Question

What is the Collective noun of geese?

Answer 1

Hint: A noun is a term that refers to a specific object or group of objects, such as live organisms, places, acts, traits, states of existence, or concepts. Nouns are commonly defined in terms of their semantic qualities, especially in informal settings (their meanings). Nouns are words that relate to a person, a place, an item, an event, a substance, a quality, a quantity, and so on.

Complete answer:
There are a variety of nouns in English:
A proper noun is a name that is usually capitalised and refers to a specific person, place, or thing. A common noun, also known as a generic noun, is the polar opposite of a proper noun. The general name of an item in a class or group is called a common noun, and it is not capitalised unless it appears at the start of a sentence or in a title.

Countable nouns are those that can be counted, even if the number is extremely large. Uncountable nouns are nouns that have a state or quantity that can't be counted.

Possessive nouns are nouns that have something in their possession. The apostrophe distinguishes a possessive noun; most nouns show the possessive with an apostrophe and an s.

The question asks us to state the collective noun of ‘geese’. It is important to understand the meaning of ‘collective nouns’. The term "collective" denotes "of or pertaining to a group of individuals viewed as a whole."

A collective noun is a noun that has the same formal shape as a singular noun but refers to a collection of people or things. Collective nouns include terms such as the army, flock, and gaggle. Although these words are all singular, they all refer to a collection of people or things. In most circumstances, singular verbs are used with collective nouns

Collective noun	Use
flock	A flock of geese (a group of geese on the ground is referred to as a 'flock')
gaggle	A gaggle of geese (a 'gaggle' is a bunch of geese on the water)
skein	A skein of geese (a skein of geese is a flock of geese that is flying together)
wedge	A wedge of geese (a 'wedge' is a group of geese flying in a 'V' formation)
team	A group of geese (a 'team' is a term used to describe a group of geese flying together)
plump	A plump of geese ('plump' refers to a flock of geese that are flying together)

Note: The following are some essential noun rules:
- Some nouns always take a singular verb.
- Some nouns have singular meanings, but they are always employed as plural nouns and always receive a plural verb.
- There are a few nouns that are always pluralized and always receive a plural verb.