A collective noun names a word that contains many parts or members, but is still one thing.
Here is a list of collective nouns that name people: team, choir, band, class, family, faculty, staff
The choir has many members.
Our family contains a mother, a father, and two children.
The faculty at our school has 10 teachers.
We also have collective nouns for animals: swarm, herd, pod, flock, colony, pack
You might see a pack of wolves or a swarm of bees, a herd of bison or a colony of ants.
Sometimes we talk about collective nouns that are things: collection, group, fleet, set
I have a collection of baseball cards.
We found a new set of Legos.
The fleet of ships left the harbor.
Each collective noun names a single entity – but that one noun has many parts within it.
▶It’s your turn. Find the two collective nouns in this sentence: The faculty at my school gathered a collection of old records. Did you find the nouns that contain many items? Good for you!