Yes, the word watches is a noun, a plural, common, concrete noun, the singular form is a watch; for example:
John received two watches as graduation gifts.
The word watches is also a verb (watch, watches, watching, watched).
No, watching is a present-tense verb.
A crowd is the collective noun for people watching a match. You cannot have a collective noun of watching a match because watching is a verb, not a noun.
The collective noun is an audience of spectators.
The noun 'watch' is a singular, common noun.The noun 'watch' is a concrete noun as a word for a timepiece carried or worn by a person.The noun 'watch' is an abstract noun as a word for a period of keeping awake to guard, protect, or attend.The word 'watch' is also a verb: watch, watches, watching, watched.The noun forms of the verb to watch are watcher and the gerund watching.
The criminal mounted the scaffold, and delivered his last words to the watching crowd.
The noun 'embrace' can be a concrete or an abstract noun depending on use.The noun 'embrace' is a concrete noun as a word for a hug that one gives a loved one can be physically felt by the giver and the receiver of the hug, and seen by others watching; a word for a physical act.The noun 'embrace' is an abstract noun as a word for the acceptance of or support for something willingly or enthusiastically; a word for a concept.
'Watching' is a verb. It's the present participle of 'watch'. 'Watching' is also a noun; a verbal noun (gerund).
A crowd is the collective noun for people watching a match. You cannot have a collective noun of watching a match because watching is a verb, not a noun.
The collective noun is an audience of spectators.
The word 'watching' is the present participle of the verb to watch (I am watching, they are watching). The present participle of the verb is also an adjective (the watching crowd), and a gerund, a verbal noun. Gerunds are uncountable nouns.
The collective noun is an audience of people.
The word 'watch' is both a noun (watch, watches) and a verb (watch, watches, watching, watched). The use of the word in a sentence determines if it is a noun or a verb.Examples:My watch was a gift from my grandfather. (noun, subject of the sentence)On Friday we're going to the park to watch the fireworks. (verb)The noun forms of the verb to watch are watcher and the gerund, watching.
The noun watch is a singular, common, noun; watch can be an abstract noun (the night watch) or a concrete noun (a wrist watch). The word watch is also a verb (watch, watches, watching, watched).
Yes, "live" can be used as a noun in certain contexts. For example, in the phrase "watching a live performance," "live" functions as a noun referring to a real-time and unedited performance.
There is no specific collective noun for sports, however, any appropriate noun that suits the situation will do. Some examples are a field of sports, an arena of sports, a venue of sports, etc.
The collective noun is an audience of spectators.
The noun 'watch' is a singular, common noun.The noun 'watch' is a concrete noun as a word for a timepiece carried or worn by a person.The noun 'watch' is an abstract noun as a word for a period of keeping awake to guard, protect, or attend.The word 'watch' is also a verb: watch, watches, watching, watched.The noun forms of the verb to watch are watcher and the gerund watching.
In the TV commercial I was watching a MODERATE was talking about a new health reform.