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Personal pronouns:
agreement with collective nouns
“an orchestra to watch”
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“Describe what you can see in the picture”
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Listen to the monologue then answer the GIST question below.
“What does the tabloid says about the orchestra?”
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Fill in the blanks as you listen to the monologue once.
There’s an upcoming event at the theater next Friday. An
_______ is going to stage ______ tremendous ensemble. The
group is composed of ingenious performers, and I watched
_____ perform at the Convention Center last year. The
______ filled the room to overflowing and _____ clapped
enthusiastically to the ________ splendid performance.
There’s a tabloid I read about _____ which states that most of
the group members are blind. _____ learned to play
instruments by means of _____ hearing which proves that
_____ are really incredible.
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Listen to the monologue for the last time then answer the following
questions below.
Main Idea Questions:
• What is the passage all about?
• What is the speaker’s message for the listeners?
Detailed Questions:
• What is the upcoming event next Friday?
• Who will perform on the event?
• Who are going to watch the said event?
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Concept Check:
• tremendous ensemble
• ingenious
• splendid
• incredible
• enthusiastically
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Highlighting:
A collective noun is a word that is singular in form but refers to a group of
people or things, such as team, band, committee, and family.
• When a Collective noun refers to a single impersonal unit, a
singular gender-neutral pronoun (it, its) is used.
e.g.
My family is large. It is composed of nine members.
• When a collective noun refers to a collection of various
individuals, a plural pronoun (they, them, their) is used.
e.g.
My family is loving and supportive. They are always
ready to help me.
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CONTROLLED ACTIVITY: Complete the sentences with pronouns. In some of
the sentences, there is more than one possibility. Choose the singular or
plural of the verb in parentheses when necessary.
1. I have a wonderful family. I love them very much, and they love (loves, love) me.
2. I looked up some information about the average American family. I found out
that ______ (consist, consists) of 2.3 children.
3. The crowd at the soccer game was huge. _________ exceeded 10,000 people.
4. The crowd became more and more excited as the premier’s motorcade
approached. ________began to shout ad wave flags in the air.
5. The soccer team felt unhappy because ______ had lost in the closing moments
of the game.
6. A basketball team is relative small. ________ (doesn’t, don’t) have as many
members as a baseball team.
7. The audience clapped enthusiastically. Obviously _____ had enjoyed the concert.
8. The audience filled the room to overflowing. _____ (was, were) larger than I had
expected.
9. The class is planning a party for the last day of school. ______ (it, are) going to
bring many different kinds of food and invite some of _____ friends to celebrate
with _____.
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Semi – Controlled Activity: Use the given collective nouns in a sentence.
Use the appropriate personal noun to agree with the collective noun.
1. Band
Answer: The high school band is large. It is composed of 40 members.
2. Team
3. Jury
4. Audience
5. Committee
6. Government
7. Orchestra
8. Army
9. Class
10. crowd
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FACILITATION ACTIVITY:
Tell something about your community using a collective noun.
State at least 8-10 sentences.
Example:
The school band is going to perform on the upcoming festival.
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