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Collective Nouns

Put each of the following collective nouns in its correct place in the sentences
below, making it piurai if necessary. Some nouns must be used more than
once.
flock herd bundle mob stack suite
congregation
shoal bunch crowd fleet crew
audience
c1ump
pa ck set swarm gang flight
(a) The of the British Royal Navy was very strong in the nineteenth eentury.
(b) Disease redueed the farmer's from 90 to 65 eows.
(e) She was attaeked by a of wasps.
(d) A of shouting people overturned cars, set fire to shops and attaeked a
police station.
(e) The Irish Prime Minister oceupied a of rooms at the hotel.
(f) Some speetators in the disagreed wit h the referee's deeision.
(g) He bought a large of bananas.
(h) The priest was very sad to see his getting smaller week by week.
(i) Fishing boats use modern equipment to loeate the of fish.
(j) She lost her balanee and feli down a of steps.
(k) He was the leader of a well-known of criminals.
(I) We sat down in the shade of a of trees.
(m) In spring of birds arrive baek in Europe after spending the winter in
Afriea.
(n) Our pienie was completely ruined by a of ants.
(o) He gave her a of flowers.
(p) British Airways has a of 26 Boeing 7475.
(q) She gave a of old c10thes to a eharity organisation.
(r) The applauded the new play enthusiastieally.
(s) Has anyone seen a of keys? Ileft them somewhere.
(t) Golf is an expensive game. You'll need a of c1ubs.
(u) The books were arranged in a one on top of the other.
(v) They've bought a leather three-piece - a sofa and two armehairs.
(w) Let's playagame. Who's got a of eards?
(x) The cruise ship earries 150 passengers and a of 85.
(y) The of sheep was controlled by a shepherd and two dogs.
(z) For their wedding I gave them a of eutlery (6 knives, 6 spoons,
6 forks etc.).

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