Собирательные существительные

Collective Nouns – Bits and Pieces

row of houses series of events set of tools

set of clubs shower of rain stack of wood

tuft of grass suit of clothes roll of cloth

layer of dirt album of photographs album of stamps

bail of cotton block of flats wad of bank notes

F ill in the correct collective noun in each sentence:

1. My house is the fourth house in .

2. My mother was given a for her birthday.

3. My gran has an about her childhood.

4. There is a large grasshopper sitting on a .

5. In a strange a goldfish swallowed a ring and turned into a prince.

6. For Christmas and New Year I received a new . I will now look so smart.

7. A collector of stamps keeps his stamps in an .

8. The tailor ordered a to make the king’s new clothes.

9. A stopped the baseball match.

10. My father has a large he uses in his job as a builder.

11. At the market the weaver bought five to weave into shirts.

12. The house was so old it was covered by a .

13. In winter we have a large ready to burn in our fireplace.

14. I live in a big . It overlooks the sea.

15. After winning lots of money at the casino, the man took his to the bank.

L ook at the pictures, give the collective noun:

flowers rice bullets bananas

rubbish heap bushes line

names pearls cars

orchard pack pack bunch

bundle chest cloud column

collection heap chain/range

a hand of .

a hedge of .

a bouquet / bunch of .

a heap of .

a necklace / string of pearls. .

a line of .

a bowl of .

a hail of .

a list of .

1. an of fruit trees.

2. a of cards.

3. a of drawers.

4. a of smoke

5. a of firewood.

6. a of dust.

7. a of mountains.

8. a of lies.

9. a of keys.

10. a of coins.

11. a of rubbish.

F ill in the correct collective noun in each sentence:

1. M y father gave my mother a .

2. A t the shop we bought a .

3. A t the furniture shop we bought a .

4. T he car drove off so quickly, it left a .

5. T he traffic accident caused a long .

6. A surrounds our house .

7. M y sister told a so she would not get into trouble.

8. O ur hotel room looked over a .

9. T he factories in our city produce a .

10. M y mother won a .

11. W e ate a of rice for supper.

12. A fter the house had burnt down, there was a to clear away.

13. I made a long of people I wanted to invite to my party.

14. My dad was looking for his this morning.

15. My dad chopped a for the winter.

16. T he robber run away from the the police were shooting at him.

17. The farmer had a large of on his farm.

cloud heap

album suit

chest wad

bail

row

orchard

set

line

set

hail

shower

bouquet / bunch

1. an book of photographs.

2. a bail of cotton.

3. a line of houses.

4. a bag of tools.

5. a bag of clubs.

6. a shower of rain.

7. a cupboard of clothes.

8. a wad of bank notes.

9. a handful of flowers.

10. a storm of bullets.

11. a pile of rubbish.

12. a line of cars.

13. an forest of fruit trees.

14. a body of drawers.

15. a cloud of dust.

smoke events

coins flats

firewood stamps

lies keys

pearls bananas

bushes names

notes

1. a column of people.

2. a collection of water.

3. a bundle of dolls.

4. a pack of carpets.

5. a bunch of keys.

6. a hand of computers.

7. a hedge of bushes.

8. a list of clouds.

9. a necklace of feet.

10. an album of stamps.

11. a wad of pens.

12. a block of pots.

13. a series of events.

How quickly can you answer these?

a set of a block of

a layer of a line of

a of lies. a of keys.

a of dust. a of rice.