1. English: Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Handouts: * Grammar #10 (Nouns: Collective)
Homework: * Grammar #10 (Nouns: Collective) 1
Assignments due: * Grammar #9 (Nouns: Singular and Plural)

2. Lesson Goal: Learn about collective nouns.
Outcomes: Be able to . . .
Define “collective noun” and provide an example of a collective noun.
Explain what’s special about collective nouns when using them with verbs.
State the two-fold rule that’s applied for using verbs correctly with collective nouns.
Identify collective nouns within sentences.
Apply the correct verb form (singular or plural) for collective nouns in any given sentence.

3. one person, place, or thing A plural noun is . . .
Starter #1 Tuesday we learned to distinguish between singular and plural nouns. We said that:
A singular noun is
one person, place, or thing
A plural noun is . . .
more than one person, place, or thing
How do we form a plural noun? That is, how do we change a singular noun to a plural noun?
by adding “s” or “es”
Sometimes, however, we need to apply special rules. Those rules will be stated for you at the top of today’s handout. Let’s examine those rules together

4. Starter #2 continued Forming Plural Nouns
Nouns ending with To form plural Example:
s, z, -zz, ch, sh, x Add –es church, churches
o preceded by a vowel Add –s patio, patios
o preceded by a consonant Usually add –es echo, echoes
Sometimes add –s piano, pianos
y preceded by a vowel Add –s monkey, monkeys
y preceded by a consonant Usually change y to i fly, flies and add –es
f or fe Usually chance f to v knife, knives and add es
Sometimes add –s earmuff, earmuffs

5. Special rules apply to collective nouns when using them in sentences:
Starter #2 Today we are going to learn how to deal with words that name a group of people or a group of things. What term do we use to describe that type of noun?
collective nouns
Special rules apply to collective nouns when using them in sentences:
They can take either a singular verb or a plural verb.
So how do you know when to use a singular verb and when to use a plural verb?
* Make the verb singular when the group acts as a single unit.
* Make the verb plural when each member of the group acts separately or individually.
For example:
The crowd was excited by the close game.
That’s like saying . . .
It was You wouldn’t say “It were . . .”
  The crowd were pushing one another to get through the gate.
They were You wouldn’t say, “They was . . .”