*COLLECTIVE NOUNS*

• english
• Secondary Education

HAPPY TIDINGS TO ALL!

ELOS

ELOS

Students will be able to

• recall the concept of ‘Noun’ (proper noun, common noun),
  
• Identify and classify different forms of nouns.
  
• explore the concept of collective noun,
  

attempt the related exercises.

brainstorm as to whether collective nouns will be considered singular or plural.

Subject-verb agreement of collective nouns.

Implementation of the same 

Students will be able to

• recall the concept of ‘Noun’ (proper noun, common noun)
• Identify and classify different forms of nouns.
  
• explore the concept of abstract, concrete and   collective nouns
• brainstorm as to whether collective nouns will be   considered singular or plural
• Subject-verb agreement of collective nouns 

WARM UP

Let's recall proper noun and common noun

PROPER NOUN

• Name of a particular person, animal or thing.
• Always begins with a capital letter. 

Mention some proper nouns.

Common noun

• Signifies common objects.
• begins with a small letter.

Write down some common nouns.

QUIZ TIME

When I say a class of students, what does it signify?

Can you tell what is Piglet holding?

I have  a green colored ____ of keys.

Collective Noun

The nouns which we use for a GROUP of objects is termed as collective noun.

Can you think of some examples of collective nouns?

BIG QUESTION

Are collective nouns considered singular or plural?

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

 

Answer the following questions.
Our badminton team ____ (was/were)given the trophy.

A bunch of keys ___ (is/are)lying on the table.

Collective Nouns are singular nouns and thus they will always be followed by singular verbs.

Am I well-versed with the concept of proper, common and collective nouns?

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