Question

- Complete the sentences with collective nouns.
1. A
of thieves is activein the city.
2. A
_of keys was lying under the pillow.
3. A strong
of soldiers was sent to the front.
4. A
of steps led to the main hall.
5. There is a beautiful.
_ of pearls lying in the showcase.
6. Webooked a __
_of rooms in a Five Star Hotel.
7. A
_of ships is sailing across the sea.
8. She presented a
of flowers to her teacher.
1bunch
2couple
3bouquet
4gang
5string
6suite
7fleet
8army
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Answer 1

Completed sentences with collective nouns are as follows:

• 1. A gang of thieves is active in the city.
• 2. A bunch of keys was lying under the pillow.
• 3. A strong army of soldiers was sent to the front.
• 4. A couple of steps led to the main hall.
• 5. There is a beautiful string of pearls lying in the showcase.
• 6. We booked a suite of rooms in a Five Star Hotel.
• 7. A fleet of ships is sailing across the sea.
• 8. She presented a bouquet of flowers to her teacher.

Collective nouns:

• A collective noun is a naming term that is used to identify a group or quantity of creatures, people, or objects.
• A collective noun is described as "a noun such as 'team' or 'flock' that refers to a group of people or objects" in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
• A collective noun describes a group acting alone.
• Since the members of the group are acting or behaving in unison, collective nouns operate grammatically as a single entity.
• The terms "choir," "gaggle of geese," and "galaxy of stars" are examples of collective nouns.

Nouns:

• A noun is a term that typically serves as the name for a particular object or group of objects, including live things, locations, events, traits, states of existence, and concepts.
• Lexical categories are described in terms of how their constituent parts mix with different expression types.

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