Language quiz
Collective nouns for animals: fill in the missing word
Eighteen animals and eighteen collective nouns. Each phrase has its noun taken out; click the word that fills the gap.
- Format
- Pick the match
- Items
- 18 to match
- Limit
- 1:30
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Prompts
- 18
- Bank
- Word buttons, A to Z
- Time limit
- 1:30
- A miss
- Shows the answer, then moves on
- Each phrase appears in turn. Click its match in the bank.
- Used answers leave the bank. Keys 1 to 9 pick the first nine buttons; type a name to jump to it.
- Skip (0) sends a prompt to the back of the queue.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Click the collective noun for each animal. The bank appears when you start.
About this quiz
A matching round built on the list behind Ribbia's Collective nouns for animals quiz: 18 pairs in all.
- The article is left in place, so an or a is a small clue to the first letter.
- Used words leave the bank, so the last few can be worked out by elimination.
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