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.

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

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2# # # # # # # # # # # K # # #
3# # # # # # # M # # C # # # #
4# # # # # # A # A O # # # # #
5# # # # # # D # L E N # # # #
6# # # # # # A F L O T I L L A
7# # # L # G M P R I C K L E #
8# # # O # # R D # R O L # # #
9# # # O # # A O O # L # A # #
10E V I H # U # W U # O # # S #
11# # E C Q # D # # P N # W H S
12# R # S Q U A D # # Y A # O #
13D # # # # # # # # # R # # A #
14# # # # # # # # # M # # # L #
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Word X Y Direction
ARMADA  79n
CLASS  117se
COLONY  117s
CROWD  117sw
FLOCK  86ne
FLOTILLA  106e
GROUP  78se
HERD  410sw
HIVE  410w
PRICKLE  97e
SCHOOL  412n
SHOAL  1410s
SQUAD  412e
SQUADRON  88ne
SWARM  1410sw
TEAM  116nw