Year 9 Collective nouns 1

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

A collective noun is a noun that refers to a group or collection of similar people,
animals or things.

Collective nouns are used when you want to refer to a whole group of people or objects
but you don’t want to call them all by their separate names. For instance, you wouldn’t
list all the members of a sports team in one sentence but rather you would call them a
team.

Underline the collective nouns in the following sentences.

a.           The Team New Zealand crew attended the charity dinner.

b.          A school of dolphins raced freely at the boy of the boat.

c.           The year there will be national elections held to vote in our government.

d.          There are fifteen people in a rugby team.

e.           My mum had to go to a fundraising committee meeting at the Plunket rooms.

Choose from the box below the appropriate collective noun to fill in the missing word
and complete the following phrases.

litter gang    colony choir gaggle    army fleet bouquet    pride cluster

a.           An army of soldiers

b.          A Litter of ants

c.           A  Bouquet of flowers

d.           A Gang of thieves

e.            A Colony of lions

f.             A Cluster of stars

g.           A Fleet of ships

h.          A Pride of puppies

i.            A Choir of singers

j.            A Gaggle of geese  

3)        In Groups

The phrase a lot is often used when people don’t know the correct collective noun.
Rewrite these phrases using the correct collective noun.

A)     A Bunch of bananas.

B)      A Pack of biscuits.

C)      A Group of soldiers.

D)     A Fleet of ships.

E)      A Collection of beads.         

4.  Fill a space.

Choose a collective noun from the box for each space in these sentences.
Circle what each collective noun refers to.

Board squadron suite    bundle collection suit     committee  batch cluster    pearl

a)      Her ring has a large Pearl of rubies.

b)      The new Suite was moved into the lounge.

c)       A Squadron of planes flew past in formation.

d)      Sam carried a Bundle of sticks to make a fire.

e)      Every Sunday morning a Cluster of bells rang out.

f)       Mum always made a Batch of muffins on Saturday.

g)      Mr Brown bought a new Suit of clothes.

h)      Dad has a Collection of reggae music CDs.

i)        A Board of directors held a morning business meeting.

j)        The Committee of the tennis club met to discuss tournaments.

E.  Group Gatherings.

What would you expect people to be doing in these groups? One is done for you as an example.

a)      A crew - Team mates

b)      Choir - Singing group

c)       Orchestra - People playing instruments

d)      Queue - People/Vehicles waiting to be attended to

e)      Troupe – performing in a dance

What collection of things would make up these groups?

a)      a suburb - District or city

b)      an album - photos

c)       a galaxy - A hug collection of gas

d)      a wardrobe - A closet

Nouns (Zoo)

Nouns

Nouns are naming words.  Nouns are words that name people, places, and things.
Highlight all the nouns in the story below.  The first noun has been highlighted for you.

Yesterday we went to visit the zoo in Wellington. My mum packed me a great big lunch so I wouldn't get hungry. We had to meet at the school at eight o'clock to catch the bus. I sat next to Jason and Hemi. When we first arrived we watched the monkeys being fed. Then we saw heaps of other animals. I liked the elephant most of all. It kept on waving its trunk in the air.     On the way back to Wanganui it started to rain and I fell asleep. When we got back I found that I had left my jersey behind. My teacher said not to worry because we could get it posted back to us.

Week 6 Spelling Test Mrs Feb's

Words	Definition	Sentences	Past Tense	Present Tense	Future Tense
city	My city is like a town	The city is a big space	City	City	City
children	I use to always play with the kid’s	I found a group of lost children	Child	Kid’s	Children
clean	This is a similar word to clean tidy	I had to clean my room	Clean	Cleaning	Cleaned
knee	Your knee connects with you leg so you can walk	I scraped my knee on the footpath	Knee	Knee	Knee
first	The Similar word to first is one	My first dog was a pit bull	First	First	First
apricot	Apricot is a sweet fruit	I ate apricot with ice cream	Apricot	Apricot	Apricot
dead	I have seen someone die before	I saw a dead bird on the road	Die	Died	Dead
bite	Biter	My dog would bite anyone who tries to touch us	Bite	Bite	Bite
draw	The similar thing to draw is sketching	I can draw a lion	Draw	Drawing	Drew
begin	Similar word to begin is start	I begin to do the lawn’s	Begin	Begin	Begin
bull	A bull is a animal	I wanna go bull riding	Bull	Bull	Bull
forgot	When you forget	I forgot my book’s at home	Forget	Forgotten	Forgot
crown	A crown is also known as an accessory	Only one crown for one queen	Crown	Crown	Crown
fifteen	Fifteen is a number	I’ll be turning fifteen soon	Fifteen	Fifteen	Fifteen
purple	Purple is a colour	My hair colour is purple	Purple	Purple	Purple