1. Subject-Verb Agreement
With Collective Nouns

2. Review Remember, the subject and the verb of the sentence must agree.
Singular subjects must have singular verbs
Plural subjects must have plural verbs
Sometimes, the way a sentence is written can make it tricky to find the subject.
You have to know what the subject of the sentence is in order to choose the verb that agrees.

3. Collective Nouns
A collective noun is a noun that names a group of persons, animals, or things.
The following are examples of common collective nouns:
Army
Assembly
Audience
Class
Club
Committee
Crowd
Family
Fleet
Flock
Group
Herd
Public
Swarm
Team
Troop

4. Collective Nouns Agreement
A collective noun is singular when it refers to the group as a whole unit
So, it will take a singular verb
Ex: The family has decided to move.
[the family as a whole is moving]
A collective noun is plural when it refers to the individual parts or members of a group
So, it will take a plural verb
Ex: The family have not agreed on a new house.
[the individual members of the family cannot agree with each other]

5. Practice
Tomorrow, the class (is / are) taking a field trip to the planetarium.
The class (is / are) working on their astronomy projects or homework.
The audience (sits / sit) on chairs and pillows.
The audience (sits / sit) in silence.