Some nouns hold a whole group in one word, and some are built out of two or three words. One morning on a New York pier has plenty of both.
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Students will recognize collective nouns (a group acting together) and compound nouns (two or more words acting as a single noun), and know that a compound noun can be written as one word, as separate words, or with hyphens.
Collective: crowd, band, crew, fleet, staff, class, team, flock. Each names many members but works as one word.
Compound: shipyard (one word), ocean liner (separate words), brother-in-law (hyphenated). There's no rule that tells you which way a compound is spelled, so the book says to check a dictionary.
Calling any plural a collective noun. Sailors is a plural; crew is collective, because it's one word for the whole group.
Missing compounds written as separate words. Ocean liner and Newport News are compound nouns even with a space in them, because together they name one thing.
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Before You Start
The words this lesson uses. Tap a card to see what it means, then come back to them whenever a question uses one.
Part One
Questions about the story you just read. Pick your answer straight off, or press Find it in the story if you would rather hunt for the sentence first.
Part Two
The word cards are at the top of this page. Look back at them as often as you need, then answer.