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Write the special or proper names of several individuals in each of the following classes:—as city,—Chicago, New York, etc.
River, king, author, country, state, inventor, martyr, month, book, college.
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
61. Some nouns are the names of groups or collections of things and are called collective nouns.
Many soldiers taken together form collectively an army—a number of sheep form a drove. Many of these group or collective nouns will readily occur to your mind.
A collective noun is one that in the singular form, denotes a number of separate persons or things.
Exercise 1
Opposite each of the following collective nouns, write the name of the individuals represented by the collection; as an army of soldiers; a swarm of bees; a flock of birds.
A gang of.......
A committee of.......
A herd of.......
A drove of.......
A hive of.......
A corps of.......
A suite of.......
A group of.......
A class of.......
A multitude of.......
Fill the following blanks with appropriate collective nouns.
A......of horses.
A......of sailors.
A......of wolves.
A......of savages.
A......of singers.
A......of girls.
A......of ships.
A......of quail.
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