tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59163835014040003762024-03-13T22:08:24.202-07:00Happy hours, Learning English is funAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01789691491647100310noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916383501404000376.post-73100121340429505232012-11-08T01:02:00.000-08:002012-12-14T00:50:21.164-08:00Happy hours, Learning English is fun<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">and increases their vocabulary of words.
Students like it too because they are so literal and therefore easy to remember
e.g. a party of friends. I am particularly interested in sharing my own
personal lesson plans, tests and activities among may panel teachers.
Teachers need to share ideas and support each other because in doing so,
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should get on board with it, collaborate and keep up to date with this new age
that we live in. Our students belong to this technological era and we must
embrace opportunities to learn from each other in this global community. I also
love to express my creativity in the classroom. I always enjoy cutting, gluing
or making a game, a chart, a learning center, etc. So, teachers, parent and
students feel free to stop by and see what's new in my blog.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; line-height: 200%;">Collective nouns are easy to recognize and they’re fun to work
with, too. Not only they rich in developmental history, in some case they
can add vivid imagery to writing. The following explains the usage of
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there is a group of: a</span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; line-height: 200%;"> <b><i>herd</i></b> <span style="background-color: white;">of elephants, a</span> <b><i>crowd</i></b> <span style="background-color: white;">of people, a</span> <b><i>box</i></b> <span style="background-color: white;">of crayons, a</span> <b><i>pad</i></b> <span style="background-color: white;">of paper, etc. There is great diversity of collective
nouns associated with animals, from a</span> <b><i>sleuth</i></b> <span style="background-color: white;">of bears to a</span> <b><i>murder</i></b> <span style="background-color: white;">of crows. The following is a list of the correct
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">A bundle is several things tied</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">or gathered</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">together,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">like a bundle of </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://photographicdictionary.com/s/stick"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: initial;">sticks</span></a> or cloth.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> A clump is a group of similar things, very </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">close together and hard to separate.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div>
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<b style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 18px;">A group of <a href="http://photographicdictionary.com/f/flower" style="background-color: magenta;"><span style="color: white;">flowers</span></a> </span></i></b><br />
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together so you can </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">hold them </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">or put them in a </span><a href="http://photographicdictionary.com/v/vase" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">vase</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"> is </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">called </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">a bouquet, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">or sometimes just a bunch. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">B</span><a href="http://photographicdictionary.com/b/bride" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">rides</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"> often
carry </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">a bouquet of flowers when they get </span><a href="http://photographicdictionary.com/w/wedding" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: initial;">married</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">A brood is a group of offspring. The <a href="http://photographicdictionary.com/c/chicken"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: initial;">hen</span></a> in </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">picture has a brood of baby </span><a href="http://photographicdictionary.com/c/chick" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: initial;">chicks</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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<b style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"> A bunch of <a href="http://photographicdictionary.com/g/grapes"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: initial;">grapes</span></a></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px;">An army of <a href="http://photographicdictionary.com/c/caterpillar" style="background-color: magenta;"><span style="color: white;">caterpillars</span></a></span></span><b style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: magenta; color: white;"> </span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;">A group of <a href="http://photographicdictionary.com/c/caterpillar"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: initial;">caterpillars</span></a> is called an army. Sometimes, a group of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> </span><a href="http://photographicdictionary.com/a/ant" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: initial;">ants</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> is called an army too. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Collective nouns
denote a group of people, objects, ideas, or animals as a single concept.
Though the collective noun refers to more than one in a group, the noun itself
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, they can be
used as either singular of plural. It all depends on the sentence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tying to decide which
form to use can get confusing because you have to use the correct verb and
pronoun forms, too. One way to make it a little easier is to determine if
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The singular verb and
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The class listens
[singular verb form] carefully to its [singular pronoun] teacher’s
instructions. (Here the class is a unit acting together as one.
They are all doing the same thing, listening, at the same time.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When the members of
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The class start
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[plural pronoun] papers. (The class is a unit, but they act individually
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">1. A class of students 2. An army of soldiers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A crew of sailors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">19. A panel of experts. 20.
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> 21.A flock of tourists. 22.
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A pack of wolves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">15. A litter of
puppies/kittens. 16.
A swarm of bees/ants/rats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">17. A team of
horses/ducks. 18. A
murder of crows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">19. A kennel of dogs. 20.A pack
of hounds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">21. A herd of elephants/ buffaloes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 150%;"> The following
collective nouns are used for things.</span></b></em><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A group of islands. 2. A galaxy of stars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">3. A wad of notes. 4. A forest of trees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">5. A stack of wood. 6. A fleet of ships.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">7. An album of
stamps 8. A string of pearls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">9. A hedge of bushes. 10. A library of books.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> 11. A basket of fruit. 12. A bowl of rice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">13. A pack of
cards. 14. A pair of shoes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">15. A bouquet of
flowers. 16.
A bunch of keys.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">17. A chest of
drawers. 18.
A pack of lies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">19. A range of
mountains. 20.
A cloud of dust.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">21. An album of photographs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span><i style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="background: yellow; color: #2b2b2b; font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-highlight: yellow;">Collective nouns are endless and these
are just a list of those used more often. As you continue to work on improving
your English, you will stumble across many more. Be sure to add them to your
list and use them as frequently as you can.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: lime; line-height: 150%;">Others Common Collective Nouns</b></span><br />
<b style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Pod</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face', serif; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>A group of large marine mammals in the
ocean: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
<i>whales, dolphins<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Colony</span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>A
group that has established itself <i>at</i> a particular
location: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
<i>seals, bats<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Troop </span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>A
group of simians: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
<i>Gorillas, monkeys, baboons</i></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Swarm </span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>A
mass of insects: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
<i>Bees, ants, flies, locusts</i></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Litter
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Group of newborn animals (of the same
mother): <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
<i>puppies, kittens</i></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Bed
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">: A group of animals (usually immobile)
attached to one</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> particular plot of land : <i>Oysters, clams,
mussels</i></span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face', serif;">School/Shoal </span></b><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face', serif;">: A group of fish :<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face', serif;"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face', serif;">Herring,
mackerel, tuna</span></i><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face', serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: magenta; font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: blue;">Other
collective nouns :<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;">a <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>gang<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>of elk, </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;">a </span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;"> </span><b style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;">pride</b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;">of </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;">lions, </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;">a</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;"> </span><b style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;">smack </b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;">of </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;">jellyfish, </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;">a</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;"> </span><b style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;">covey</b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;">of pheasants, </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;">a</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;"> </span><b style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;">murder</b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%;">of crows, </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">a</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"> </span><b style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">parade </b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">of </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">elephants, </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">a </span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"> </span><b style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">mob</b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">of </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">kangaroos, </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">a</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"> </span><b style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">wake </b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">of </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC'; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">vultures</span></span></div>
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<b style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple;">COLLECTIVE NOUNS </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy'; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Exercise 1</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Choose the correct collective nouns then fill in the blanks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">a
flock of a chest of a class of a
herd of a troupe of<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">a
comb of a string of a gaggle of a library of a troop
of<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">1.
………………… soldiers is camping in the forest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">2.
Siew Peng likes to read. She has ………………..
books in her room.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">3. ………………… geese is chasing the little boy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">4. Mr Soo bought ………………. pearls for his wife on
her birthday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">5. The monkey snatched …………….. bananas from the zoo keeper’s hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">6. ………………… dancers is performing on stage now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">7. There is …………………… cows grazing in the field.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">8.
It is very difficult to teach …………………….
naughty pupils.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">9.
He found his keys after searching through ………………. drawers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">10. The sheepdog is chasing …………………. sheep to
the field.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple;"><br /></span></span></b>
<b style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple;">Exercise 2</span></span></b></div>
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<b style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple;">Choose the correct option.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">1. A ………….. of playing
cards. A flock
B
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">9. A herd of ………………. . A elephants B lions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">12. A chest of ……………… . A drawers
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">13. A fleet of ………………. . A ships B
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">14. A host of ………………. . A crows B sparrows<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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collective nouns…….</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> “<b>A herd of cows</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>that belong to the farmer<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b>are<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>grazing in his field.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> “a herd of cattle<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>is</b>”, because there is only ONE
herd of cattle. Other examples include: A bunch of bananas<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b>does</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>not cost much. However, we say a group
or a number of students<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>are
...<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>.<i>whether to use a
singular verb or a plural one after:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i><b>a
collective noun/quantifier + of + a plural noun</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The words<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“<b>herd</b>”,
“<b>flock</b>”, “<b>bunch</b>”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>“<b>group</b>”<span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><i>are all<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i><b>collective nouns</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>which are nouns that refer to
groups of people or things.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i><b>“A
number of”</b><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><i>is a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i><b>quantifier</b><i>, which is a
word or phrase used before a noun to refer to its quantity or amount.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In
British English, either a singular or a plural verb can be used with a
collective noun, after phrases like “a herd of cows/cattle (cattle here is a
plural noun)”, “a flock of sheep”, “a bunch of bananas/flowers/grapes”, or “a
group of students”. A plural noun and verb are used after the quantifier “a
number of” and some other quantifiers, while others are used with singular or
uncountable nouns and singular verbs.</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Generally,
in using a collective noun, when the group is seen as a unit or impersonally, a
singular verb is used. But when the group is seen as a collection of
individuals, a plural verb is used. Here are some examples from the Internet,
with my comments on each:</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Herd</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1a.</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“In much of Africa, a herd of cattle<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>is</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>more than just cows. It’s a savings
account, protein store, dowry ...” (from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>African
Content</i>, a website about Africa)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1b</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">. “A herd of cattle<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>are</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>meandering the other way down the
road. Seeing me eating, one cow saunters up to the table to investigate, only
to be shooed away by the waitress.” (telegraph.co.uk travel section)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1a,</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></i></span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">the singular verb<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“is”</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></i></span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">is used after “a herd of cattle”
because the emphasis is on what the whole herd as a unit means to the owner.</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1b,</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></i></span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">however,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“are”</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></i></span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">is used after “a herd of cattle”
because it is clear that the cattle are regarded as a collection of individual
cows, especially with one of them behaving in a most individual way.</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Bunch</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2.</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“Here is what she says, ‘the inspiration to bake a banana cake
always seems to strike when a bunch of bananas<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>are</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>mottling on the counter ...’ ” (from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Dujour</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Magazine</i>, an online lifestyle
magazine)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">In the above extract,
“a bunch of bananas” is followed by the plural verb “<b>are<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>mottling” (which means getting
spotty due to over-ripeness) because the bunch is regarded as a collection of
individual bananas, each of them getting brown spots. In contrast, your
sentence, “A bunch of bananas</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"> </span></span><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">does</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"> </span></span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">not </span></i></div>
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Uncountable Nouns</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: blue; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">:</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> (i) Countable nouns : e. g.
boys, dahlias, doves..…</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">than one person,
animal or thing. To form the plurals of nouns:</span></b><b><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> (i) We add
‘-s’ to most nouns e.g: girl – girl</span><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">s</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">, bag – bag</span><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">s</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">, desk – desk</span><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">s<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">(ii) We add ‘-es’ to nouns ending in ‘-s’, ‘-ch’, ‘-sh’
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<span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> e. g. glass – glass</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">es</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">, match - match</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">es</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">, bush – bush</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">es</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">, box – box</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">es</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> (iii</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">) We add</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">‘-s’ to some nouns ending in ‘-o’. e.g. radio – radio</span><span style="color: red; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">s</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> piano – piano</span><span style="color: red; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">s</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> (iv) We add ‘-es’
to some nouns ending in ‘-o’. e. g. buffalo – buffalo</span><span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">es</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> tomato –
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to ‘-ies’. e. g. city – cit</span><span style="color: #d99594; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ies</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">, lorry – lorri</span><span style="color: #d99594; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">es</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">, lady – lad</span><span style="color: #d99594; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ies</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> (vi) We change ‘-f’ or ‘-fe’ into
‘-ves’. e. g. leaf – lea</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ves</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">, knife– kni</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ves</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> wife – wi</span><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ves</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> (vii) We add ‘-en’ e. g.
child – childr</span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">en</span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">, ox – ox</span><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">en</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;">and things of the same kind.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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e.g. a litter of puppies, a flock of sheep, a team
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<span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif;">(i) a /an : for one item only. e g. a pupil, a spider, an
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Are there any magazines in the library?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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How many apples are left in the basket?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif;"> (i)</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif;"> a little/ a
small amount of / some : not much. e g. a little dust, <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif;"> <b>(ii)</b> much/a large amount of / a
great deal of/ a lot of/ plenty of : a big amount.</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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e g. much effort, a large amount of rubbish, a great deal of fun, a lot
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plenty of space.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif;"> (iii)</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif;"> any/much: use mainly in
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Is there any water in the bottle?</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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How much money do you have? </span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: '', sans-serif, '', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span></i><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><u1:p></u1:p>some, any , a lot of, plenty of are quantifiers used to
both countable and</span></i></b><span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">uncountable nouns. : e g. some
lines/ air, any files/ information, a lot of</span></i></b><span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: ""sans-serif"","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;">cakes/ water, plenty of coins/
money</span></i></b><span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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English Grammar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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nouns (possessive Nouns, noun as adjectives)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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