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Grade 3 Grammar Worksheet
Write the collective noun that completes each phrase.
a of kittens
a of pupils
a of sheep
a of horses
a of lionesses
a of elephants
a of tuna
a of wild dogs
a of flies
a of bananas
A collective noun is a word for a group of people, animals or things that we think of as one: a flock of birds, a herd of cows, a team of players. Third graders learn that the group has its own name and that the name often depends on what the group is made of. On this worksheet your child sees a phrase with a missing word, such as a ____ of fish, and writes the collective noun on the line. A word bank at the top of the sheet lists the ten words to use, one for each phrase, so the work is to match each group to its name.
The groups all have one common name: flock, herd, swarm, pack, school, litter, team, bunch, class, pride, pod, fleet, colony and crew. Each of the six versions uses a different set of ten words, and the three levels use different animals, people and things for the same words. Ask your child to say each phrase aloud and to think of a group they have seen that day.
Common Core standard: L.3.1.C
A group of birds flying together is a flock, so the phrase is a flock of birds.
Using the same word for every group, such as a group of fish instead of a school of fish.
Think of the special name for that group, then find it in the word bank.
Using the same word for every group, such as a group of fish instead of a school of fish.
Think of the special name for that group, then find it in the word bank.
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Similar: Commas and Quotation Marks · Capitalization
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