Worksheet for identifying collective nouns in sentences, designed for English language learners.

Task: Identify and underline the collective nouns in the given sentences.

#### What are Collective Nouns?
Collective nouns are words used to refer to a group of people, animals, or things as a single unit. Examples include "team," "flock," "herd," etc.

#### Solution:
Let's identify and underline the collective nouns in each sentence:

1. A fleet of ships sailed across the ocean.
- Underlined: fleet

2. The pack of wolves howled in the distance.
- Underlined: pack

3. Lucy’s mom had to stop the car so a herd of goats could cross the road.
- Underlined: herd

4. The flock of birds flew gracefully overhead.
- Underlined: flock

5. A tribe of monkeys hung from the trees as we walked by their cage at the zoo.
- Underlined: tribe

6. I found the ball behind a stack of wood in our yard.
- No collective noun.

7. A colony of ants marched in a straight line.
- Underlined: colony

8. Do you know where I can find a deck of cards?
- Underlined: deck

9. There was a crowd of people gathered around the injured boy.
- Underlined: crowd

10. The herd of elephants moved slowly through the savanna.
- Underlined: herd

11. George coughed as the cloud of dust blew past him.
- Underlined: cloud

12. A school of fish swam swiftly through the coral reef.
- Underlined: school

13. Mr. Joseph, the janitor, has a bunch of keys on his keyring.
- Underlined: bunch

14. A gang of thieves were responsible for the robbery.
- Underlined: gang

15. The team of scientists conducted an experiment.
- Underlined: team

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Final Answer:

Here are the underlined collective nouns in each sentence:

1. fleet
2. pack
3. herd
4. flock
5. tribe
6. None
7. colony
8. deck
9. crowd
10. herd
11. cloud
12. school
13. bunch
14. gang
15. team

Boxed Final Answer:
\[
\boxed{\text{fleet, pack, herd, flock, tribe, colony, deck, crowd, herd, cloud, school, bunch, gang, team}}
\]