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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

 

 

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Collective Nouns

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Introduction to English Nouns - Singular, Plural and Collective Nouns

 

 

 

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