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This document discusses collective nouns, which are nouns that can be singular or plural depending on whether the group is acting as a unit or as individuals. It provides examples of collective nouns for groups of people like "class" or "staff" and groups of animals like "flock" or "pack". The document contains exercises to test understanding of when to use singular or plural verbs with collective nouns and to identify the correct collective noun for different groups.
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This document discusses collective nouns, which are nouns that can be singular or plural depending on whether the group is acting as a unit or as individuals. It provides examples of collective nouns for groups of people like "class" or "staff" and groups of animals like "flock" or "pack". The document contains exercises to test understanding of when to use singular or plural verbs with collective nouns and to identify the correct collective noun for different groups.
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Collective nouns
This document discusses collective nouns, which are words used to describe groups of people, animals, or things. It provides examples of common collective nouns for groups of people like a family, team, or crew. It also explains that collective nouns can take either a singular or plural verb depending on whether the group is acting as a single unit or as individuals. The document then gives examples of collective nouns for groups of animals and things, and concludes by discussing nouns that refer to amounts or parts of items.
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This document discusses collective nouns, which are words used to describe a group of the same type of things. It provides examples of collective nouns for people, animals, jobs/activities, landscape features, and objects. Collective nouns are given for groups of people, animals like sheep and fish, jobs like doctors and actors, landscape items like hills and trees, and objects like papers and dishes. The document aims to explain what collective nouns are and provide common examples.
Collective nouns
This document provides information about collective nouns and examples of their use. It begins with a definition of collective nouns as names for collections of things. It then provides a series of examples to check the correct collective noun for different groups, including flocks of sheep, prides of lions, swarms of bees, and crews of sailors. It also gives examples of finding the collective noun in sample sentences. Finally, it lists many common collective nouns used for groups of people, animals, objects and more.
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A collective noun is a noun that can be singular in form whilst referring to a group of people or things.
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This document discusses collective nouns, which are nouns that can be singular or plural depending on whether the group is acting as a unit or as individuals. It provides examples of collective nouns for groups of people like "class" or "staff" and groups of animals like "flock" or "pack". The document contains exercises to test understanding of when to use singular or plural verbs with collective nouns and to identify the correct collective noun for different groups.
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This document discusses collective nouns, which are nouns that can be singular in form while referring to a group of people or things. It provides examples of common collective nouns for groups of people like "family" and "crew" and groups of animals like "herd" and "flock." The document explains that collective nouns can take either singular or plural verbs and pronouns depending on whether the group is acting as a unit or as individuals. It then lists additional collective nouns and provides an exercise for learners to identify the correct collective noun in different contexts.
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Collective nouns
This document discusses collective nouns, which are words used to describe groups of people, animals, or things. It provides examples of common collective nouns for groups of people like a family, team, or crew. It also explains that collective nouns can take either a singular or plural verb depending on whether the group is acting as a single unit or as individuals. The document then gives examples of collective nouns for groups of animals and things, and concludes by discussing nouns that refer to amounts or parts of items.
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This document discusses collective nouns, which are words used to describe a group of the same type of things. It provides examples of collective nouns for people, animals, jobs/activities, landscape features, and objects. Collective nouns are given for groups of people, animals like sheep and fish, jobs like doctors and actors, landscape items like hills and trees, and objects like papers and dishes. The document aims to explain what collective nouns are and provide common examples.
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This document provides information about collective nouns and examples of their use. It begins with a definition of collective nouns as names for collections of things. It then provides a series of examples to check the correct collective noun for different groups, including flocks of sheep, prides of lions, swarms of bees, and crews of sailors. It also gives examples of finding the collective noun in sample sentences. Finally, it lists many common collective nouns used for groups of people, animals, objects and more.
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This document discusses collective nouns, which are nouns that can be singular in form while referring to a group of people or things. It provides examples of common collective nouns for groups of people like "family" and "crew" and groups of animals like "herd" and "flock." The document explains that collective nouns can take either singular or plural verbs and pronouns depending on whether the group is acting as a unit or as individuals. It then lists additional collective nouns and provides an exercise for learners to identify the correct collective noun in different contexts.
Collective nouns.
This document discusses collective nouns, which are nouns that can be singular in form while referring to a group of people or things. It provides examples of common collective nouns for groups of people like "family" and "crew" and groups of animals like "herd" and "flock." The document explains that collective nouns can take either singular or plural verbs and pronouns depending on whether the group is acting as a unit or as individuals. Exercises are included to test the reader's understanding of collective nouns.
Collective nouns.
This document discusses collective nouns, which are nouns that can be singular or plural depending on how the group is acting. It provides examples of collective nouns for groups of people like "class" or "jury" and groups of animals like "flock" or "herd." It explains that collective nouns take singular verbs when the group is acting as a unit and plural verbs when members are acting individually. An exercise tests identifying the correct collective noun for groups like a school of fish or herd of cows. In conclusion, the document provides a definition and examples of common collective nouns.
Collective nouns.
This document discusses collective nouns, which are nouns that can be singular in form while referring to a group of people or things. It provides examples of common collective nouns for groups of people like "family" and "crew" and groups of animals like "herd" and "flock." The document explains that collective nouns can take either singular or plural verbs and pronouns depending on whether the group is acting as a unit or as individuals. It then lists additional collective nouns and provides an exercise for learners to identify the appropriate collective noun in different contexts.
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Collective nouns are words for single things that are made up of more than one person, animal, place, thing, or idea.
List of collective noun
Herd– A group of herbivore animals
Pack– A group of canine animals such as wolves or dogs; also used to describe playing cards and packages containing multiple objects
Flock– A group of birds; also used to discuss small hooved animals such as sheep or goats
Swarm– A group of insects
Shoal– A group of fish
Group – A very general term used to describe people, places, things, and animals
Crowd – Usually used to describe a group of people
Gang – Usually used to describe a group of criminals; also used to describe a group of workers, particularly sailors or dock workers
Mob – Normally used to describe an angry or unruly group of people; also used to describe a group of kangaroos
Staff – A group of people who work in the same place
Crew – Usually used to denote a group of workers; also used to describe aircraft and ships personnel
Choir – A large, organized group of singers
Orchestra – A large, organized group of instrumentalists, led by a conductor
Panel – A group of experts
Board – A group of people, usually professionals, who take on an advisory role
Troupe – A group of actors or acrobats; also used to describe a group of monkeys
Bunch – Usually a group of smallish objects such as grapes, flowers, keys, or bananas
Pile – An untidy collection of items such as rubbish
Heap – A mounded collection of items; used interchangeably with “pile”
Set – A tidy group of matched objects such as dishes; also used to describe rules or a social group of people
Stack – A group of items neatly laid one on top of another; i.e., a stack of books
Series – Used to discuss movies, books, or events that follow one after another, i.e. Star Trek or Harry Potter
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Fall – Often used to discuss weather, such as rain, snow or hail
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A board of directors
A choir of singers
A class of students
A crowd of people
A gang of thieves
A pack of thieves
A panel of experts
A team of players
A troupe of dancers
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A flock of sheep
A herd of deer
A hive of bees
A litter of puppies
A murder of crows
A pack of hounds
A pack of wolves
A school of fish
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- 1. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZOFACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN, HUMANAS Y TECNOLOGÍAS CARRERA DE IDIOMAS GRAMMAR V COLLECTIVE NOUNS INTEGRANTS: RONALD MARROQUÍN PATRICIA VINUEZA 2015
- 2. COLLETIVE NOUNS A collective noun is a noun that can be singular in form whilst referring to a group of people or things.
- 3. Groups of people Groups of animals Groups of things
- 4. When the unit is acting in unison, it is appropriate to use the singular. Ex. The class waits for its teacher quietly. When the members of the unit are acting as individuals, to use the plural. Ex. The class begin their homework assignments while they wait for their teacher Plural or singular?
- 5. Army: an organized military force equipped for fighting on land. Crew: all the working members on a ship or plane. Staff: the people who work in a company or place of work. Team: a group of individuals playing on the same side generally with the same objectives. Gang: an organized group of criminals. Groups of people working together
- 6. Audience spectators or listeners at a public event. Crowd: a group of people, gathered together. Mob: a large disorderly crowd. Movement: a group of people with similar political/musical/social ideals. Groups Groups of people in generalof people in general
- 7. Groups of animals Flock: a flock of sheep, a flock of birds Litter: a litter of kittens (usually of baby animals) Pack: a pack of wolves, a pack of dogs Shoal / School: a shoal of fish, a school of fish Swarm: a swarm of bees (swarm is used for a group of flying insects)
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