Collective nouns

CoLlEcTiVe NoUnS

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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.

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The list of items to be bought (is,

are) on the table.

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The pride of lions

(is, are) sleeping peacefully in the

savannah.

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The flock (look, looks) like a

fluffy cloud on the grass.

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Every kitten in the litter (is, are)

fighting over which one gets to drink milk

first.

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A raft of ducks(was, were)

happily waddling in the lake until (it, they) heard

us coming.

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The cattle (is, are) really busy eating grass in

the fields.

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A drift of pigs(wallow,

wallows) around the mud when

it’s hot.

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The chicken in that brood (appear,

appears) to me like (it is, they

are) sick.

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In the movie, Wild America

three brothers fell into a sleuth of bears that (is,

are) sleeping.

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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