More Plural Nouns and Collective Nouns - 5^th Grade Grammar

More Plural Nouns and Collective Nouns

To form the plural of some nouns ending in f or fe, change the f to v and add -es.	leaf👉👉👉leaves
To form the plural of nouns ending in a vowel followed by o, add -s. To form the plural of nouns ending in a consonant followed by o, add -s or -es.	pianos videos potatoes
Some nouns name a group. These nouns are called collective nouns. A collective noun can be either singular or plural. Usually a collective noun has a singular verb because it refers to a group as a whole.	My basketball team is the second best in the state.

Some nouns have a special plural form that does not end in -s.	women, teeth, feet
Some nouns stay the same whether they are singular or plural.	deer, moose, sheep, trout,

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Read each sentence. Select the sentence that has a collective noun.

The leaves fell from the trees in the yard.

My mother asked my friends and me to rake them.

My father suggested that we form teams.

We fi nished the job in less than an hour.

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Read each sentence. Select the sentence that has a collective noun.

A noise like thunder filled the air around us.

A herd of bison came running across the plains.

Brown clouds of dust rose up like smoke behind them.

The bison stopped when they reached the river’s edge.

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Which word is a collective noun?

whole

family

them

4/5

Which word is a collective noun?

flock

ducks

nests

5/5

Which word is a collective noun?

sister

swarm

flies

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