Today we’ll be talking about collective nouns.
Collective nouns refer to a collection or group of multiple people, animals or things.
Here are some collective nouns referring to people:
family
team
organization
army
Here are some collective nouns referring to animals:
a flock of birds
a herd of horses
Here are some collective nouns referring to things:
a bunch of keys
a deck of cards
Although collective nouns refer to groups of people, animals or things, they are usually used in singular because the whole collection or group is treated as a single unit.
The team is losing. It isn’t playing well.
