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4. Vocabulary Time

* A collective noun is the name we give to a group of nouns to

refer to them as one.

4.1. Know these collective nouns. The words in red are the

collective nouns for the following common nouns.

Herd : Cattle Swarm : Bees / ants

Flock : Sheep/goats/birds Bale : turtles

Clump : trees/ plants Team : players

Band/Orchestra : musicians Troop : soldiers

Crowd : people Babble : Barbers

Bunch : keys/flowers/bananas/ Pack : wolves

grapes

4.2. Use the above given collective nouns to complete the

following sentences.

a. Virat Kohli is the captain of Indian Cricket .......................

b. I saw a ..................... of wolves in Animal Planet channel.

c. There was a huge ............................................ in the ground.

There were more than 100 people.

d. A ............................. of musicians was called to perform in

my uncle’s wedding.

e. A .................... of buffaloes was taken to Kathmandu by

truck.

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