Collective nouns

A collective noun is the name of a number of persons, animals or things

grouped together and spoken of as one whole.

Here are more collective nouns for you.

a company of actors

a host of angels

a gang of labourers

a bevy of girls/ ladies/ beauties

a bench of magistrates

a tribe of natives

a posse of policemen

a crew of sailors

a choir of singers

a team of players

a staff of teachers

a circle of friends

a band of magicians

a haggle of vendors

a monastery of monks

a convent of nuns

a shush of librarians

an army of soldiers

an audience of spectators

an embassy of diplomats

EXERCISE 1
Fill in the blanks with correct collective nouns.
1. a

staff

of teachers.

2. a

of sheep.

3. a

of students.

4. a

of people.

5. a

of executives.

6. a

of members.

7. a

of jurors.

8. a

of ships.

9. a

of flowers

10. an

of spectators.

11. a

of people.

12. a

of stamps

13. an

of musicians.

14. a

of players

15. a

of workers.

16. a

of sailors.

EXERCISE 2
For each of the following, underline the correct answer.

1.

An ( army , crew , group ) of soldiers marched to the camp.

2.

The deer was attacked by a ( school, pack, team ) of wolves.

3.

What is that ( set , pair , pack ) of tools doing under the car.

4.

There is a ( flock, nest, litter) of mice in the drawer.

5.

A ( troupe, group, party) of dancers came to our school concert last year.

6.

The small girl sang a song in front of a ( tribe, staff , crew ) of teachers.

7.

I bought a ( comb, bouquet , stalk ) of flowers for my mother on Mothers Day.

8.

My father bought a ( bar, loaf , slice ) of bread for breakfast.

9.

Kassim gave his sick grandmother a ( comb, bunch, pack ) of grapes.

10.

The girls saw a ( gang, herd , group ) of cows in the field.

11.

The office is at the top of that ( flight , row , group ) of stairs.

12.

She ordered a ( suit , suite , row ) of furniture for her new house.

13.

The boys were chased by a ( herd , troop , pack ) of stray dogs.

14.

Miss Tan has a ( stack , group , chest ) exercise books to mark.

15.

We listened to a ( troupe , band , collection ) of musicians in the park.

16.

The fisherman saw a ( school , flock , swarm ) of whales in the ocean.

17.

My father bought a ( string , bundle , bouquet ) of pearls for my mother.

18.

The ( team , crew , pride ) of hockey players from my school is very good.

19.

There is a ( heap , collection , bundle ) of rubbish under the tree.

20.

Please show me your ( group , collection , pack ) of stamps.

21.

Last night I saw a ( collection , cluster , bouquet ) of stars in the sky.

22.

The Philippines is made up a ( string , herd , group ) of islands.

23.

The money is in that ( stack , chest, flights ) of drawers.

24.

I saw a ( troop , herd , group ) of monkeys in the zoo.

Muthu is looking after his ( flock , herd , group ) of cows.