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.

1. CoLlEcTiVe NoUnS
Casilla, Megan
Ibañez, Gellyn
Javier, Ronald

2. CoLlEcTiVe NoUnS
are unique nouns that denote an
accumulated number of people,
animals or things

3. ExAmPlEs
Committee
Group
Squad
Herd
Congregatio
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Army
Swarm
Group
Class
Team
Gang
Troop

5. BlUe RuLe
When the members of the
group are doing one thing
in unison, the collective
noun is taken as
singular.

6. ExAmPlEs
The class does everything the
teacher tells them to do.
The skein flies toward the same
direction.

7. gReEn RuLe
When the members of the
collective noun are taken
as separate participants
doing a certain action
individually the verb should
be in its
plural form.

8. ExAmPlEs
The 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.

9. mAgEnTa RuLe
When 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.

10. ExAmPlEs
A pack of dogs are sniffing
around that tree.
A swarm of bees is buzzing
about, I can hear it.

11. rEd RuLe
When 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.

12. ExAmPlEs
The 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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