ‘theatre’.

‘My mother’ bought a bunch of ‘cherries’.

A band of musician will be playing in the ‘city centre’.

Explanation:

A ‘collective noun’ is a type of noun that denotes a ‘group of things’, persons, animals, objects and other items together. Collective nouns imply a collection, a grouping of things together.  

For example: ‘a swarm of bees’, a flight of steps, a school of fish, ‘a herd of cows’, an army of ants to mention a few. Here fleet, bunch and band have been used as the collective nouns for buses, cherries and musicians respectively.