Collective Nouns

Collective nouns are words for groups of people, animals or things.

Here are some words for groups of people. They are singular countable nouns.

a community	a family
an audience	a company
a club	a team
a band	a corporation
a choir	a society

Here are some collective nouns that we can use for groups of people.

a troop of soldiers	a board of directors
a troupe of performers	a panel of doctors
a crowd of people	a panel of judges
a multitude of people	a team of players
a class of children	a gang of robbers
a host of angels	a company of actors

Sometimes groups of animals have their own special collective nouns.

a school of whales	a drove of ponies
a school of dolphin	a brood of chickens
a pack of wolves	a litter of kittens
a flock of sheep	a litter of puppies
a flock of birds	a herd of elephants
a swarm of bees	a herd of cattle
a nest of rabbits	a troop of monkeys

Here are some collective nouns that we can use for groups of things.

a bunch of bananas	a row of houses
a bunch of keys	a series of numbers
a set of tools	a bouquet of flowers
a pile of sand	a string of pearls
a suite of furniture	a galaxy of stars

Videos

Collective Nouns

GMAT Prep Verbal Collective Nouns

Introduction to English Nouns - Singular, Plural and Collective Nouns

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