Question

Choose the noun/nouns in the following sentence, and say whether they are Common, Proper, Collective or Abstract:

A committee of five was appointed.

• A. committee - Abstract; five - Collective
• B. committee - Collective; five - Common
• C. Committee - Collective
• D. Five - Abstract

Answer 1

The correct option is C Committee - Collective

The name given to a collection of persons or things taken together and spoken of as one whole is a collective noun. Committee is a collective noun as it is used to describe a group of people formed for a particular purpose.