Choose the sentences in which the collective noun is used correctly:
(A) A small clique of senior girls sat together at lunch and never let anyone else join them.
(B) For Diwali, Dadi filled a big steel box with a pod of sweets from Chandni Chowk.
(C) On our farm in Namakkal, the poultry are fed twice a day.
(D) Ritika’s summer wardrobe of cotton kurtas and linen shirts fits into one small suitcase.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (C) and (D) only
(A) A small clique of senior girls sat together at lunch and never let anyone else join them. — Correct.
- A clique is a small group of people who keep together and do not let others join them.
(B) For Diwali, Dadi filled a big steel box with a pod of sweets from Chandni Chowk. — Incorrect.
- Pod is used for a group of whales or dolphins.
- A mixed set of different kinds of sweets is an assortment.
- Correct form: For Diwali, Dadi filled a big steel box with an assortment of sweets from Chandni Chowk.
(C) On our farm in Namakkal, the poultry are fed twice a day. — Correct.
- Poultry means hens, ducks and other farm birds taken together.
- It takes a plural verb (are) and never takes -s.
(D) Ritika’s summer wardrobe of cotton kurtas and linen shirts fits into one small suitcase. — Correct.
- A wardrobe is also all the clothes that a person owns or wears in a season.