2. BIPLAB KUMAR CHOWDHURY Assistant Teacher RAMMOHON TOMIZIA HIGH SCHOOL Barura, Comilla. Mobile no.:0181960159 Email : biplab1018476@gmail.com

3. Subject : English 2 nd Paper(grammar) Class: Seven Name of Topic : Collective Nouns and Noun Referring to Gender. Time : 45 minutes Date : Unit : 01, Lesson : 02

4. group team crowd Look at the pictures. Here group,team and crowd are collective nouns.

5. Let’s discuss about COLLECTIVE NOUNS

6. Learning outcomes By the end of the lesson the learners will be able to :  Define the collective nouns.  Mention some collective nouns.  Fill up the gaps with collective nouns.  Name five nouns which refer to males.  Name five nouns which refer to females.

7. Where teachers and students participate for teaching learning activities. Class VOCABULARY They are in the class. Look at the picture.

8. Army A regiment of soldiers. They are army. Look at the picture.

9. Pride A gaggle of animals. This is a pride of lions. Look at the picture.

10. Swarm A flock of animals Here is a swarm of fishes. Look at the picture

11. DEFINITION OF COLLECTIVE NOUNS Nouns which refer to a group of people or things are called collective nouns.

12. When you use a collective noun, you can use either a singular verb or a plural verb after it.  The committee has made its report.  The committee have made its report.  The public is unhappy about the rising prices of essential items.  The public are unhappy about the rising prices of essential items.

13. Here is a list of common collective nouns AristocracyStaffMediaGovernment EnemyCrewFamilyData PressTeamAudienceopposition CommunityGroupFlockPride JuryCabinetPublicNest CompanyHerdNavyseries BacteriaCommitteeBroodSwarm gangarmyclasscollection boardsetbunchpile

16. INDIVIDUAL WORK 7 MINUTES

19. P A I R W O R K 1.arrows 2. cats 3. lawyers 4. bees 5. actors 8 MINUTES.

20. Nouns referring to males and females : Some nouns only refer only to males and others to females. For example, some nouns indicating people’s family relationships, such as ‘ father ’, ‘ brother ’, ‘son’ and some nouns indicating people’s jobs, such as ‘waiter ’ and ‘ policeman ’ can only be used to refer to males. In the same way, ‘mother’, ‘sister’, ‘daughter ’, ‘ waitress’, ‘ actress ’ and ‘ sportsman’ can only be used to refer to females.

21. Most names of animals are used to refer to male and female animals. E x a m p l e s Cat Elephant Sheep HorseMonkey In some cases there are different words that refer specifically to male animals or female animals ; for example, a male horse is a ‘stallion’ and female horse is a ‘mare’.

22. MaleFemaleMaleFemale StallionMareCockHen RamEweDrakeDuck TigerTigressLionLioness DogBitchStagDoe GanderGooseBullCow Here is a specific words for male and female animals.

23. MaleFemaleMaleFemale StallionHen EweDrake TigerLioness BitchStag GanderCow Fill up the gaps with male and female noun. GROUP WORK 8 MINUTES.

24. EVALUATION 1.What are collective nouns ? 2.Mention five collective nouns. 3.Name five nouns which refer to males. 4.Name five nouns which refer to females.

25. H O M E W O R K Drake Lioness Cock Stag Stallion Classify the following nouns into male and female.

26. THANK YOU ALL