Group nouns Emrat që tregojnë grup

 Group nouns 

Emrat që tregojnë grup 

 

Some nouns refer to groups of people, animals or things: 

Disa emra i referoheni një grupi njerëzish, kafshësh apo gjërash: 

 

army	audience	committee	company
crew	enemy	family	flock
gang	government	group	herd
public	regiment	staff	team

 

 

 

We can use these group nouns either as singular nouns or as plural nouns: 

Ne mund t’i përdorim këta emra që tregojnë grup me emra në njëjës apo në shumës: 

• My family is very dear to me. 
  I have a large family. They are very dear to me. = The members of my family … 

• The government is very unpopular. 
  The government are always changing their minds. 

 

 

Sometimes we think of the group as a single thing: 

Ndonjëherë ne e mendojmë grupin si një gjë e vetme: 

• The audience always enjoys the show. 
  The group consists of two men and three women. 

 

Sometimes we think of the group as several individuals: 

Ndonjëherë ne e mendojmë grupin si disa individë: 

• The audience clapped their hands. 
  The largest group are the boys. 

 

   The names of many organisations and teams are also group nouns, but they are usually plural in spoken English: 

   Emrat e shumë organizatave dhe skuadrave janë gjithashtu emra që shprehin grupe, por ato zakonisht janë në shumës në Anglishten e folur: 

• Barcelona are winning 2–0. 
  The United Oil Company are putting prices up by 12 per cent. 

 

and the police is always plural: 

dhe policia është gjithmonë në shumës: 

• The police are offering a £5,000 reward. 

 

 

 

 

Choose the correct option to complete each sentence. 

Zgjidhni opsionin e saktë për të plotësuar çdo fjali. 

 

1. The rebel army ___ slowly moving towards the capital city. 

• is 

• are 

• is/are 

 

2. The company's doing well so the board ___ decided to take on fifty new employees. 

• has 

• have 

• has/have 

 

3. Many experts predict that Brazil ___ going to win next year's competition. 

• is 

• are 

• is/are 

 

4. Several of the oil company's directors ___ ex-Cabinet ministers. 

• is 

• are 

• is/are 

 

5. The police in Britain, the Irish Republic and New Zealand ___ usually carry guns. 

• doesn't 

• don't 

• doesn't/don't 

 

6. We've just heard it on the radio: the President ___ resigned! 

• has 

• have 

• has/have 

 

7. The soldier ___ cleaning his gun when the enemy attacked. 

• was 

• were 

• was/were 

 

8. The staff at my son's school ___ very experienced. 

• is 

• are 

• is/are 

 

9. The teachers at my old school ___ all really enthusiastic. 

• was 

• were 

• was/were 

 

10. The university ___ decided to increase fees by 5 per cent next year. 

• has 

• have 

• has/have