Here are some examples of collective nouns and its definition.
COLLECTIVE NOUNS – A noun is a part of speech and here is the definition of a collective noun, one of its types.
A noun is a part of speech that refers to a thing, a person, an animal, a place, a quality, an idea, or an action. Every sentence pretty much has a noun in it and it has several types.
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Types of nouns:
- Proper Nouns
- Common Nouns
- Singular Nouns
- Plural Nouns
- Countable Nouns
- Uncountable Nouns
- Collective Nouns
- Concrete Nouns
- Abstract Nouns
And in this post, we will be diving into collective nouns and their examples. Collective nouns are words that refer to a sort of group or collective of people, animals, things, and among others.
Here are some examples:
- Herd – a group of herbivore animals
- Pack – a group of canine animals
- Flock – a group of birds
- Swarm – a group of insects
- Shoal – a group of fish
- Group – a very general term used to describe people, places, things, and animals
- Crowd – a group of people
- Gang – a group of criminals or also used to describe a group of workers
- Mob – a group of angry or unruly group of people or a group of kangaroos
- Staff – a group of people who work in the same place
- Choir – a large, organized group of singers
- Orchestra – a large, organized group of instrumentalists with a conductor in the lead
- Panel – a group of experts
- Heap – a collection of items
- Stack – a group of items laid one on top of another
- Series – like the Star Trek or Harry Potter series
Some examples in a sentence:
- A band of musicians will grace the city’s festival.
- I was met with a crowd of people looking at me because I was late.
- A gang of thieves entered the bank and got whatever they want.
- The uncovered food on the table was consumed by an army of ants.
- It’s always shivering to just imagine being attacked by a pack of wolves.
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