GRADE 5
Name:
A collective noun is the singular noun which group together plural objects.
For example: a flock of sheep
A flock [singular] of sheep [plural].
Write suitable collective nouns for the following:
A ______________________ of books A ______________________ of stairs
A ______________________ of furniture
A ______________________of fruit
A ______________________ of flowers A ______________________ of cutlery
An _____________________of clothes A ______________________of pearls
A ______________________ of puppies
A ______________________ of cards
A ______________________of fire wood
A ______________________ of bees
An ____________________ of fruit trees A ______________________ of drawers
A ______________________of beads
An _____________________of poems
A ______________________of friends
An _____________________of stamps
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Grade 5 Term 2 English Language; Language Structure and conventions; Collective nouns
Collective nouns
GRADE 5
Grade 5 Term 2 English Language; Language Structure and conventions; Collective nouns
Answer key
Write suitable collective nouns for the following.
A library/shelf of books
A suite of furniture.
A flight of stairs
A basket of fruit
A bouquet/bunch of flowers
A set of cutlery
An outfit of clothes
A string of pearls
A litter of puppies
A pack/deck of cards
A bundle of fire wood
A swarm of bees
An orchid of fruit trees
A chest of drawers
A string of beads
An anthology of poems
A circle of friends An album of stamps
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