List of Collective Nouns
The most-effective teachers are able to use humor in the classroom. Chapter 3 presents twenty-five ways to do that. Activity #21 suggests using collective nouns. If you want examples to show participants, here’s an irresistible collection of traditional and more-imaginative forms:An agenda of tasks A chattering of choughs A cry of hounds
An armada of ships A chorus of angels A culture of bacteria
An army of ants A class of students A deceit of lapwings
An army of caterpillars A cloud of gnats A descent of woodpeckers
An army of frogs A clowder of cats A dissimulation of birds
An audit of bookkeepers A cluster of grasshoppers A division of soldiers
An aurora of polar bears A clutch of chicks A donut of data
A balance of accountants A clutch of eggs A down of hares
A bale of turtles A clutter of cats A draught of fish
A band of gorillas A collective of nouns A dray of squirrels
A band of jays A colony of ants A drift of swine
A bank of monitors A colony of bats A drove of cattle
A barren of mules A colony of beavers A duel of doves
A bed of clams A colony of gulls An exaltation of larks
A bed of snakes A colony of penguins A field of racehorses
A belt of asteroids A colony of rats A fistful of dollars
A bevy of swans A company of parrots A flange of baboons
A blessing of unicorns A company of soldiers A fleet of ships
A bouquet of pheasants A conflagration of arsonists A flight of cormorants
A brace of grouse A congregation of plovers A flight of goshawks
A brigade of soldiers A congress of baboons A flight of swallows
A brood of hens A conspiracy of ravens A flink of cows
A bunch of things A constellation of satellites A flock of sheep
A bury of conies A convocation of eagles A flock of tourists
A business of ferrets A cover of coots A flotilla of ships
A business of flies A covey of grouse A gaggle of geese
A cast of actors A covey of partridges A galaxy of stars
A cast of falcons A covey of pheasants A galaxy of starlets
A cast of hawks A covey of quail A gam of whales
A cavalcade of horsemen A cowardice of curs A gang of elk
A chain of islands A crash of rhinoceroses A gang of hoodlums
A charm of finches A crowd of onlookers A geek of engineers
