Unit 4
A collective noun refers to a group of people, animals or things. A flock of birds.
2 Which word in each list is the name of the group? A B C shorts bread football dress food swimming clothes meat cricket socks milk sports
Collective nouns for you to learn
a flock of birds a herd of goats
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a swarm of bees a class of children a bunch of flowers a team of footballers a library of books a crowd of people
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Find the collective nouns. 1 The whole class loved the story.
2 There was a swarm of bees in the tree. 3 The crowd waited for the match to start. 4 I picked a bunch of flowers for my mother. 5 The team trains every day.
Writing: plan a story Planning 1
• Writing: planning is an important pre-writing skill. See the flow chart of the writing process on page 138. • Brainstorm ideas for the story with your class before students plan their own stories. • Peer evaluation: Model examples to help students comment on their partner’s stories, e.g. I liked how your animal helped others. You could use more interesting words. Plan a story about a helpful animal. • Choose an animal to be the main character in your story. • Choose the other animals in the story. • Copy the story table. Use it to help you plan your story. Title of story Setting Characters Plot Beginning: Middle: End: 2 Tell each other your stories. • Say what you liked about your partner’s story. • Suggest how it could be improved.
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