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Exercises

29.1 Fill each gap with a suitable collective noun.
1 There are ................................. of mosquitoes in the forests in Scandinavia in the
summer.
2 As we looked over the side of the boat, we saw a ................................. of brightly
coloured fish swimming just below the surface.
3 There was a ................................. of youths standing on the corner; they didn't look at
all friendly.
4 You'll see a ................................. of cards on the bookshelf. Will you fetch them for me,
please?
5 The government has appointed a ................................. of biologists to look into the
problem.

29.2 In each case, one of the examples is wrong. Which one?
1 Company is often used for: actors opera singers swimmers
2 Cast is often used for people in: a play a book a film
3 Crew is often used for the staff of: an ambulance a plane a hospital
4 Pack is often used for: cats hyenas wolves
5 Flock is often used for: sheep starlings pigs

2 Draw a line from the left-hand column to the right-hand column joining collective words
with appropriate nouns, as in the example.
1 a clump of ouses
midges
2 a range of lh
3 a gang of fir-trees
4 a swarm of elephants
5 a row of bed-linen
6 a heap of mountains
7 a herd of schoolkids

Rewrite these sentences using collective words. Don't forget to make the verb singular where
necessary.
1 There are some tables on top of one another in the next room.
2 There are a larce number of people waiting outside.
3 The people who work there are very well-paid.
4 A large number of sheep had escaped from a field.
5 She gave me six identical sherrv glasses.
6 She gave me five or six beautiful roses.

29.1 Some collective nouns are associated with words about using language. Underline any you
can see in this news text and make a note of them in your vocabulary notebook.

HE JOURNALISTS raised a Police replied that he was not
T prepared to listen to a string
whole host of questions
of wild allegations without
about the actions of the
police during the demon- any evidence. In the end, he
stration. There had been a just gave a series of short
barrage of complaints about answers that left everyone
police violence. The Chief of dissatisfied.

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