Collective Nouns

Collective nouns are used to refer to people, animals or things as a unit.

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People
8. a panel of judges
a band of musicians
a choir of singers
9.a patrol of policemen
a class of pupils
10. a troop of soldiers
a caravan of gypsies
11. a staff of servants
a batch of students
12. a team of players
13. a tribe of natives
a gang of prisoners
a crew of sailors
14. a troupe of artistes

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Animals
an army of ants
8. a plague of locusts
a broad of chickens
9. a parliament of owls
a cloud of flies
10. a shoal of fish
a flock of birds
11. a smack of jellyfish
a gaggle of geese
12. a team of oxen
a herd of buffaloes
13. a swarm of bees
a litter of kittens
14. a pride of lions

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Things / Plants /
a string of pearls
8. a garland of flowers
a bale of cotton
9. a layer of dirt
a bowl of rice
10. a queue of vehicles
a bunch of keys
11. a pack of cards
a cluster of coconuts
12. a bouquet of flowers
a column of smoke
13. a tuft of grass
14. a wad of currency
a bundle of clothes