Can you give me 20 examples of collective nouns using in a sentence?

Answer 1

A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way. Example sentences:

1. I picked up a bushel of corn at the farmers' market.
2. In the summer, a troupe of actors performs in the park on Friday evenings.
3. Wash a bunch of grapes to serve with lunch.
4. A tribe of monkeys made a commotion in the trees above us.
5. You need to open a ream of paper for the printer.
6. A crowd of onlookers at gathered at the scene of the accident.
7. The farmer brought the herd of cattle to the barn each evening.
8. A flock of tourists descended on the only bar on the street.
9. We have a network of computers connecting all of our retail stores.
10. We heard a pack of wolves howling in the distance.
11. The panel of judges tasted each entry.
12. We went down to the harbor to watch the fleetof ships come in.
13. They're building a new block of flats on Second Street.
14. Spend a little money, buy a pack of gum.
15. The board of directors meet today at ten.
16. We were delighted when a pod of whales broke the water's surface.
17. A pride of lions rested near a clump of trees.
18. We visited Aunt Anne and brought her a bouquetof flowers.
19. A shoal of minnows glinted in the sunlight.
20. It's a good thing that some criminals are not too bright. A gang of hoodlums tried to rob a bicycle shop that was a front run by police officers to lure bicycle thieves.