Unit 1
Collective nouns
a flock of birds
a school of fish
a hive of bees
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7 Choose a suitable collective noun from the list below for each group. Example: crowd è a crowd of people
swarm litter bunch class team set flock herd
5 geese 6 kittens 7 students 8 grapes
1 books 2 insects 3 cricketers 4 cows
Collective nouns for you to learn a band of musicians a bunch of flowers a choir of singers a collection of stamps a class of students a colony of ants a crowd of people a crew of sailors a fleet of ships a flock of birds a gang of thieves a herd of cattle a hive of bees a litter of puppies a set of plates a school of fish a swarm of flies a team of footballers
8 Find the word in each list which cannot be used with the collective nouns. Example: litter: puppies birds cubs è birds
1 fleet: boats bikes ships 2 swarm: ants insects fish 3 team: cards players athletes 4 set: tools books trees 5 flock: snakes birds sheep 6 herd: goats puppies cows 7 bunch: bananas oranges grapes 8 school: teachers dolphins whales
• Collective nouns: Point out that collective nouns are often used on their own, e.g. The choir sang beautifully. The crowd waited patiently. • You may wish to remind students that a singular verb is used with collective nouns. This point is practised in the section on subject–verb agreement in Unit 3, page 28. DA Allow students to answer fewer questions in each exercise according to ability.
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