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Collective nouns. The name used for a group of things It can be animals like squirrels or elephants It can be things like tables or trees.

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1 Collective nouns

2 The name used for a group of things It can be animals like squirrels or elephants It can be things like tables or trees

3 A pride of lions A lion

4 A goose A flock of geese

5 One hedgehog A prickle of hedgehogs

6 An elephant A herd of elephants

7 A bloat of Hippopotami One Hippopotamus

8 A fish A school of fish

9 Sometimes a collective noun reflects the character of the animal they refer to…. An unkindness of ravens.

10 An ostentation of peacocks.

11 A sloth of bears.

12 An intrusion of cockroaches.

13 A parliament of owls.

14 A skulk of foxes.

15 A shrewdness of apes.

16 Some more collective nouns A wolf A whale A bee A puppy A pack of wolves A pod of whales A swarm of bees A litter of pups

17 What could you call these things? A group of soldiers A large group of people A group of footballers A group of schoolchildren An army A crowd A team A class


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