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Collective Noun:

A Noun that is used to present a group of things, persons etc. is called Collective Noun,

For Example

• Cricket team of Pakistan
• Royal Family
• Crew of the event
• Herd of animals
• A company
• And many more

Is a collective Noun Singular or Plural?

The question is that collective noun is singular or plural?

It can be used singular noun or it can be used as plural noun. It depends how the members of group is behaving or acting like.

If all the members of group is acting together then collective noun will be used as singular noun

For Example:

• Pakistan Cricket Team won the match.
• Bench has submitted the decisions to the Supreme Court.

If all the members of group is acting individually then collective noun will be used as plural noun

For example:

• Pakistan Cricket Team stuck in a match but all team member was trying their best.
• Bench failed to submit their report as the members of bench were not agree on the final report

Countable Noun:

Countable Nouns are that can be count called the countable nouns. 

For Example:

         i. She was making a cup of tea

        ii. I ordered him for three cups of tea.

        iii. He ordered two pizzas.

        iv. He has ten pairs of shoes.

In every sentence mentioned above nouns are countable like. a cup of tea,  three cups of tea, two Pizzas. Ten pairs of shoes. these all are countable nouns.

Uncountable Noun:

Uncountable Nouns are those can not be count called the Uncountable Nouns. 

For Example:

         i. Rice.

        ii. Sand

        iii. water

        iv. words of Book.

each noun mentioned above is a uncountable noun because you can not count rice, Sand, water and words of book.

Compound Noun:

A noun that is made of two or more words is non as compound. Its mean it can be in different combination like Non + Non or it can be adjective + noun. each compound noun act as one unit. 

For Example:

1. An Odd shoe.
2. Big Moon.
3. railway station.  

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