3. The man Seema and Arun helped was... (a) their uncle. (b) a smuggler. ( c) a police officer.
He was following a gang of smugglers who had caught him and tied him up.
The word gang is a group noun. Here it refers to an organized group of criminals.
Match the group nouns in Column A with what they refer to in Column B| A | B | |
|---|---|---|
| mob | 1. a number of players | |
| board | 2. a number of people listening to a concert or lecture | |
| troupe | 3. a number of judges | |
| army | 4. people collected without any specific purpose | |
| bench | 5. some people gathered for destructive purpose | |
| crowd | 6. a number of people watching a match or something else | |
| audience | 7. a number of directors of a company | |
| team | 8. a number of soldiers | |
| spectators | 9. a number of artists, dancers, acrobats |
They particularly loved going for walks and spent hours exploring the old temple in a fort nearby. Sometimes they pretended to be rulers of an ancient kingdom. At other times, they played hide-and-seek.
The underlined words in the above paragraph are “verbs.” Look at the nouns corresponding to these verbs.
| Verbs | Nouns | Verbs | Nouns |
|---|---|---|---|
| loved | love | exploring | explore |
| pretended | pretension | played | play |