Collective Nouns

ARMADA
CLASS
COLONY
CROWD
FLOCK
FLOTILLA
GROUP
HERD
HIVE
PRICKLE
SCHOOL
SHOAL
SQUAD
SQUADRON
SWARM
TEAM

Collective nouns are nouns which describe groups of things such as 'a flock of sheep'. Find the collective nouns and then write on the back of the sheet what they describe. USE A DICTIONARY IF NECESSARY!

Try to find all 16 words on this board.

U H J G Y E F E M A E M G F N
N L Z N U V C D S R F A Z N X
I V V H R I E V D F D X A A P
P D E S C H O O L A R Z O E T
Z F D J Q L E O M X K N K F G
P R K W P U O R G R Y F A T D
J Z S J O E A H D Q M M P H V
D Z K I R R Q D V Q A H B L M
X V E E L K C I R P E X R U R
B M Q J R O L F L O T I L L A
M D Z V L U A L L O N R T O W
O W T O Q T S Z R O L A O H S
H O N P W O S Y S L C R Z P P
T Y U T X D Y K D C G K M I V
O D K R C I W D B T V M D D I
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Answer Key for Collective Nouns

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1# # # # # E # # # # # # # # #
2# # # # # V # # # # # A # # #
3# # # # # I # # # # D # # # #
4# # # S C H O O L A # # # # #
5# # D # Q # E # M # # # # # #
6# # # W P U O R G # # # # # #
7# # # # O # A # D # M # # # #
8# # # # # R # D # # A # # # M
9# # # E L K C I R P E # # # R
10# # # # # O L F L O T I L L A
11# # # # L # A # L # N # # # W
12# # # O # # S # # O L A O H S
13# # N # # # S # # # C # # # #
14# Y # # # # # # # # # K # # #
15# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ARMADA  77ne
CLASS  79s
COLONY  79sw
CROWD  79nw
FLOCK  810se
FLOTILLA  1010e
GROUP  86w
HERD  64se
HIVE  64n
PRICKLE  99w
SCHOOL  44e
SHOAL  1512w
SQUAD  44se
SQUADRON  88se
SWARM  1512n
TEAM  1110n