collective noun

Lesson 13

Collective Noun

集合名詞

A collective noun is the name of a collection of objects. 一個集體的統稱

Examples: army, crowd, family, class, flock, people, committee, jury, cattle, school, village, audience, ….…

A Whole Body or the Individuals

1. Her family consists of four persons. (家庭S=1)

  500 families live in this condo. (家庭S＞1)

  Her family are all very well. (家人S＞1)

2. The class is small.

There are 20 classes in grade 6.

The whole class are listening attentively. (students of the class)