Collective Nouns

A collective noun is used to refer to a group of people, things or animals.

Some common collective nouns

1. army soldiers

There was an army of soldiers marching

on the field.

3. comb bananas

There is a comb of bananas on the shelf.

5. school fish/whales/dolphins

2. bouquet flowers

Encik Jalil bought a bouquet of flowers for his

wife.

4. flock birds/sheep/goats

Jeremy saw a flock of birds flying south for the

winter.

6. set tools/china

I saw a large school of fish in the sea.

7. swarm bees/insects

He bought a set of tools from the supermarket.

8. team players/doctors

A swarm of bees attacked Vijay last

week.

The whole team of players cheered when they

won the game.

More collective nouns

For people
an audience of people
a band of musicians/bandits
a bevy of girls/beauties
a bench of magistrates
a board of directors
a class of pupils/scholars
a company of soldiers/actors
a congregation of worshippers
a crowd of spectators/people
a choir of singers
a crew of sailors

a field of runners
a gang of thieves/labourers/prisoners/convicts/
criminals
a horde of savages
a host of angels
a party of friends
a posse of policemen
a staff of teachers/servants
a tribe of natives
a troop of Boy Scouts
a troupe of jugglers/dancers

For thing
an album of photographs
an anthology of poems
a bale of cotton/wool/cloth
a block of flats/apartments
a bowl of rice/soup
a bunch of grapes/keys
a bundle of sticks/flags
a cache of jewels
a chain of islands
a chest of drawers
a collection of
stamps/antiques/pictures
a cluster of stars/diamonds
a clump of trees
a crate of fruits/apples/oranges
a fleet of ships/motorcars/vessels
a flight of stairs
a forest of trees
a galaxy of stars
a hail of bullets
a heap of rubbish/stones

a hedge of bushes
a kit of tools
a library of books
a list of names
a batch of bread or cookies
a mass of ruins
a pack of cards
a packet of cigarettes
a pair of shoes/trousers/socks/spectacles
a pile of papers/stones
a quiver of arrows
a range of mountains/hills
a ring of fire
a suit of clothes
a sheaf of wheat
a stack of hay
a string of pearls/beads
a tuft of grass
a volley of bullets
a wreath of flowers
For animals

an army of ants/insects
a band of gorillas
a brood of chickens
a colony of seals, bats
a flight of swallows
a flock of sheeps
a gaggle of geese
a herd of cattle/elephants/buffaloes
a hive of bees

Vocabulary
UPSR Paper 1 (A1 - 10)
Phrase Level (A5 - 7)

a host of sparrows
a litter of puppies/kittens/cubs
a nest of rabbits/mice/snakes/ants
a pack of wolves
a pride of lions
a plague of locusts/insects
a shoal of herring/fish
a team of oxen/horses
a troop of monkeys

UPSR Format

Questions 5 7

A paragraph is given with three blanks.

Pictures are given after each blank.

For each blank in the paragraph, four

options are given.

The options are in the form of phrases.

UPSR-CLONED QUESTION
UPSR 2007: Questions 5 7
Read the text and choose the best phrase based on the pictures given.
Puan Hamidah and her children are working in the kitchen. She is frying

some fish _____________(5)

. Her son, Faizal is

_____________(6)
the rice cooker on the kitchen
counter. Meanwhile, Fairuz is helping to wash the _____________

(7)

in the sink.

HOW TO SCORE AN
'A'

Read the instructions carefully.

Read the paragraph. For each

blank, look at the picture
carefully. You need to
understand the picture in order
to answer the question.

Then, look at the options

given. Choose the phrase that
best fits the picture given.

To check your answer, read

the paragraph using the
phrases you have chosen.

To check your answer, read

the sentence using the answer
you have chosen.

HOT TIPS

You are advised to spend only three

minutes for Questions 5 7.

Make sure you understand the paragraph

and the pictures before choosing your
answer.

Look at the context (situation) in the

paragraph. Study the pictures carefully.

Answer all the questions.