Worksheet on singular, plural, and collective nouns with a zoo theme and cartoon animal illustrations.

Singular, Plural, and Collective Nouns – At the Zoo

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#### Part One: Identifying Singular, Plural, and Collective Nouns

Instructions:
- Underline singular nouns.
- Double underline plural nouns.
- Circle collective nouns.

Let’s go through each sentence and identify the nouns accordingly.

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1. Mr. Morton was very pleased with his students.
- *Mr. Morton* → underline (singular)
- *students* → double underline (plural)

2. "This class is amazing and deserves rewards," said Morton.
- *class* → circle (collective noun)
- *rewards* → double underline (plural)
- *Morton* → underline (singular)

3. Mr. Morton wanted to take his students to the zoo.
- *Mr. Morton* → underline (singular)
- *students* → double underline (plural)
- *zoo* → underline (singular)

4. So Mr. Morton called a company that rents buses to teachers.
- *Mr. Morton* → underline (singular)
- *company* → underline (singular)
- *buses* → double underline (plural)
- *teachers* → double underline (plural)

5. The company is sending a bus to pick up the students.
- *company* → underline (singular)
- *bus* → underline (singular)
- *students* → double underline (plural)

6. The class was excited to see the animals at the zoo.
- *class* → circle (collective)
- *animals* → double underline (plural)
- *zoo* → underline (singular)

7. Deshawn most wanted to see a pack of wolves and a colony of bats.
- *Deshawn* → underline (singular)
- *pack* → circle (collective)
- *wolves* → double underline (plural)
- *colony* → circle (collective)
- *bats* → double underline (plural)

8. Mr. Morton sang a song for the children.
- *Mr. Morton* → underline (singular)
- *song* → underline (singular)
- *children* → double underline (plural)

9. The people on the bus were covering their ears.
- *people* → double underline (plural)
- *bus* → underline (singular)
- *ears* → double underline (plural)

10. The group was ready to get off the bus and see some animals.
- *group* → circle (collective)
- *bus* → underline (singular)
- *animals* → double underline (plural)

11. Brittany almost tripped over a flock of geese.
- *Brittany* → underline (singular)
- *flock* → circle (collective)
- *geese* → double underline (plural)

12. The flock scattered to escape Brittany and her dangerous feet.
- *flock* → circle (collective)
- *Brittany* → underline (singular)
- *feet* → double underline (plural)

13. The class ate lunch across from a herd of deer drinking from a stream.
- *class* → circle (collective)
- *lunch* → underline (singular)
- *herd* → circle (collective)
- *deer* → double underline (plural – note: "deer" is both singular and plural)
- *stream* → underline (singular)

14. The herd noticed the class but kept drinking water.
- *herd* → circle (collective)
- *class* → circle (collective)
- *water* → underline (singular)

15. The sounds of those wild animals gave Morton fresh ideas for songs to sing to the class on the bus.
- *sounds* → double underline (plural)
- *animals* → double underline (plural)
- *Morton* → underline (singular)
- *ideas* → double underline (plural)
- *songs* → double underline (plural)
- *class* → circle (collective)
- *bus* → underline (singular)

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✔ Summary of Identified Nouns:

| Type | Examples |
|------------------|---------|
| Singular Nouns | Mr. Morton, class (as a unit), student, bus, song, ear, foot, stream, idea, etc. |
| Plural Nouns | students, rewards, buses, teachers, animals, wolves, bats, children, people, ears, geese, feet, deer, sounds, ideas, songs |
| Collective Nouns | class, pack, colony, group, flock, herd |

> Note: Some words like “deer” are irregular — same form for singular and plural.

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#### Part Two: Using Singular, Plural, and Collective Nouns

Now let's complete the tasks:

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1. Write a sentence with a collective noun. Make the collective noun do something in your sentence.

> Example: The flock of birds flew south for the winter.

✔ Answer: The herd of elephants marched slowly toward the watering hole.

> ✔ Explanation: “Herd” is a collective noun referring to a group of elephants. It is made to perform an action: “marched.”

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2. Write both the singular and plural forms of five nouns.

> Example: cat / cats

✔ Answers:
1. dog / dogs
2. book / books
3. car / cars
4. chair / chairs
5. house / houses

> ✔ These are regular nouns; just add “-s” or “-es” to make plural.

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3. Write both the singular and plural forms of two irregular nouns.

> Example: leaf / leaves

✔ Answers:
1. child / children
2. mouse / mice

> ✔ These are irregular plurals:
> - “child” → “children” (not “childs”)
> - “mouse” → “mice” (not “mouses”)

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✔ Final Answer Summary:

#### Part One:
- Underlined: All singular nouns (e.g., *Mr. Morton*, *zoo*, *bus*)
- Double underlined: All plural nouns (e.g., *students*, *buses*, *animals*)
- Circled: All collective nouns (e.g., *class*, *pack*, *flock*, *herd*)

#### Part Two:
1. Sentence: The herd of elephants marched slowly toward the watering hole.
2. Regular nouns:
- dog / dogs
- book / books
- car / cars
- chair / chairs
- house / houses
3. Irregular nouns:
- child / children
- mouse / mice

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✔ This completes the worksheet with correct identification and usage of singular, plural, and collective nouns!