English Preparation

Students can refer to following books to study Transitive Verbs in English Grammar:

These books provide a focused explanation of the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs. They offer a broader overview of verb types, including a dedicated section on transitive and intransitive verbs.

A Transitive Verb in English is a verb that cannot stand alone and needs a noun or pronoun to clarify what is being acted upon. It requires direct object that requires a to complete its meaning. For example: The dog chased the ball. (The verb "chased" is transitive, since it needs direct object "ball" to complete the sentence and meaning.)

Yes, there are some collective nouns that are used to describe multiple types of groups.

Example:

• A Crew: Sailors, Airline Staff, Film Production Teams
• A Team: Office Colleagues, Project Groups, Sports Players
• A Band: Musicians, Robbers, Soldiers
• A Pack: Cards, Dogs, Wolves
• A Fleet: Cars, Ships, Planes
• A Set: Dishes, Tools, Rules  

No, collective nouns cannot be proper nouns, as collective nouns refer to a group, while proper nouns refer to specific names. However, collective nouns are common nouns.

Collective Nouns: A series of books, A faculty of teachers

Proper Nouns: Amazon, Radhika, India

Collective nouns are usually used with countable nouns like people, animals, and things. There are rare cases when collective nouns are used with uncountable nouns.

Example:

• A herd of elephants. (Correct)
• A herd of sugar. (Incorrect)

A collective noun can be singular or plural. It depends on how the group is acting in the sentence. To determine whether a singular or plural verb is to be used, one must check the context of the sentence.

Singular Verb: If the group is acting as one unit.

• Example: The team is winning the match.

Plural Verb: If the individuals of the group are acting separately.

• Example: The team are arguing among themselves.

Below are 20 examples of collective nouns.

Proper nouns are usually not used with articles. For example: I live in Delhi, He works at Google. However, exceptions apply in cases when the article is a part of the name.

For instance:

The University of Delhi has many colleges affiliated to it.

 The Times of India is a prominent English-language newspaper in India.

Proper adjectives are adjectives derived from a proper noun and describes a noun by relating it to a specific person, place or thing.

Example:

I love American culture. (derived from America)

She enjoys Indian cuisine. (derived from India)