This blog is exclusively for the aspirants who really want to know the rules of grammar, as we know the importance of English so we should practice daily to enrich our vocabulary. Someone has rightly said," No matter - What career path you pursue - Learning English can make you perfect."
Acquiring proficiency in collective nouns is relatively straightforward, with 4 to 5 questions consistently featuring in competitive exams.
Examiners usually ask questions related to collective nouns which we are
not supposed to use in our daily life.
For example:
Group of Animals and Birds:
Living Being: Crow
Collective Noun: A murder of crows
We don't use this in our daily life.
Generally, it is asked in competitive exam.
Living Being: Geese
Collective Noun: A gaggle of geese
In the above picture, the word 'skein' is used for geese in flight, in other words, we can say when geese migrate form a V shape line, so a group of geese in the sky is called a skein. But when a group of geese is on the ground, is known as gaggle.
Groups of People and Occupations:
Collection of things:
Fill in the blanks with answers:
PYQ of Collective Nouns for Competitive Exams:
How do we learn collective nouns:
PYQ for SSC, CGL with answers:
Tip for the Aspirants:
Collective nouns usually take a singular verb when the group acts as one unit.
Let's clarify it by using the following example:
The team are divided in their verdict.
Here the word 'team' is treated as plural noun for the verb(are) and plural pronoun
(their) to show team members as individuals.
The team has given the verdict.
Here the word ' team' is treated as a whole unit, that is why, it takes a singular verb(has).