Multiple choice

Choose the option in which the collective noun(s) have been picked out correctly from the given sentence.

The class cringed when they were put through a battery of tests.

  1. class and tests

  2. battery

  3. class and battery

  4. cringed

  5. there are no collective nouns in the sentence
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Correct. The word ‘class’ is a collective noun for a group of students studying together; the word ‘battery’ is a collective noun for a group of tests.

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