Question

D. Fill in the blanks with suitable collective nouns. Choose from those given in
the brackets
An__________________
of poems by Rilke is on display. (library, anthology,
auction)
2 A___________________
of policemen entered the premises (panel, posse.
band)
3.
The_________________
sang beautifully during the Sunday mass at the
Church. (company, coterie, choir)
4.The_________________
were unwilling to leave port as the ship needed
repairs. (captain, crew, convoy)
5. The__________________
waited expectantly for the performer to arrive.
(society, audience, horde)
6. The___________________
of trees at that corner will have to be cut down.
(clutch, clump, truss)
7. The jungle safari gave us an opportunity to spot an_______
of tigers. (pride, herd, ambush)
8. A____________________
of musicians arrived for the show. (band, troop, soiree)
9. A_____________________
of robbers attacked them on the highway. (group.
gang. galaxy)
10. Place the______________
of eggs in this basket. (cluster, clutch, brood)​

Answer 1

Answer:

• Anthology
• Band
• Choir
• Crew
• Audience
• Clump
• Pride
• Band
• Gang
• Cluster

Answer 2

Answer:

1. An anthology of poems by Rilke is on display.

2. A posse of policemen entered the premises.

3. The choir sang beautifully during the Sunday mass at the

Church. (company, coterie, choir)

4. The crew were unwilling to leave port as the ship needed

repairs.

5. The audience waited expectantly for the performer to arrive.

6. The clump of trees at that corner will have to be cut down.

7. The jungle safari gave us an opportunity to spot an ambush

of tigers.

8. A band of musicians arrived for the show.

9. A gang of robbers attacked them on the highway.

10. Place the clutch of eggs in this basket.  

Explanation:

• A collective noun is a naming word adapted to refer to a group, collection or number of animals, people or things.

• One thing we should remember is that using collective nouns in sentences should use the right form of the verb (subject-verb disagreement).
• Mostly collective nouns are treated as singular.

• As per Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a collective noun is a word or phrase that indicates a group of people or things as one entity.
• It is defined as “a noun such as 'band', 'clutch', 'flock' or 'ambush' etc. that refers to a group of people or things or animal.”

• Thus, a collective noun always describes a plurality of one kind or another.

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