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Fishing for

collective NounsDraw a card. Do not

look at the card. Askanother player to

read it to you.Identify the collective

noun. If you arecorrect, flip a coin. If

it lands on heads,move two spaces. If itlands on tails, moveahead one space.

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Second Grade Language Common CoreStandards

L 2.1.a Use collective nouns (e.g., group).

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Fishing For Collective Nouns

Draw a card. Identify the collective noun. If you are correct, flipa coin. If it lands on heads, move two spaces. If it lands on tails,

move ahead one space.

Lose

aturn!

Move

ahead2!

Goagain!

Goagain!

Lose

aturn!

Lose

aturn!

Losea

turn!

Moveahead

2!

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1. The flock ofbirds flew to thetrees.

2. A herd ofcattle grazed inthe field.

3. The group ofchildren workedon their project.

4. The team of

players practicedfor the game.

5. The school of

fish swam awayfrom the shark.

6. The litter of

puppies cried fortheir mother.

7. The pride oflions hunted for

their supper.

8. The big crowdof people yelled

for theirfavorite player.

9. The family atetheir supper

together.

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10. The audiencefor the concertclapped for the

band.

11. The cast ofactors studiedtheir lines.

12. The bandlearned new songsfor their concert.

13. The set of

books fell offthe shelves.

14. The colony of

ants attackedthe food.

15. The army of

soldiersprotected ourcountry.

16. The childshuffled the

deck of cards.

17. The deer waschased by a pack

of wolves.

18. They visited alibrary of books.

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19. I was stung bya swarm of bees. 20. I bought apack of gum atthe store.

21. The farmerfed her herd ofcattle.

22. We petted a

flock of sheepat the zoo.

23. We purchased

lunch for a groupof friends.

24. The cat took

good care of herlitter of kittens.

25. I bought abunch of bananas

at the grocery.

26. We baked abatch of cookies.

27. My fatherbought me a new

pair of shoes.

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Fishing for

collective NounsDraw a card.

Write a complete

sentencecorrectly usingthe collective

noun. Be sure touse correct

capitalizationand punctuation.

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flock herd

group team

school litter

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pride crowd

family audience

cast band

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set colony

army deck

pack library

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swarm group

bunch batch

pair

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