Fill in the blanks using collective nouns from the box.
(pack bunch, crowd, flock, bouquet, fleet, , army, swarm, clump)
She bought a large
of bananas.
2. Our picnic was spoiled by a
of ants.
3. He gave her a
of flowers.
The
applauded the leader's speech.
5. Let us play a game. Who has got a
of cards?
6. The
of sheep was controlled by a shepherd and two dogs.
7.
of keys?
Have anyone seen my
8.
of modern aircrafts.
British Airways has a
of trees.
9. We sat down in the shade of a
of wasps.
10. She was attacked by an
Answers
Explanation:
She bought a large bunch of bananas
Our picnic was spoiler by an army of ants
He gave her a bouquet of flowers
The crowd applauded the leaders speech
Let us play a game. Who has got a pack of cards?
The flock of sheep was controlled by a shepherd and two dogs.
Has anyone seen my fleet of modern aircrafts.
British Airways has a clump of trees
We sat down in the shade of a swarm of wasps
She was attacked by a pack
.
.
.
This is only my opinion.....
1.She bought a large of bananas.
- She bought a hand of bananas.
2. Our picnic was spoiled by a of ants.
- Our picnic was spoiled by a army of ants
3. He gave her a of flowers.
- He gave her a bouquet of flowers.
4.The applauded the leader's speech.
- The crowd applaud the leader's speech.
5. Let us play a game. Who has got a of cards?
- Let us play a game. Who has got a pack of cards?
6. The sheep was controlled by a shepherd.
- The flock of sheep was controlled by a shepherd.
7.Have anyone seen my keys?
- Have anyone seen my a bunch of keys?
8.British Airways has a of modern aircraft.
- British Airways has a fleet of modern aircraft.
9. We sat down in the shade of a of trees
- We sat down in the shade of a clump of trees.
10. She was attacked by a wasps
- She was attacked by a swarm of wasps
A Collective noun is the word that show the collection of number of persons , places, animals, or things ,as whole , same kind.
=>Group of lions (Animals)
- A pride of lions]
=>Group of people (persons)
- A crowd of people]
=>Group of keys (Things)
- A bunch of keys]
=>Group of islands (places)
- A chain of islands]
Some important point about:
A noun is the name of person place or thing. They are called noun. There are five kind of noun. They are (i)proper noun, (ii) common noun, (iii) collective noun, (iv) material noun, (v) abstract noun. A noun is always followed by adjective.