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I love teaching collective nouns. I always encourage
my students to use collective nouns because it makes their writing more
descriptive
and increases their vocabulary of words.
Students like it too because they are so literal and therefore easy to remember
e.g. a party of friends. I am particularly interested in sharing my own
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Learning of Collective Nouns
Collective nouns are easy to recognize and they’re fun to work
with, too. Not only they rich in developmental history, in some case they
can add vivid imagery to writing. The following explains the usage of
this unique class of nouns. One of the craziest oddities of the English
language is that there are so many different collective nouns that
all mean "group" but which are specific to what particular thing
there is a group of: a herd of elephants, a crowd of people, a box of crayons, a pad of paper, etc. There is great diversity of collective
nouns associated with animals, from a sleuth of bears to a murder of crows. The following is a list of the correct
terms to describe groups of various types of animals.
A bundle of sticks
A bundle of sticks is called a faggot.
A clump of yellow flowers
A clump is a group of similar things, very close together and hard to separate.
A bunch of grapes
An army of caterpillars
A barren of donkeys or mules
A group of donkeys or mules is called a barren.
A bloat of hippopotamus
A fleet of planes
A gaggle of geese
What is a Collective Noun?
Collective nouns
denote a group of people, objects, ideas, or animals as a single concept.
Though the collective noun refers to more than one in a group, the noun itself
is considered a single thing.
However, they can be
used as either singular of plural. It all depends on the sentence.
Tying to decide which
form to use can get confusing because you have to use the correct verb and
pronoun forms, too. One way to make it a little easier is to determine if
the collective noun is referring to a unit working as individuals or if they
are working together in unison.
Examples of Collective
Nouns
The singular verb and
pronoun form is used is if they are acting in unison. For example:
The class listens
[singular verb form] carefully to its [singular pronoun] teacher’s
instructions. (Here the class is a unit acting together as one.
They are all doing the same thing, listening, at the same time.)
When the members of
the group are acting on their own, use the plural verb and pronoun forms.
For example:
The class start
[plural verb form] their [plural pronoun] projects while the teacher grades their
[plural pronoun] papers. (The class is a unit, but they act individually
when they work on their own projects.)
Need more examples of
collective nouns? You’ll find a whole list below.
Collective Nouns
Collective nouns are those nouns that denote a group of people,
animals, objects, concepts or ideas as a single entity.
These
collective nouns are commonly used under
the category of people.
1. A class of students 2. An army of soldiers.
3. A choir of singers. 4.
A crew of sailors.
5. A band of musicians. 6. A bunch of crooks.
7. A crowd of people. 8. A
gang of thieves.
9. A group of dancers. 10. A team of players.
11. A crowd of spectators. 12. A pack of thieves.
13. A troupe of artists. 14. A staff of employees.
15. A regiment of
soldiers. 16. A tribe of natives.
17. A troupe of dancers. 18. An
audience of listeners.
19. A panel of experts. 20.
A gang of labourers.
21.A flock of tourists. 22.
A board of directors.
The following collective nouns are used for animals.
1. A catch of fish. 2. An
army of ants.
3. A flight of birds. 4. A
flock of birds.
5. A haul of fish. 6. A
flock of sheep.
7. A herd of deer/cattle 8. A hive of
bees.
9. A litter of cubs. 10. A host of sparrows.
11. A team of horses. 12. A troop
of lions.
13. A zoo of wild animals. 14.
A pack of wolves.
15. A litter of
puppies/kittens. 16.
A swarm of bees/ants/rats.
17. A team of
horses/ducks. 18. A
murder of crows.
19. A kennel of dogs. 20.A pack
of hounds.
21. A herd of elephants/ buffaloes.
The following
collective nouns are used for things.
1.
A group of islands. 2. A galaxy of stars.
3. A wad of notes. 4. A forest of trees.
5. A stack of wood. 6. A fleet of ships.
7. An album of
stamps 8. A string of pearls.
9. A hedge of bushes. 10. A library of books.
11. A basket of fruit. 12. A bowl of rice.
13. A pack of
cards. 14. A pair of shoes.
15. A bouquet of
flowers. 16.
A bunch of keys.
17. A chest of
drawers. 18.
A pack of lies.
19. A range of
mountains. 20.
A cloud of dust.
21. An album of photographs.
Collective nouns are endless and these
are just a list of those used more often. As you continue to work on improving
your English, you will stumble across many more. Be sure to add them to your
list and use them as frequently as you can.
Others Common Collective Nouns
Pod : A group of large marine mammals in the ocean:
whales, dolphins
Colony: A
group that has established itself at a particular
location:
seals, bats
Troop : A
group of simians:
Gorillas, monkeys, baboons
Swarm : A
mass of insects:
Bees, ants, flies, locusts
Litter
: Group of newborn animals (of the same
mother):
puppies, kittens
Bed
: A group of animals (usually immobile)
attached to one
particular plot of land : Oysters, clams,
mussels
School/Shoal : A group of fish :
Herring,
mackerel, tuna.
Other
collective nouns :
a gang of elk, a pride of lions, a smack of jellyfish, a covey of pheasants, a murder of crows, a parade of elephants, a mob of kangaroos, a wake of vultures
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Exercise 2
Exercise 1
Choose the correct collective nouns then fill in the blanks.
a
flock of a chest of a class of a
herd of a troupe of
a
comb of a string of a gaggle of a library of a troop
of
1.
………………… soldiers is camping in the forest.
2.
Siew Peng likes to read. She has ………………..
books in her room.
3. ………………… geese is chasing the little boy.
4. Mr Soo bought ………………. pearls for his wife on
her birthday.
5. The monkey snatched …………….. bananas from the zoo keeper’s hand.
6. ………………… dancers is performing on stage now.
7. There is …………………… cows grazing in the field.
8.
It is very difficult to teach …………………….
naughty pupils.
9.
He found his keys after searching through ………………. drawers.
10. The sheepdog is chasing …………………. sheep to
the field.
Exercise 2
Choose the correct option.
1. A ………….. of playing
cards. A flock
B
pack
2. A shoal of ………………… . A fish B birds
3. A ……………….. of keys. A bunch B group
4. A …………….. of events. A group B series
5. A choir of ………………. . A singers B painters
6. An army of ……………… . A
ants B birds
7. A pack of ………………. . A
cats B dogs
8. A swarm of ……………. . A
bear B bees
9. A herd of ………………. . A elephants B lions
10. A bunch of ……………. . A
apples B bananas
11. A hedge of …………….. . A
bushes B trees
12. A chest of ……………… . A drawers
B cupboards
13. A fleet of ………………. . A ships B
aeroplanes
14. A host of ………………. . A crows B sparrows
Exercise 3
Exercise 3
Parts
of the activities organized by the English panel
in the year 2012
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| The teacher is showing how to get learning materials from the internet. |
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| One of the participants during the Annual English storytelling Competition |
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| Another participants of Annual English Storytelling competition |
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| Pupils are listening attentively during the Annual Storytelling Competition |
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| Members of The English Society used the recycled bottles and papers to produce a colorful chair. |
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| A pupil weighs below 20 kg sat on the chair |
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| The recycled chair can even hold up to 35 kilogram weigh. |
Notes
1.0 Nouns
Nouns are names given to
people,
places and things.
Nouns are mainly
classified as the following:
a. Common Nouns : e. g. school, teacher, computer etc.
b. Proper Nouns : e. g. Proton Saga, John, Garfield,
Deepavali
c. Countable and
Uncountable Nouns :
(i) Countable nouns : e. g.
boys, dahlias, doves..…
(ii) Uncountable nouns:
e. g. soup, rice, butter, tea, flour ……
d. Singular
Nouns and Plural Nouns
A singular noun is one
person, animal or thing. A plural noun is more
than one person,
animal or thing. To form the plurals of nouns:
(i) We add
‘-s’ to most nouns e.g: girl – girls, bag – bags, desk – desks
(ii) We add ‘-es’ to nouns ending in ‘-s’, ‘-ch’, ‘-sh’
and ‘-x’.
e. g. glass – glasses, match - matches, bush – bushes, box – boxes
(iii) We add‘-s’ to some nouns ending in ‘-o’. e.g. radio – radios,
piano – pianos.
(iv) We add ‘-es’
to some nouns ending in ‘-o’. e. g. buffalo – buffaloes,
tomato –
tomatoes
(v) We change ‘-y’
to ‘-ies’. e. g. city – cities, lorry – lorries, lady – ladies.
(vi) We change ‘-f’ or ‘-fe’ into
‘-ves’. e. g. leaf – leaves, knife– knives,
wife – wives.
(vii) We add ‘-en’ e. g.
child – children, ox – oxen
Collective
Nouns
Collective nouns refer to a group of people, animals
and things of the same kind.
e.g. a litter of puppies, a flock of sheep, a team
of players etc.
2.0
Imperatives Quantifiers
a. quantifiers for
countable nouns
(i) a /an : for one item only. e g. a pupil, a spider, an
iron, an office
(ii)
a few/ a small number of / several / some : more than two item / not many.
e g. a few children, a small number of sweets,
several chairs, some books
(iii) many/
a large number of/ a lot of/ plenty of : in big quantities.
e g. many people, a large number of stocks, a lot of flowers, plenty of shops
(iv)
any/ many : use mainly in questions or negative sentences.e g.
Are there any magazines in the library?
How many apples are left in the basket?
b. quantifiers for uncountable nouns
(i) a little/ a
small amount of / some : not much. e g. a little dust,
a small amount of flour, some oil.
(ii) much/a large amount of / a
great deal of/ a lot of/ plenty of : a big amount.
e g. much effort, a large amount of rubbish, a great deal of fun, a lot
of/
plenty of space.
(iii) any/much: use mainly in
questions or negative sentences. e. g.
Is there any water in the bottle?
How much money do you have?
uncountable nouns. : e g. some
lines/ air, any files/ information, a lot of
cakes/ water, plenty of coins/
money
Tips to improve English:
a) Learn
English Grammar
- adjectives, adverbs, articles,
nouns (possessive Nouns, noun as adjectives)
- verbs
- prepositions
- pronouns
- conjunctions
- interjections
- tenses, subjects, verbs and
objects
- conditionals, determiners,
quantifiers
- subjunctive
- direct and reported speech
- independent and dependent clauses
- grammar rules
b). Improve
English Vocabulary
-
punctuation
-
common mistakes in English
-
other resources
-
career Resources
-
exercise
