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Answer: To answer this question correctly, first you need to understand what a collective noun is. A collective noun refers to a group or collection of people, animals, or things. Examples include a swarm of bees, a team of players, a colony of ants or a flock of birds. In this case, the correct answer is option A. Colony.
Complete Answer:
In the sentence, the nouns given are: colony, ants, and backyard.
Option A: ‘Colony’ – This is the correct answer. A group of ants is called a colony, which makes it the right collective noun in this case.
Option B: ‘Ants’ – This is just a plural noun (more than one ant). It is not a collective noun, so this is incorrect.
Option C: ‘Backyard’ – This refers to a place, not a group of anything. So, it’s not a collective noun and is also incorrect.
Option D: ‘Colony, ants’ – Although ‘colony’ is a collective noun, adding ‘ants’ (a plural noun) makes it incorrect because we are looking for the single word that acts as the collective noun.
To solve questions like these, you should be familiar with common and uncommon collective nouns. Some are easy, like a pack of wolves, and others can be tricky, like an unkindness of ravens or a troop of monkeys. Even if you don’t remember the exact word, using common sense helps. In this case, ‘ants’ are the individuals, and ‘backyard’ is just a place, so they can’t be the collective noun.
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