Level: intermediate
Some nouns refer to groups of people, animals or things:
army | audience | committee | company |
crew | enemy | family | flock |
gang | government | group | herd |
public | regiment | staff | team |
We can use these group nouns either as singular nouns or as plural nouns:
My family is very dear to me.
The government is very unpopular.
The government are always changing their minds.
Sometimes we think of the group as a single thing:
The audience always enjoys the show.
The group consists of two men and three women.
Sometimes we think of the group as several individuals:
The audience clapped their hands.
The largest group are the boys.
The names of many organisations and teams are also group nouns, but they are usually plural in spoken English:
Barcelona are winning 2–0.
The United Oil Company are putting prices up by 12 per cent.
and the police is always plural:
The police are offering a £5,000 reward.
"Put your question in the box"
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خودآزمایی ها |
نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
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Soheila Karimi | 1 | 90/00 % |
نام | تعداد آزمون | میزان موفقیت | |
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َAmeneh Darvishzadeh | 1 | 100/00 % |
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Mehrad Hashemi | 1 | 100/00 % |
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Noushmehr Norsobhi | 1 | 100/00 % |
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مهدی حسین پور آقائی | 1 | 100/00 % |
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Farnoush Toghiany | 21 | 98/36 % |
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zahra namdari | 46 | 98/21 % |
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یاسمن محمدی پور | 4 | 98/08 % |
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Sheida Taheri | 3 | 97/37 % |
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پژمان همدانی | 3 | 97/37 % |
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محمدحسین میرزایی | 3 | 97/30 % |
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Tara Mohammadi | 3 | 96/43 % |
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yasaman mohamadipur | 51 | 95/86 % |
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مهدی هنرمند | 1 | 95/24 % |
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محمدجواد ملائی اردستانی | 3 | 94/44 % |
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Arzhang Saberi | 4 | 93/33 % |
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Soheila Karimi | 124 | 92/73 % |
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aram farhmand | 10 | 92/31 % |
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یاشار اسکندری | 98 | 91/14 % |
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الشان مقیمی آذر | 11 | 90/80 % |
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عباس پورمیدانی | 1 | 90/00 % |