Grade 2 Fall — Paragraph Structure, Personal Narrative, and Open-Class Parts of Speech
English · GR G2 eng.g2.f.gr.collective_nouns

Recognize and use collective nouns (L.2.1.a)

Identify nouns that name a group as one unit: family, team, herd, flock, pack, swarm, class, crowd, audience, committee. Use in sentences with subject-verb agreement.

Mastery threshold
90%
Min instances
10
Typical minutes
30
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Prereqs
Successors
  • eng.g3.f.gr.subject_verb_agreement_collective
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Common misconceptions
  • Treats 'family' as plural ('My family are at home') instead of as a collective unit.
  • Confuses collective noun with plural noun (family vs. families).

Exercise pool (3)

Diff Stem Type
1 Sort these 10 nouns as COLLECTIVE or INDIVIDUAL: flock, bird, herd, cow, team, player, swarm, bee, family, person. collective or individual sort
2 Choose the right verb: 'The flock ___ flying south for the winter.' (is / are) agreement choose
3 Write a sentence using a collective noun as the subject with the correct singular verb. write with collective