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Gramática da Língua Inglesa Collective Nouns
Complete the expressions with the following collective nouns: army, array, bevy, body,
bunch, bundle, cloud, company, contingent, crew, crop, crowd, deck, fleet, flight, flock,
gang, heap, herd, kindle, pack, panel, pile, school, swarm, team, throng.

Collective Nouns Collective Nouns

a ……………………… of clothes a ……………………… of sailors

a ……………………… of people a ……………………… of apples
a ……………………… of mosquitoes a ……………………… of players
a ……………………… of elephants a ……………………… of sticks
a ……………………… of beautiful girls a ……………………… of sheep
a ……………………… of thieves a ……………………… of bananas
a ……………………… of students a ……………………… of men
a ……………………… of judges a ……………………… of pack animals
an ……………………… of ants a ……………………… of cards
a ……………………… of stairs a ……………………… of papers
a ……………………… of ships a ……………………… of horses
a ……………………… of bees an ……………………… of facts
a ……………………… of flowers a ……………………… of oxen
a ……………………… of birds a ……………………… of swine
a ……………………… of wolves a ……………………… of lies
a ……………………… of keys a ……………………… of buses
a ……………………… of tourists a ……………………… of kittens
a ……………………… of researchers a ……………………… of swallows
a ……………………… of elks a ……………………… of whales
a ……………………… of soldiers a ……………………… of hounds

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GrammarNet.com
Gramática da Língua Inglesa Collective Nouns
Complete the expressions with the following collective nouns: army, array, bevy, body,
bunch, bundle, cloud, company, contingent, crew, crop, crowd, deck, fleet, flight, flock,
gang, heap, herd, kindle, pack, panel, pile, school, swarm, team, throng.

Collective Nouns Collective Nouns

a bundle / heap of clothes a crew of sailors

a crowd of people a crop of apples
a cloud of mosquitoes a company of players
a herd of elephants a bundle of sticks
a bevy of beautiful girls a flock of sheep
a pack / gang of thieves a bunch of bananas
a crop of students a body of men
a panel of judges a herd of pack animals
an army of ants a deck of cards
a flight of stairs a pile of papers
a fleet of ships a team of horses
a swarm of bees an array of facts
a bunch of flowers a team of oxen
a flock of birds a herd of swine
a pack of wolves a pack of lies
a bunch of keys a fleet of buses
a flock / throng of tourists a kindle of kittens
a team of researchers a flight of swallows
a gang of elks a school of whales
a contingent of soldiers a pack of hounds

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