The hardware store sponsored the team that won the Little League championship, and the trophy is on display on the counter.
A.
team
B.
store
C.
championship
D.
trophy
The answer to the question above is "a) team" which is the identified collective noun from the sentence above based on the nature of the collective noun. A collective noun contains a group of individuals in its meaning, thus it called collective. The "team" word contains every team members on its meaning.