![]() ![]() There are no “official” collective nouns for specific species, these terms are usually used for their poetic fancifulness. For instance, a group of flamingos may be referred to as a colony, a regiment, a stand or a flamboyance. A TEAM, BRACE, BED, FLIGHT OR FLOCK of wild ducks in flight. This shortens the list too because I can give the various group names for each animal. A PLAGUE of doves Jay Johnson: DUCKS: A RAFT, PADDLING or BUNCH of ducks on water. I also alphabetized it by animal instead of collective noun to make it easier to find the animal of your choice. Adding collective nouns to posters can further engage the audience, encouraging them to explore beyond the surface and discover more about the subjects depicted. Many animals have more than one imaginative collective noun attributed to them. Posted on: 03-11-2013 by: Brian Wasko I had a hard time fitting all the info into my previous graphic poster, so I redid it today. Historicity and popular adaptation has given English the following animal collective nouns some are more popular than others: Twinkl ESL Resources Browse by Topic Animals. This PowerPoint includes specialist vocabulary on the terms for male and females of 12 different species, their young, their collective noun, their habitat and the sound that they make. Check out our interactive series of lesson plans, worksheets, PowerPoints and assessment tools today All teacher-made, aligned with the Australian Curriculum. If your students learning ESL love animals, here is some extra vocabulary to teach them. The book was popular, reprinted over and over again for hundreds of years. Explore more than 702 'Noun Groups Poster' resources for teachers, parents and pupils as well as related resources on 'Noun Groups Posters'. Many animal collective nouns may be traced to a single source, The Book of St Albans published in 1486, which consists of essays about hawking, hunting and heraldry. The use of fanciful words to describe groups of animals of certain species seems to have become popular during the Middle Ages. We are all familiar with the terms a pride of lions, a pack of wolves, a gaggle of geese, an army of ants and a pod of whales, but there are many lesser known terms, such as a grist of bees, which is used to describe a swarm of bees, or a clattering of jackdaws, used to describe a flock of this species of bird. ![]() Here is a list of collective names for groups of animals you should know. English has an interesting tradition of assigning fanciful collective nouns to groups of animals by species. Whether it is a group of mammals, birds, or even insects, there is a unique collective noun to identify the specific group, although some of these names are rarely used. ![]()
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