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L.O: to find out
about Collective
nouns
L.O: to find out
about Collective
nouns
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
Collective nouns
A lion
A pridepridepridepride of lions
A goose
A flockflockflockflock of geese
One hedgehog
A prickleprickleprickleprickle of hedgehogs
An elephant
A herdherdherdherd of elephants
A bloat of Hippopotami
One Hippopotamus
A fish
A schoolschoolschoolschool of fish
A squirrel
What do you think would be a
good name for a group
of squirrels?
Some more collective
nouns
• A wolf
• A whale
• A bee
• A puppy
• A packpackpackpack of wolves
• A podpodpodpod of whales
• A swarmswarmswarmswarm of bees
• A litterlitterlitterlitter of pups
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
Collective nouns
• There are lots of places to find out
more collective nouns, using the
internet
• Try this website
• http://rinkworks.com/words/collective.s
html
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