{"id":71868,"date":"2019-08-29T09:29:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T09:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=71868"},"modified":"2019-08-29T09:29:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T09:29:38","slug":"words-denoting-groups-and-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/words-denoting-groups-and-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Words Denoting Groups And Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To talk about a limited quantity of something we use a word like<strong> piece or bit<\/strong>, together with <strong>of,<\/strong> before an uncountable noun. <strong>Bit<\/strong> is informal, and usually suggests a small quantity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A piece\/bit of cake\/bread<\/li>\n<li>Some pieces\/bits of paper\/wood<\/li>\n<li>A piece\/bit of news\/information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are other words too. Some common examples are given below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A bar of soap\/chocolate<\/li>\n<li>A blade of grass<\/li>\n<li>A block of ice<\/li>\n<li>A drop of water\/oil\/vinegar<\/li>\n<li>A grain of sand\/salt\/rice<\/li>\n<li>An item of clothing\/furniture<\/li>\n<li>A loaf of bread<\/li>\n<li>A slice of bread\/cake\/meat<\/li>\n<li>A sheet of paper\/metal\/plastic\/stamps<\/li>\n<li>A stick of chalk\/celery<\/li>\n<li>A suit of clothes\/armour<\/li>\n<li>A bale of cotton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pairs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pair is used for many things that come in pairs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A pair of shoes\/socks\/ear-rings<\/li>\n<li>A pair of glasses\/binoculars<\/li>\n<li>A pair of trousers\/jeans\/pyjamas<\/li>\n<li>A pair of scissors\/pliers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Collections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Special words are used before certain nouns to talk about groups or collections.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An army\/a regiment\/a battalion of soldiers<\/li>\n<li>A band of musicians<\/li>\n<li>A basket of fruits<\/li>\n<li>A bench of judges<\/li>\n<li>A bevy of girls\/women<\/li>\n<li>A board of trustees\/directors\/examiners<\/li>\n<li>A brood of chickens<\/li>\n<li>A bunch of flowers\/grapes<\/li>\n<li>A bundle of sticks<\/li>\n<li>A caravan of merchants\/pilgrims\/travelers<\/li>\n<li>A chain of mountains<\/li>\n<li>A congress of representatives\/delegates<\/li>\n<li>A consignment of goods<\/li>\n<li>A crew of sailors<\/li>\n<li>A constellation of stars<\/li>\n<li>A fleet of ships<\/li>\n<li>A flight of birds<\/li>\n<li>A flock of sheep\/geese<\/li>\n<li>A galaxy of stars<\/li>\n<li>A gang of prisoners\/robbers\/thieves\/labourers<\/li>\n<li>A group of islands<\/li>\n<li>A heap of junk\/stones\/sand<\/li>\n<li>A herd of cattle\/deer\/goats<\/li>\n<li>A hive of bees<\/li>\n<li>A horde of pirates\/robbers\/savages<\/li>\n<li>A league of nations<\/li>\n<li>A litter of pigs\/puppies<\/li>\n<li>A pack of hounds<\/li>\n<li>A pride of lions\/peacocks<\/li>\n<li>A swarm of bees\/ants<\/li>\n<li>A volley of shots\/bullets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To talk about a limited quantity of something we use a word like piece or bit, together with of, before an uncountable noun. Bit is informal, and usually suggests a small quantity. A piece\/bit&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[968,969,970],"class_list":["post-71868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-collections","tag-group-words-in-english","tag-words-denoting-groups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71869,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71868\/revisions\/71869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}