Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Collective Nouns Quiz and Answers

Last week, I posted then Collective Noun Quiz. Here's the quiz if you missed it last week. And if you scroll down past the word list you'll find the answers. Enjoy!

A group of crocodiles is called a/an __________.

A group of eagles is called a/an­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­______________.

A group of goldfish is called a _________________.

A group of greyhounds is called a/an___________.

A group of larks is called a/an_____________.

A group of leopards is called a/an _____________.

A group of owls is called a/an _________________.

A group of rattlesnakes is called a/an ____________.

A group of ravens is called a/an _______________.

A group of turtledoves is called a/an ___________.

A group of kittens is called a/an______________.

Word List:

Kindle, exaltation, convocation, float, parliament, rhumba, leap, pitying, leash, troubling, unkindness




Key:

A group of crocodiles is called a float

A group of eagles is called a convocation

A group of goldfish is called a troubling.

A group of greyhounds is called a leash

A group of larks is called an exaltation

A group of leopards is called a leap

A group of owls is called a parliament

A group of rattlesnakes is called a rhumba

A group of ravens is called an unkindness

A group of turtledoves is called a pitying

A group of kittens is called a kindle

3 comments:

  1. Oh, wow, I had no idea on any of these! The owl one kind of cracks me up and since we have rattlesnakes here, I'll know what to call a group of them if I see a group of them. :)

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  2. A rhumba?! Now that doesn't sound very scary! I wonder where these terms originated, because they're just so funny. Now every time someone mentions their Kindle, I'll think of a group of kittens!

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  3. Hi, Connie,

    I just wanted to let you know that your book, Screwing up Time made it for my S feature on the A-Z... Hope you can drop by!

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