COLLECTIVE NOUNS
A Collective Noun is the name of a number (or collection) of people, animals and things taken together as one thing, such as family, flock, bouquet and etc...
Diagram below describes some of the examples about Collective Nouns.
NOTE
These are more examples of Collective Nouns.
A choir of singers. A comb of bananas. A crowd of people. A deck of cards. A board of directors. A set of tools. An army of soldiers. A fleet of ships. A panel of judges. A packet of sweets. A gang of thieves. A bundle of sticks. | A herd of cattle. A group of cattle. A pack of wolves. A collection of clothes. A flock of sheep. A school of fish. A nest of mice. A bunch of grapes. A troop of monkeys. A crew of sailors. A group of islands. A brood of chickens. |
Here are some pictures of Collective Nouns.
Activity
Fill in the blanks with suitable Collective Nouns based on the choice of answers below.
1. A _________of birds flew high in the sky.
2. They saw a __________ of lions at the zoo.
3. He ate a _________ of grapes today.
4. Our friend shows us a __________ of stamps.
5. Police have arrested a _________ of thieves.
6. She bought a _________ of bananas from the market.
7. The ________ of pupils are listening attentively to their teacher.
8. You can put the ________ of tools in that box.
set gang troop bunch class flock collection comb
*to check your answer, you can download the answer sheet below.
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