COLLECTIVE NOUNS
PEOPLE
1. an army of soldiers
2. a bevy of beauties/girls
3. a band of musicians/robbers
4. a board of directors
5. a caravan of gypsies
6. a choir of singers
7. a class of pupils/students
8. a crew of sailors
9. a crowd of spectators/people
10. a dynasty of kings
11. a gang of robbers
12. a host of angels
13. a group of dancers
14. a pack of thieves
15. a party of friends
16. a patrol of policemen
17. a posse of policemen
18. a regiment of soldiers
19. a staff of employees
20. a staff of servants
21. a staff of teachers
22. a team of players
23. a tribe of natives
24. a troop of scouts
25. a troupe of artists/dancers
26. a troupe of performers
THINGS
1. an album of photographs/stamps
2. an anthology of poems
3. an archipelago of islands
4. a bale of cotton
5. a block of flats
6. a bundle of firewood/hay
7. a chain of mountains
8. a chest of drawers
9. a cloud of dust
10. a clump of bushes/trees
11. a collection of coins/stamps
12. a column of smoke
13. a constellation of stars
14. a clutch of eggs
15. a fall of rain/snow
16. a fleet of motorcars/ships
17. a flight of aeroplanes/steps
18. a galaxy of stars
19. a garland of flowers
20. a glossary of difficult words/phrases
21. a group of islands
22. a grove of trees
23. a hail of bullets
24. a harvest of wheat/corn
25. a heap of rubbish/ruins
26. a hedge of bushes
27. a layer of soil/dirt
28. a library of books
29. a list of names
30. a mass of hair
31. an orchard of fruit trees
32. a pack of cards
33. a pack of lies
34. a packet of letters
35. a quiver of arrows
36. a range of mountains
37. a ream of paper
38. a reel of thread/film
39. a roll of film/cloth
40. a series of events
41. a set of tools
42. a sheaf of corn/wheat
43. a sheaf of papers
44. a shower of blows
45. a shower of rain
46. a stack of hay/timber/wood
47. a string of beads/pearls
48. a suit of clothes
49. a suite of rooms
50. a tuft of grass/hair
51. a wad of currency
ANIMALS
1. an army of ants
2. a brood/flock of chickens
3. a cloud of flies/ insects/locusts
4. a colony of gulls
5. a flight of birds/doves/swallows
6. a flock of birds/geese/sheep
7. a gaggle of geese
8. a hive of bees
9. a host of sparrows
10. a litter of cubs/piglets
11. a nest of ants/mice
12. a pack of hounds/wolves
13. a plague of insects/locusts
