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.

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

X
Y
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1# # # # # # # S # # # # # # #
2# # # A L A O H S W A R M # #
3# # # # D # # # # A # # # # #
4# # # # # A # # # # L S # # #
5D # # # # # M # # # Q C # # #
6# W # # P U O R G U # H E R D
7# # O # # # # # A # I O # # #
8# # # R # # # D # V # O # # #
9# E L K C I R P E # # L # # #
10A L L I T O L F # # # # # # #
11# # # E N # L # L # # # # # #
12# # A # # # # O # O # # # # #
13# M # # # # # # N # C # # # #
14# # # # # # # # # Y # K # # #
15# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #
Word X Y Direction
ARMADA  97nw
CLASS  125nw
COLONY  59se
CROWD  59nw
FLOCK  810se
FLOTILLA  610w
GROUP  86w
HERD  126e
HIVE  126sw
PRICKLE  79w
SCHOOL  124s
SHOAL  92w
SQUAD  124sw
SQUADRON  88sw
SWARM  92e
TEAM  510sw