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Collective noun names a collection of persons or things taken together and spoken of as
one whole.
For example:

an army of soldiers a pack of dogs
a fleet of ships a bunch of keys

A. Pick out the nouns in the following sentences. Say whether they are proper, common,
abstract or collective nouns.

1. Virat Kohli is the captain of the Indian cricket team. He is an inspiring leader.
2. The fleet of ships has returned to the port.

3. The deer grazing in the field were chased away by a pack of wolves.

4. Our principal has both wisdom and knowledge.
5. Doctors use a thermometer to measure temperature.

6. Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal at Agra.
B. Fill in the blanks with abstract nouns formed from the words given in the brackets.

1. There is very little _____________ (differ) between _____________ (suceed) and

____________ (fail). If you have _____________ (confident), ______________ (sincere)
and the ____________ (able) to work hard, your will do well in life.

2. __________ (press) is neither good nor bad. It is good if it leads to quick ___________

(act) and bad if it causes _____________ (tense). The _____________ (choose) is
always yours.

C. Give the opposites of the underlined words in the following statements.
1. Whale is the largest sea animal.

Mouse is the ____________ land animal.

2. Vegetable oil has been known from very old times.
Atomic power is a ____________ technique.

3. Fuel, in some ways is superior to coal.
Your book is ____________ to my book.

4. Nature has provided the whale with a thick covering of fat called blubber.

Seeta got ____________ due to fever.
D. Rewrite the following sentences as shown in the example.

e.g., I met one of your friends.
I met a friend of yours.

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