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Unit 2
Word work: collective nouns
A collective noun refers to a group of people, animals or things. It uses a singular verb. A flock of birds flies across the sky.
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Make five sentences using There is or There are and the words in the box.
a crowd of people outside. a library of books upstairs. too many children in the pool. lots of bananas in the bowl. a bunch of flowers in the vase. a swarm of flies by the door.
There is/There are
Indefinite pronouns
These words also use a singular verb. They all refer to one thing or person and are singular. anyone anybody everyone everybody no one nobody either neither
2 Complete these sentences using the correct form of the verb in brackets. 1 My cousins ____________ their new school. (like/likes) 2 Everybody ____________ Fluff on the head (pat/pats). 3 Lots of people ____________ to school. (walk/walks) 4 No one ____________ a badly behaved dog. (want/wants) 5 Everyone ____________ before school. (chat/chats) 6 Neither of us ____________ the big dog. (hear/hears) 7 The boys ____________ with the puppy. (play/plays) 8 My friend ____________ a book about dogs on the bus. (read/reads)
DA Exercise 2: Allow some students to answer fewer questions. • Point out that collective nouns are often used without saying what they are made up of; for example, The audience is clapping. The army rescues people from floods.
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