A __ of Sheep

H1: A ______ of sheep. Fill in the blanks with a collective noun

Answer:  flock, the group of sheep is referred to as flock. Collective nouns are nouns used to refer to groups or numbers of animals, people, or things. According to the MerriamWebster Dictionary,  collective terms are defined as “terms such as” team “or” flock “that refer to a group of people or things.”

In English Grammar, a collective noun is a word that refers to a set of things as a whole. Most of the collective nouns of everyday language are not unique to one object or being. For example, the collective noun “group” can be applied to people (“groups of people”), dogs (“groups of dogs”), and so on. Some collective nouns are specific to certain species, especially the Venery terminology that identifies a particular group of animals. For example, in Venery’s terminology, “pride” always refers to a lion, not a dog or cow. Other examples come from popular cultures, such as a group of owls called the “parliament.”

Other examples: a fold of sheep, a drove of sheep, a down of sheep, a drift of sheep, a trip of sheep, a mob of sheep and a hurtle of sheep etc.