CAE: A tower of Giraffes: Some fun collective nouns

We saw in class some collective nouns A flock of sheep, other examples would be A pack of wolves and A pounce of cats. There are all sorts of strange names for groups of animals. Here is a short exercise with some of the most interesting ones:

Match the collective noun to the right animal:


1. A tower  of  (j)                a. fish
2. A plague of                     b. ants (also swarm)
3. A scourge of                   c. elephants
4. A herd of                        d. lions
5. A parade of                     e. bees
6. A pride of                        f. hyenas
7. An army of                      g. mosquitoes
8. A swarm of                      h. locusts
9. A school of                      i. birds
10. A flock/flight of             j. giraffes
11. A cackle of                    k. cows


Have a nice week!