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"Collective nouns and homonyms"
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- 1. "Collective nouns and homonyms"
- 2. We are all familiar with a herd of cows
- 3. a herd of deer
- 4. a flock of chickens
- 5. a gaggle of geese
- 6. a pride of lions
- 7. However, there are less known collective nouns.
- 8. In linguistics, a homonym is, in the
- 9. A school is a place for teaching and learning
- 10. a school of fish
- 11. A thunder is loud explosive sound in the air following the lightning.
- 12. a thunder of bisons
- 13. A troop is a group of soldiers.
- 14. a troop of lions
- 15. A field is an open area of land without trees or buildings.
- 16. a field of horses
- 17. Murder is the crime of deliberately killing a person.
- 18. a murder of crows
- 19. A train is a connected group of railroad cars.
- 20. a train of camels
- 21. A coalition is a group of
- 22. a coalition of cheetahs
- 23. An army is a large group of soldiers organized to fight battles on land.
- 24. an army of ants
- 25. an army of caterpillars
- 26. A pack is a small paper or cardboard package in which small things are sold.
- 27. a pack of wolves
- 28. A team is a group of people who compete in a sport, game, etc.
- 29. a team of oxen
- 30. A tower is a tall,
- 31. a tower of giraffes
- 32. A band is a usually small group of musicians who play popular music together .
- 33. a band of gorillas
- 34. A crash is an accident in which
- 35. a crash of rhinoceroses
- 36. A constable is a police officer of the lowest rank.
- 37. a constable of ravens
- 38. A colony is an area that is
- 39. a colony of penguins
- 40. Ballet is a kind of dancing
- 41. a ballet of swans
- 42. Business is the activity of making, buying,
- 43. a business of ferrets
- 44. A raft is a flat structure
- 45. a raft of ducks
- 46. A cloud is a white or grey
- 47. a cloud of bats
- 48. Charm is a quality that causes someone or something to be very likeable .
- 49. a charm of hummingbirds
- 50. A parliament is the group of people who are responsible for making the laws.
- 51. Presumably because they look so wise: ,a parliament of owls.
- 52. Congress is the group of people
- 53. Now consider a group of Baboons. Baboons
- 54. a congress of baboons
- 55. Thank you for attention!
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We are all familiar with a herd of cows
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Слайд 7However, there are less known collective nouns. They are often
homonyms to the words used in everyday life.
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In linguistics, a homonym is, in the strict sense, one
of a group of words that share the same spelling
and the same pronunciation but have different meanings.
Слайд 21 A coalition is a group of people, parties, or countries
who have joined together for a common purpose.
Слайд 30 A tower is a tall, narrow building or structure that
may stand apart from or be attached to another building
or structure.
Слайд 34A crash is an accident in which a vehicle is
seriously damaged or destroyed by hitting something.
Слайд 38A colony is an area that is controlled by or
belongs to a country and is usually far away from
Слайд 40 Ballet is a kind of dancing that is performed on
a stage and uses music, costumes, and scenery to tell
a story .
Слайд 42Business is the activity of making, buying, or selling goods
or providing services in exchange for money.
Слайд 53Now consider a group of Baboons.
Baboons are the loudest, most
dangerous, aggressive and least intelligent of all primates.
And what is
the proper collective noun for a group of baboons?
