Sunday, May 25, 2008
English Exercises (NOUNS2)
Collective Nouns
1. A ____ of judges will decide on the winning entry.
2. Several ____ of apartments were built to solve the housing problem.
3. You have to go up a ____ of stairs to reach the bedrooms.
4. Looking down through the windows of the plane we could see a ____ of islands amidst a large ____ of water.
5. Several ____ of paper fluttered to the floor as a ____ of wind blew through the window.
6. A ____ of people gathered around the scene of the accident. There was a ____ of blood on the road beside the overturned car.
7. Janet went to the shop and bought a ____ of milk, four ____ of flour, a ____ of bread and a ____ of tomato sauce.
8. Among the presents she received were a ____ of cloth, a ____ of perfume, a ____ of glasses and a ____ of flowers.
9. The ____ stood up as the head of Ministers filed into the conference room.
10. A ____ of sunlight penetrated through the window and shone on a ____ of fruit on the table.
Answers
1. panel
2. rows
3. set
4. stretch, body
5. sheets, gust
6. group, stain
7. jug, bags, loaf, bottle
8. piece, bottle, pair, bunch
9. audience
10. beam, bunch