Compound and Collective Nouns

Collective noun:

The girls went on a trip as a class.

• girls

• trip

• class

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1A

Compound noun:

The backyard was full of green trees.

• none

• backyard

• trees

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1B

CCSS.L.2.4D

CCSS.L.3.1B

collective noun

A fleet of ships left the harbor.

• fleet

• ships

• none

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1A

collective noun:

All of the geese were following the herd of elephants.

• geese

• herd

• elephants

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1A

compound noun:

Her boyfriend wanted to take her to Cinemark to watch both movies.

• Cinemark

• boyfriend

• movies

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D

collective noun:

The team had to run laps because they were late to practice.

• laps

• team

• none

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1A

compound noun:

Jason went to get his hair trimmed at the Beaver Valley Mall.

• hair

• Jason

• Beaver Valley mall

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D

Compound noun:

Will you be going to the football this Saturday?

• none

• football

• Saturday

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D

Compound noun:

I wake up daily before the sunrise.

• none

• before

• sunrise

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4D

Collective noun:

The commitee took a few days to decide whether or not to allow Mr. Jones to remain as the coach.

• committee

• Mr. Jones

• coach

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1A