Unit 9 - Singular-plural Nouns Worksheet 2 - Free English learning ... - Free Printable

Let's solve this worksheet step by step, following the instructions carefully.

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Part One: Identifying Singular, Plural, and Collective Nouns

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

We'll go through each sentence and identify the nouns accordingly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Part Two: Using Singular, Plural, and Collective Nouns

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

Example:
A flock of birds flew south for the winter.

> ✔ This uses “flock” as a collective noun doing an action: “flew.”

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

Examples:
- dog / dogs
- book / books
- chair / chairs
- car / cars
- tree / trees

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

Examples:
- child / children
- mouse / mice
- person / people
- tooth / teeth
- foot / feet

✔ Any two of these are acceptable.

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✔ Final Answer Summary:

#### Part One: Identified Nouns

| Sentence | Singular (underline) | Plural (double underline) | Collective (circle) |
|--------|----------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
| 1 | Mr. Morton | students | — |
| 2 | Morton | rewards | class |
| 3 | Mr. Morton, zoo | students | — |
| 4 | Mr. Morton, company | buses, teachers | — |
| 5 | company, bus | students | — |
| 6 | zoo | animals | class |
| 7 | Deshawn | wolves, bats | pack, colony |
| 8 | Mr. Morton, song | children | — |
| 9 | bus | people, ears | — |
| 10 | bus | animals | group |
| 11 | Brittany | geese | flock |
| 12 | flock, Brittany | feet | flock |
| 13 | lunch, stream | deer | class, herd |
| 14 | herd, class | — | herd, class |
| 15 | Morton, water | sounds, animals, ideas, songs | class, bus |

> Note: In sentence 15, “bus” is singular, not collective.

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#### Part Two Answers

1. Sentence with collective noun:
A school of fish swam gracefully through the coral reef.

2. Five singular/plural pairs:
- cat / cats
- book / books
- table / tables
- pen / pens
- house / houses

3. Two irregular nouns:
- child / children
- mouse / mice

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✔ Completed Worksheet Explanation:

- We identified all singular (one item), plural (more than one), and collective (a group acting as one unit) nouns.
- Collective nouns include: *class, pack, colony, group, flock, herd* — these refer to groups of individuals.
- Irregular plurals don’t follow standard rules (e.g., *child → children*, *mouse → mice*).

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