Collective Nouns Worksheets (Free Printables)

When you think of collective nouns, you may think of group or family. But there are many different collective nouns used in English grammar. While collective nouns refer to more than nouns (for example, “a team of players”), the noun itself is singular without an "s" at the end of it.

Practice creating and using collective nouns in the following worksheets. You can review your knowledge in these sample collective noun exercises, or you can download the printable worksheets for even more practice opportunities.

If you’re new to collective nouns, here’s a chance to clarify what they mean. Take a look at these collective nouns and see how many you already know. Download the printable worksheet for additional exercises.

Match the collective nouns (choir, deck, herd, school, team) with the proper plural nouns.

1. a __________ of cows
2. a __________ of singers
3. a __________ of players
4. a __________ of cards
5. a __________ of fish

How many could you match correctly? See how you did:

1. a herd of cows
2. a choir of singers
3. a team of players
4. a deck of cards
5. a school of fish

Now you can practice changing plural nouns to collective nouns! It’s a great way to ensure that you know the correct vocabulary as well as the proper grammar. If you’d like more of a challenge, download the rest of the worksheet for more practice.

Rewrite each sentence to replace the plural noun in the sentence with one of these collective nouns: class, army, team, band, audience.

1. The players celebrate their winning games with pizza and ice cream.
2. The soldiers need new supplies.
3. The people watching the show clap when the curtain goes down.
4. The students hope that there will be no homework tonight.
5. The musicians enjoy performing for their fans.

How did you do? Check your answers for the first worksheet here. Make sure you conjugate your verbs correctly!

1. The team celebrates their winning games with pizza and ice cream.
2. The army needs new supplies.
3. The audience claps when the curtain goes down.
4. The class hopes that there will be no homework tonight.
5. The band enjoys performing for their fans.

If you’re ready for more exercises, check out these additional noun worksheets. They vary in difficulty level and are perfect for mastering this important part of speech.

• Practice telling the difference between common and proper nouns with these engaging common and proper noun worksheets.
• Learn how to conjugate plural nouns properly in different contexts with plural noun worksheets.
• What happens when a noun owns something? See how possessive nouns work with these possessive noun exercises.
• Combine nouns properly with a compound noun review activity.
• If you’ve mastered the different types of nouns, test your knowledge with a challenging noun quiz.

Collective nouns represent groups of nouns, but are still treated like singular nouns in the context of a sentence. Once you’ve mastered conjugating collective nouns, you are ready to move on to different types of nouns with the same conjugation. Compare collective nouns to abstract nouns in a sentence, and see how similar (and different) they can be.