COLLECTIVE NOUNS
These are nouns that represent a group of people or things as a single unit.
Some collective nouns can take plural forms
Examples:
Crowd (s) flock (s)
Group (s) herd (s)
Team (s) committee (s)
Pair (s)
Some collective nouns, however, cannot be used in the plural:
Examples
Furniture* beddings*
Equipments* informations*
Luggages* baggages*
Exercise 1
When I arrived at the airport, there were ……………1………….. (crowd ) of people blocking the entrance with their ……………..2……………… (luggage). Near the customs sections, several……………3…………….. (group ) of officials were standing, checking the ………………4……………… (equipment ) that was being loaded onto a trolley. Most people were standing, waiting for… ………….5…………….. (information ) from the loudspeakers on the departures and arrivals of aircraft.
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All these are collective nouns which can be preceded by a singular verb or a plural depending on the context.
For example the word crowd of people = used as plural ……according to the next pronoun antecedent reference ( their )
luggage = no plurality ( uncountable )
group = it can be plural ( groups >>> several is used before plural nouns countable
equipment = many dictionaries make it a plural , but not correct
information = uncountable ( treated as a singular noun)
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1. there were……crowd …………(crowd) of people blocking the entrance with their .luggage………………( luggage ). Near the customs sections, several……….groups ……(group) of officials were standing, checking the…..equipment…………(equipment) that was being loaded onto a trolley. Most people were standing, waiting for.( the)_…information…………….(information) from the loudspeakers on the departures and arrivals of aircraft.