Publisher's blurb: A collective noun is a name for a collection or group of things. Rather than saying “that group” or “or those (x) over there” you would use a collective-noun to give the group/collection its proper name. The following format is used for each entry: [subject] [collective noun] This would tell you that, for example, the collective noun for a group of apes would be a troop – “We must be careful, there is a large troop of apse that live here and they don’t like visitors” This publication is divided up into three main sections: 1. Animals – Anything from the natural world 2. People – For groups of people, such as cowboys 3. Things – Anything else not covered by the first two sections