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Question 1: What does CONGREGATION mean? Question 1 options Check answer
Congregation means a group of people gathered together, especially for a religious service. Crew refers to workers on a ship, gang refers to a group of criminals, and choir refers to a group of singers.
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Question 2: The police caught a ___ of thieves who had robbed three shops. Question 2 options Check answer
Gang is the correct collective noun for thieves — 'a gang of thieves' is a standard English expression. Pack is used for animals or Brownies, crew is used for sailors, and mob refers to rioters.
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Question 3: A 'choir' is the correct collective noun for a group of singers. Question 3 options Check answer
True because 'a choir of singers' is a standard collective noun in English, referring to a group of people who sing together.
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Question 4: Which word is closest in meaning to CROWD? Question 4 options Check answer
Mob is closest in meaning to crowd, referring to a large group of people. Crew refers to workers, choir to singers, and squad to a small organized team.
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Question 5: Match each collective noun to the group of people it describes. Question 5 options
a group of students
a group of sailors
a group of experts
a group of musicians
Select an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.
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These are standard collective nouns: a crew sails ships, a class studies together, a band plays music, and a panel of experts gives professional opinions.
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Question 6: Which word naturally goes with 'of soldiers'? A ___ of soldiers marched through the city. Question 6 options Check answer
Regiment collocates with soldiers — 'a regiment of soldiers' is a standard military collective noun. Flock is used for tourists or birds, gaggle for women or geese, and colony for lepers or microbiologists.
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Question 7: A: 'Who runs the company?' B: 'The ___ of directors makes all the big decisions.' Question 7 options Check answer
Board is the correct collective noun here — 'a board of directors' is the standard business term for the group that manages a company. Gang, team, and crowd do not collocate with 'directors' in formal business English.
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Question 8: Only ONE of these words fits: 'A ___ of tourists visited the old castle last weekend.' Question 8 options Check answer
Flock is the correct collective noun for tourists — 'a flock of tourists' is an established English expression. Mob implies anger or disorder, crew refers to workers on a vehicle or ship, and regiment is a military term.
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Question 9: Put the words/chunks in the correct order to make a natural English phrase: Question 9 options close ▲ ▼ of ▲ ▼ friends ▲ ▼ a circle ▲ ▼ Drag items or use arrows to arrange them in the correct order.
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The correct order is 'a circle of friends' because 'circle' is the collective noun, followed by 'of' and then the group — this is the standard pattern for collective nouns.
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Question 10: The ___ of rioters broke windows and turned over cars in the city centre. Question 10 options Check answer
Mob is the most natural and precise word for rioters — it suggests a large, disorderly, and violent group. Crowd is too neutral, band suggests organization, and choir is entirely wrong in this context.
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Question 11: Which collective noun sounds most FORMAL and is used in official or legal contexts? Question 11 options Check answer
Bench is the formal term used in legal and official contexts — 'a bench of judges' or 'a bench of magistrates' appears in formal legal language. Gang, bunch, and mob are informal or neutral words.
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Question 12: Choose the correct word form: The manager was proud of the ___ spirit shown by her team during the project. Question 12 options Check answer
The word 'collective' (adjective) is the correct form here, meaning 'done or shared by all members of a group.' The other options — 'collect' (verb), 'collection' (noun), and 'collectively' (adverb) — do not fit the grammatical slot before a noun.
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Question 13: The word 'posse' is typically used in formal, professional writing to describe a group of police officers. Question 13 options Check answer
False because 'posse' is an informal or humorous collective noun. In serious professional or legal contexts, words like 'patrol' or 'force' would be used instead.
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Question 14: Which word most precisely describes a group of people who have left their home country because of danger or war? Question 14 options Check answer
Refugees is the precise term for people who have been forced to leave their country due to danger — the article uses 'a flight of refugees.' Nomads move by choice, tourists travel for pleasure, and mourners are people at a funeral.
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Question 15: The judge said: 'A ___ of experts will review the evidence.' What does PANEL mean HERE? Question 15 options Check answer
In this context, panel means a selected group of specialists brought together to examine something. It does not mean a flat board, a TV show segment, or a door section in this sentence.
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