Collective Nouns Matching

2nd Grade ELAGrammar and Language5 pages

About this worksheet

Six picture matches and five letter matches give 2nd grade students eleven collective nouns to work with. First they join flock, bunch, herd, team, school and litter to pictures of birds, bananas, cows, soccer players, fish and puppies. A second table matches pod, swarm, pack, pride and deck to dolphins, bees, wolves, lions and cards, with the first match done. Question 6 asks for one sentence that uses two collective nouns from the page. Common Core L.2.1a is the standard, and every match is in the answer key.

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Curriculum objectives covered

L.2.1a

โ€œUse collective nouns (e.g., group).โ€

All eleven collective nouns in the two matching tasks, and question 6 has students use two of them in a sentence.

What's inside this worksheet

Draw a line

Six collective nouns beside six pictures in a mixed order, spread over three pages, such as a basket of sleepy puppies for litter.

Letter match

Five phrases, from 1. A pod to 5. A deck, with a box for the letter of the group. D. of dolphins is filled in as the example.

Your own sentence

Question 6, with the example "The team of players watched a flock of birds fly by."

Answer key

Every line match and the letters D, B, A, E and C.

How teachers use it

Write, do not draw

The six word and picture rows run over three pages, so lines will not reach. Have students write each noun under its picture instead.

Word wall

Add the eleven words to a word wall with a small sketch. Students can look back at them when they write question 6.

Share sentences

Pick a few question 6 sentences to read aloud and ask the class to spot both collective nouns in each.

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