Collective Noun Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: L.2.1.A

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Collective nouns are words that represent groups. They can be groups of people, places, or things. The most common example I can think of is the word "herd". This can be a name given to cattle as well as Zombies, if you are a sci-fi fan. We can see the evolution of the collection name for cash through the history of rap music. They were first referred to as "piles" (of cash), then "stacks", and today the most common use of collective noun is "racks". These parts of speech can be difficult for non-native English speakers. That is because there are so many variations and new words are emerging from pop culture all the time, as we just illustrated. This cadre of worksheets will help students become more comfortable will the use of collective nouns.

Collective Noun Worksheets To Print:

Herds of Collectives - Is it a group, herd, convoy, pride, or flock? Circle the word that best fits each sentence.

Eating Nouns - This is a really interesting sheet to do with students. We focus on words that we commonly take for granted.

Identifying Collective Nouns - A somewhat of a fill in the blank activity. I forgot some of these words existed.

Helping Anna Identify - Underline the target word in each sentence. You may need to read these several times.

Gracie's Nouns - She sure does have a lot to say for a little girl. This is a long form paragraph for you to analyze.

Finding Nouns - Which one fits each situation the best? Circle the answer that correctly completes the following sentences.

Investigations - Color the circle red if the sentence contains one of these prized noun. You can just leave it blank or empty, if it does not.

Scrambled - Unscramble the nouns in the parenthesis and write the unscrambled word on the line. If you need a hint, just read the sentence and use the context to help you.

Everyday - These are things that you will see every single day! If you live on a farm. There are no hints available outside of using the sentence to frame your thoughts.

A School Full - Cut and paste the correct collective noun by the words in the school. This offers you a fun and engaging backdrop for students.

Wild About It ! - Cut and paste the animal by the correct picture to match the words. This is an image based activity.

People Nouns - If the sentence contains a collective noun, write "CN" in the circle and underline the collective noun.

"Thing" Collective Nouns - Match the collective nouns on the right with correct object on the left.

Collective Circus - More complete the sentences activities here. For an extra helping of practice.

Cooking Out - Break apart a whole passages and do a few identifications. It's more like a Baker's dozen or so.

What Are Collective Nouns?


Nouns are naming words that are mostly used as objects in a sentence. Nouns have many types. A collective noun is also a type of noun. You might not have noticed, but you use collective nouns in your daily speech. It is very commonly spoken in the English language. Collective nouns, as the name implies, are collections of individual nouns. They are used to refer to things in an abundance. Collective nouns represent a team of people, place, animal, or other things. You can spot a collective noun where a team is being discussed as a single entity.


Here are some examples of the collective nouns for a clearer view.

The teacher took the class out on a trip.

Everybody waited anxiously for the jury's verdict.

My family is looking for a bigger house.

The audience was applauding for the comedian.

The army of Napoleon got defeated.


There are proper names for different collections of nouns. Different persons, places, animals, or things have specific names for their collections. It is best to memorize these collective nouns to use them fluently in speech. Here is a list of some of the most common collective nouns that are frequently used in the English language.


Herd: It is used for a number of herbivore animals.

Pack: It used for a group of animals that belong to the family of dogs, for example, wolves.

Flock: This collective noun is used for a group of birds. It is also sometimes used for sheep and goats.

Group: It is a very general collective noun. It can be used to describe any type of noun.

Panel: It is used for a group of people who are expert at something.

Gang: It used for criminals.

Stack: It is used for a number of things that are piled up on each other.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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