SVA with Collective Nouns

The baseball team _____ headed to the Nationals after winning the Alabama State finals.

• is
• are

Our staff _____ on Monday afternoons to discuss problems, upcoming events, and participate in professional development.

• meets
• meet

Today Mrs. Pigue's class _____ its first Quarter Exam.

• takes
• take

The organization _____ on a big barbeque every summer.

• puts
• put

The flute ensemble _____ tuning _____ instruments.

• is; its
• are; their

The pack of dogs _____ running off in different directions.

• was
• were

Every fall the seventh grade English class_____ book reports on _____ summer reading.

• writes; its
• write; their

A huge swarm of locusts _____ destroyed the crops.

• has
• have

For weeks the cast _____ rehearsing _____ lines with one another.

• was; its
• were; their

The troop _____ in different directions.

• disappears
• disappear