Collective nouns
Collective nouns are used to describe a group of the same things.
Collective nouns are used to describe a group of the same things.
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Cartes-fiches
a group
small group of people
a crowd
large number of people
a gang
rather negative e.g. a gang of football fans
a flock
a flock of sheeps or birds (e.g. geese/pigeons)
a herd
a herd of cows, deer, goats
a shoal
a shoal fish (e.g. herring, mackerel)
a swarm
a swarm of insects (any particular insect, most typically flying ones; e.g. a swarm of gees/gnats)
a team
a team of surgeons/doctors/experts/reports/scientists/rescue-workers/detectives
a crew
workers on a ship
a company
group of acrots
a cast
actros in a particular production
a staff
general word for groups who share a place of work, e.g. teachers in a school, in a office
a row
a row of cottages, houses
a clump
a clump of trees
a range
a range of hills, mountains
a group
a group of islands
a pile/heap
a pile/heap of papers, clothes, dishes, toys
a bunch
a bunch of flowers, grapes, bananas, berries
a stack
a stack of chairs, tables, boxes, logos
a set
a set of tools, poots, pans, glasses
