COLLECTIVE NOUNS

A COLLECTIVE NOUNS IS A WORD USED TO DEFINE A GROUP OF OBJECT, WHERE OBJECTS CAN BE PEOPLE, ANIMALS, EMOTIONS, INANIMATE THINGS, CONCEPTS OR OTHER THINGS. EXAMPLE : a pride of lions pride is a collective nouns.

Identify a collective nouns when you see it in any sentences. Analyze the noun. If the group is acting as a unit, the noun is Plural; if the group is acting individually it is Singular. Use and to join two or more subjects to make the nouns Plural. Judge whether the compound subject is referring to one person or many people.

See if the word what starts the sentence. Clauses and phrases acting as the subject usually imply a singular verb, unless they start with the word what. Learn the topics that are considered singular. Understand when expressions are singular and when they are plural. If are using the noun as a unit it will take a singular verb, but if it is indicating separate parts then it uses a plural verb.

Know when a company name is singular and when it is plural. If the company is referred to as it, it is singular. If the company is referred to as they it is plural.

Singular Subject ----> verb stem plus S, it fits, he sits, etc. Plural subject ----> verb stem without S, they sit, they work, etc.

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Baby Story Goose Safe Child half Babies Stories Geese Safes Children Halves

Plural

The swarm of rats did the same thing.

Its a singular collective nouns 1.The swarm of rats is running to the hole If the collective nouns is Singular it must use singular verb and singular pronouns

Eating lolypop

Playing Kite

They did the different things in one time

Its a Plural collective nouns 1.This man is eating lolypop while that man is playing kite.

The jury is / are to convene at 4 oclock. -A decision is required : Is the collective noun jury singular or plural?
The members of the jury are to convene at 4 oclock. - No decision required : The word members is plural.

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Animals. Things.

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A herd of cattle (stand, stands) near the gate. The crew (is, are) at work on the bridge. The jury (was, were) in their place. The new class (was, were) in its place. The army no longer (march, marches) on its stomach. The flock (fly, flies) high over these marshes.

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A herd of cattle (stand, stands) near the gate. The crew (is, are) at work on the bridge. The jury (was, were) in their place. The new class (was, were) in its place. The army no longer (march, marches) on its stomach. The flock (fly, flies) high over these marshes.

Collective nouns is a word to describe a group of objects. Easy to use. Some collective nouns are very descriptive. We hear to collective nouns and we can imagine what the group looks like. It is fun to use.

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