By definition, a noun is simply a name of a person, place or thing.
Basically, we have three most important kinds of nouns namely: Collective nouns, proper nouns and common nouns. Examples are teacher, student, animal, tree, country etc.
Collective Noun is the one we are concerned about here. Is a name given to a group of the same kind. For instance, a gang of robbers, an army of soldiers, a class of scholars etc.
In this post, we shall bring out a number of these collective nouns for non living things that will equip students richly to tackle English Language in WAEC/NECO and other relevant examinations.
- A batch of bread
- A bale of cotton or wool
- An anthology of poems
- A bunch of bananas
- A bouquet of flowers
- A bunch of keys
- A bundle of papers
- A budget of papers
- A chest of drawers
- A clump of trees
- A chain of mountains
- A clusters of grape
- A code of laws
- A collection of pictures
- A consignment of goods
- A convoy of ships
- A course of lectures
- A crate of fruit
- A curriculum of studies
- A fleet of motor or ships or cars
- A flight of aeroplanes
- A flight of steps
- A forest of trees
- A galaxy of stars
- A grove of trees
- A hail of fire
- A heap of stones
- A hedge of bushes
- A hoard of money
- A library of books
- A loaf of bread
- A library of books
- A lump of sugar
- A nest of machine guns
- A hedge of bushes
- A pack of cards
- A pair of shoes
- A peal of bells
- A peal of thunder
- A punnet of strawberries
- A range of hills
- A retinue of flowers
- A series of events
- A set of clubs or teeth
- A sheaf of arrows
- A sheaf of corn
- A shock of wheat
- A skein of wool
- A skein of silk
- A squadron of aeroplanes
- A stack of hay
- A suite of rooms
- A suit of clothes
- A string of beads
- A truss of hay
- A tuft of grass
- A sum of money
- A suite of furniture
In summary, collective nouns are very important in English language. Students are expected to know them to be able to answer questions on lexis and structures, comprehension and summary as well as good grammatical structures to pass the subject English in WAEC/NECO, JAMB and other relevant examinations.