Reviewers for elementary

Collective Noun - a group of persons, things, or animals

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct collective nouns. Choose from the words below.

bouquet team bunch

library herd swarm

pod tribe crew

colony

1. A ________ of monkeys

2. A ________ of airline pilots

3. A ________ of flowers

4. A ________ of chickens

5. A ________ of basketball players

6. A ________ of books

7. A ________ of bees

8. A ________ of dolphins

9. A ________ of grapes

10. A ________ of ants

B. Identify the collective nouns referred to by the given phrases.

_________________1. A group of stars, which form a pattern.

_________________2. A group of people who meet, plan, and make decisions for a larger group.

_________________3. A bunch of flowers.

_________________4. A group of persons watching a presentation.

_________________5. What you call a father, mother, and children together.

_________________6. A group of soldiers.

_________________7. A group of animals.

_________________8. A group of sailors.

_________________9. A group of musicians.

_________________10. A group of players

Answer key:
A.

1. tribe

2. crew

3. bouquet

4. herd

5. team

6. library

7. swarm

8. pod

9. bunch

10. colony

B.
1. constellation

2. committee

3. bouquet

4. audience / crowd

5. family

6. army

7. herd

8. navy

9. band / orchestra

10. team

Homophone (English - 4)

Homophone - one of two or more words pronounced alike but different in meaning of spelling.

Write a homophone for the following words:

1. vale – _______________

2. fare – _______________

3. waist – _______________

4. herd – _______________

5. knight – _______________

6. dear – _______________

7. rode – _______________

8. there – _______________

9. knew – _______________

10. eight - _______________

11. pail - _______________

12. rows - _______________

13. right - _______________

14. sale - _______________

15. blew - _______________

Answer key:

1. veil

2. fair

3. waste

4. heard

5. night

6. deer

7. road

8. their

9. new

10. ate

11. pale

12. rose

13. write

14. sail

15. blue

Common and Proper Noun (English - 4)

Proper Noun - names of specific persons, places, things, animals, events, ideas, or holidays. They start with capital letters.

Common Noun - names of persons, places, animals, things, events, ideas, or holidays in general. They start with small letters.

A. Identify each given noun. Write common or proper on the line.

__________________1. San Pablo Medical Center

__________________2. fairy tale

__________________3. Laguna

__________________4. ocean

__________________5. Nido

__________________6. hero

__________________7. mountain

__________________8. Nike

__________________9. Christmas

__________________10. Mickey Mouse

__________________11. Taal Volcano

__________________12. school

__________________13. poet

__________________14. Honda

__________________15. San Pablo City

B. Identify the underlined word as proper noun or common noun. Write P for proper noun or C for common noun on the lines:

_____1. Animals are creatures of God.

_____2. I have lots of friends in school.

_____3. I live in San Pablo City.

_____4. Today is non-working holiday.

_____5. Julilit is my pet dog.

_____6. I bought a new car yesterday.

_____7. She gave me a beautiful gift.

_____8. Golden State Warriors is the present champion in the NBA.

Answer key:
A.

1. proper

2. common

3. proper

4. common

5. proper

6. common

7. common

8. proper

9. proper

10. proper

11. proper

12. common

13. common

14. proper

15. proper

B.
1. C

2. C

3. P

4. C

5. P

6. C

7. C

8. P