What are collective nouns?

Collective nouns refer to words used to represent a group of people or things.

Examples:

committee, crowd, flock, audience, group, team, choir, committee, police, crew, family, government...

Are collective nouns plural or singular?

Collective nouns can take a singular or plural verb:

· Singular if we consider the word to mean a single group or entity:
Our team is the best.

· Plural if we take the collective noun to mean a number of individuals.
The crew are wearing new uniforms.

What is a noun?

Singular nouns and plural nouns