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An interactive lesson in collective nouns. This is a lesson good for kids because it engages children to actively participate in a discussion. It's filled with hyperlinks. Use it for whatever educational purpose it may serve.
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CoLlEcTiVe NoUnS
Casilla, MeganIbañez, GellynJavier, Ronald
CoLlEcTiVe NoUnS
are unique nouns that denote an accumulated number of people, animals or things
ExAmPlEs
CommitteeGroupSquadHerd
Congregation
Army
SwarmGroupClassTeamGangTroop
RULES
BlUe RuLeWhen the members of
the group are doing one thing in unison,
the collective noun is taken assingular.
ExAmPlEs
The class does everything the teacher tells them to do.
The skein flies toward the same direction.
gReEn RuLeWhen the members of the collective noun are
taken as separate participants doing a
certain action individually the verb should be in itsplural form.
ExAmPlEsThe staff were pretty mad about the delay in their
salaries.The squad feel tired just by
thinking about running around the training camp all day.
mAgEnTa RuLeWhen a collective noun is
followed by a specification to the noun (an OF phrase), take the object of the prepositional
phrase as your noun, if it is countable take is as plural if it is uncountable then it is singular.
ExAmPlEsA pack of dogs are sniffing
around that tree.A swarm of bees is
buzzing about, I can hear it.
rEd RuLeWhen a collective noun is
preceded by a specification to the noun refer to the
specification for your verb, if it has the words EACH,
EVERY, EVERY ONE, ANY ONE, etc., it is singular.
ExAmPlEsThe soldiers of the army
were permitted to go back home.
The each of the players of the team is worn out from
the coach’s demands.
Quiz
Quiz
The list of items to be bought (is,
are) on the table.
Quiz
The pride of lions
(is, are) sleeping peacefully in the
savannah.
Quiz
The flock (look, looks) like a
fluffy cloud on the grass.
Quiz
Every kitten in the litter (is, are)
fighting over which one gets to drink milk
first.
Quiz
A raft of ducks(was, were)
happily waddling in the lake until (it, they) heard
us coming.
Quiz
The cattle (is, are) really busy eating grass in
the fields.
Quiz
A drift of pigs(wallow,
wallows) around the mud when
it’s hot.
Quiz
The chicken in that brood (appear,
appears) to me like (it is, they
are) sick.
Quiz
In the movie, Wild America
three brothers fell into a sleuth of bears that (is,
are) sleeping.
Quiz
Any of the dogs in that pack (is, are) the leader,
we better be careful.
BONUS
If POD is for DOLPHINS, and
CONVOCATION is for EAGLES; then,
MURDER is for ____S, and P____E is for INSECTS.
FIN