ENGLISH TOPICS
ENGLISH GRAMMAR
ПЛАНИ-КОНСПЕКТИ УРОКІВ
READING
BUSINESS ENGLISH
ЗВОРОТНИЙ ЗВ'ЯЗОК
ВХіД
ЗБИРАЛЬНі ІМЕННИКИ - COLLECTIVE NOUNS (ПРИКЛАДИ, ВПРАВИ З ВІДПОВІДЯМИ) |
Уважаемые гости!
Предлагаю для любителей авторских украшений из натуральных камней каталог моих работ
(Отличное качество и доступные цены. Обновляется каждый день.)
ЗБИРАЛЬНІ ІМЕННИКИ - COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Exercise 1
Here you see some collective nouns: sheep and birds — flock, dogs and wolves — pack, sportsmen and other players — team, people in the church — congregation, a lot of books — library, soldiers — a company (a regiment, an army), flowers or keys — bunch, insects — swarm, men, who work on a boat or a ship — crew, cattle (cows, bulls, antilopes) — herd, a lot of people in the street — crowd, battleships — fleet or navy, people, watching or listening to smth. — an audience, rulers of the country — government, people, chosen to direct some work — committee, teachers, doctors and officials — staff, sticks and dirty laundry — bundle, relations between people — family, people of the same origin — race, nations under one ruler — empire, fish — shoal, criminals — gang.
Give a collective noun for each of the following: 1) a large number of insects; 2) people who are the members of one church; 3) a number of cows, bulls or elephants; 4) a number of birds; 5) a number of sheep; 6) people playing football as one body; 7) a number of flowers or keys; 8) a number of sticks; 9) a lot of dirty laundry; 10) a number of battleships; 11) people work on board the ship; 12) people who work together at school; 13) a number of books; 14) a number of bees; 15) a number of spectators; 16) a number of soldiers; 17) a lot of wolves; 18) a lot of fish.
1) swarm; 2) congregation; 3) herd; 4) flock; 5) flock; 6) team; 7) bunch; 8) bundle; 9) bundle; 10) fleet; 11) crew; 12) staff; 13) library; 14) swarm; 15) audience; 16) army; 17) pack; 18) shoal.
Exercise 2
Here you see some more collective nouns: herd — elephants, cows or bulls; school — sharks; town — prairie dogs; covey — quails (перепілки); gaggle — geese; raft — ducks; mob — kangaroos; harem — seals; pride — lions; pod — whales; knot — toads; litter — foxes; colony — termites; troop — baboons; fish — run.
Translate the expressions in the gaps into English:
1. Looking out of the window of our car we saw a (стадо) of ele-phants standing peacefully near the road. 2. A (Стадо) of seals was sleeping on the rocks. 3. Soon a big (зграя) of sharks gathered near the sunken ship. 4. A (Зграя) of prairie dogs was following the antelope. 5. We saw five lion cubs born in the (лев’ячій сім’ї). 6. The scientists had been researching the life of the (стада китів) for a year. 7. The tourists who trained diving saw a bright (зграйку) of fish near a big rock. 8. (Косяк) of wild geese was flying high up in the sky. 9. A (Сім’я) of baboons was usually sitting on a big branch of a huge tree. 10. A (Лисяча сім’я) was eating ducks when we saw them.
1) herd; 2) harem; 3) school; 4) town; 5) pride; 6) pod; 7) run; 8) gaggle; 9) troop; 10) litter.
|