Collective Nouns (Hour 11)

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Read the following sentences: 

Mrs. Bhardwaj teacher a class of student. 

An army of soldiers is marching.  

Where is my bunch of keys?  

I gifted a bouquet of flowers to my mother. 

A gang of thieves was caught by the police. 

In the above sentences the words – class, army, bunch, bouquet, and gang name a group. 

Such words which describe a group of persons, animals or thing are called collective nouns  

Activity

Fill in the blanks with vowels: (a, e, i, o, u) 

1. a ch__r: of singers  

2. a fl__t: of ship 

3. a pr_d_: of lions 

4. a sch__l: of fish 

5. a p__r: of shoes  

6. a b_nd: of musicians

7. a l_br_ry: of books 

8. a cr_wd of people   

9. a b_nch of grapes  

10. a herd of cattle 

Hint:

Herd, band, crowd, bunch, library, choir, pride, school, pair, fleet.