Exercícios sobre Collective Nouns
Complete the following sentences with the correct option:
The captain arrived with then members of his _____________.
My dream is to see the ____________ of lions.
I want to go to Africa so I could approach the ________________ of elephants there.
My boyfriend gave me a ___________ of red roses.
a) crew, litter, pride, bouquet.
b) litter, pride, archipelago, bouquet.
c) crew, pride, herd, bouquet.
d) pride, herd, crew, bouquet.
e) herd, pride, litter, bouquet.
Letras "C".
Mark the option that can form compound nouns:
1 – hair a) going b) brushing c) moving
2 – court a) army b) martial c) ball
3 – sub a) way b) road c) street
4 – race a) fly b) rabbit c) horse
a) 1 – c 2 – c 3 – b 4 – b
b) 1 – c 2 – a 3 – a 4 – a
c) 1 – a 2 – a 3 – b 4 – c
d) 1 – b 2 – b 3 – a 4 – c
e) 1 – b 2 – a 3 – a 4 – c
Letras "D".
Mark the incorrect alternative:
a) We're a team, and we'll win this game.
b) I love the cast of the movie Pride and Prejudice, they're all fantastic, they gave life to the characters from the book.
c) There was a caravan of camels here before you arrive.
d) My dream is have my own library at home!
e) You need to organizer this pile of dogs in your home.
Letra "E".
Justificativa: Não se fala “ pile of dogs” em inglês, e sim “pack of dogs”. Usa-se “pile of papers”.
Sobre os “Collective Nouns”, é correto afirmar que:
a) The group of nouns that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.
b) The group of nouns that refers to a class or group of something it can be a group of person, class of animals or even things.
c) The group of nouns that any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation betweentwo things.
d) The group of nouns that containing a subject and verb acts as an adverb.
e) The group of nouns that which come at the beginning of the noun phrase.
Letra "B".
Justificativa: É a única definição para “collective nouns” nas alternativas acima.
Complete the empt spaces with the rigth option:
My sister has a ___________of keys.
There was a _____________ of camels here before you arrive.
A _________ of birds are flying north.
I have a of___________ cats at my house.
a) troop, school, herd,caravan.
b) pack, caravan, cluster, flocks.
c) brunch, school, flocks, pack.
d) ring, caravan, flocks, clowder.
e) ring, flocks, caravan, clowder.
Letra "D".
