Which of the following sentences use the collective noun(s) correctly?
(A) Every summer, a flock of tourists crowds the Mall Road in Shimla.
(B) The canteen boy carried a tall stack of steel plates to the kitchen.
(C) While digging a well, the farmer found a horde of gold coins in an old clay pot.
(D) The luggage of all the passengers was checked at Chennai airport.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) Every summer, a flock of tourists crowds the Mall Road in Shimla. — Correct.
- Flock is used for sheep and birds, and also for a large number of people, such as tourists.
(B) The canteen boy carried a tall stack of steel plates to the kitchen. — Correct.
- A stack is a neat pile of things placed one on top of another, such as plates or boxes.
(C) While digging a well, the farmer found a horde of gold coins in an old clay pot. — Incorrect.
- A horde is a large crowd of people.
- A hidden store of money or treasure is a hoard.
- Correct form: While digging a well, the farmer found a hoard of gold coins in an old clay pot.
(D) The luggage of all the passengers was checked at Chennai airport. — Correct.
- Luggage is a collective noun for all the bags of a traveller.
- It takes a singular verb (was) and never takes -s.