Question

18. Which sentence contains a collective noun?

Jim and Louis like recess.
Bella hates recess.
Sarah and I play kickball at recess.
The class loves recess.

Answer 1

Class is the collective noun.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D.

Collective nouns denote a group of people, animals or objects. They are words for single things that are made up of more than one person, animal or object.

Some examples of collective nouns are: class, herd, jury, team, group, audience.

In the example above, the word class is a collective noun because it refers to a number of students. The use of the verb is singular because the word class denotes the group as a whole, even if it's made up of various individuals.