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Look at these pictures and read the words below each.















                          a litter of puppies              a bunch of grapes                a class of students


                   The highlighted words are collections of people, things or animals.


                         Nouns that name a collection of people, animals or things are called
                         collective nouns.



              C.  Find twelve collective nouns in the word grid. Then, use them to fill in the blanks
                   correctly.                                                                              discovery based


                    1.  a                of rubbish                2.  a               of clothes

                    3.  a                of lions                  4.  a               of rain

                    5.  a                of grapes                 6.  a               of sheep

                    7.  a                of fish                   8.  a               of robbers

                    9.  a                of birds                10.  a                of hens

                   11.  a                of singers              12.  an                of soldiers


                                     S     B     U    N     D     L     E     P    F     S     F


                                     F     U     H     P    R     I     D     E    L     H     L

                                     W     N     Y    A     R     M     Y     K    O     O     I


                                     E     C     U     I    O     J    M     N     C     W     G

                                     S     H     O    A     L     V     C    X     K     E     H


                                     Q    W      E    R     B     R     O    O     D     R     T

                                     D     F     G    H     E     A     P     K    L     O     P


                                     G     A     N    G     B     N     C    H     O     I     R


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