Grammar Unit 1

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GrammarUnit 1

• Lesson 4
• Collective Nouns

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Collective Nouns
fleet
committee
team
crew
crowd
herd
What do these words have in common?
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They are collective nouns.
A collective noun is the general name of a group
of persons, animals, or things.
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A collective noun can name a
Person
Animal
Place
Thing
class
tribe
congregation
litter
gaggle
herd
United States
Rockies
Bahamas
batch
cluster
bunch
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Find the collective noun in each sentence.

• The night crew are asked to take separate breaks.
• A flock of geese flew over the fleet of ships.
• The fans cheered when the team won the game.
• The entire family played the game together.
• We spied a school of fish under the lily pads.
• That committee is made up of a large group of
  people.
• 7. The children ran from the swarm of bees.