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In the current economy, nobody wants to waste ________ money on frivolous things. 2. If anybody chooses to go to medical school, ________ must be prepared to work long hours. 3. The plumbing crew did ________ best to repair the broken pipes before the next ice storm. 4. If someone is rude to you, try giving ________ a smile in return. 5. My family has ________ faults, but I still love them no matter what. 6. The school of education plans to train ________ students to be literacy tutors. 7. The commencement speaker said that each student has a responsibility toward ________. 8. My mother’s singing group has ________ rehearsals on Thursday evenings. 9. No one should suffer ________ pains alone. 10. I thought the flock of birds lost ________ way in the storm.

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Answer:

1. their

2. they

3. their

4. them

5. their

6. their

7. them

8. their

9. their

10. their

Explanation:

collective nouns refer to a group that is treated as singular items in a sentence example; crew, flock, family audience, etc, as seen in this example. When a collective pronoun refers to a group, consisting of different individuals, it is replaced by a plural pronoun, and also takes a plural verb. For example;

The plumbing crew did their best to repair the broken pipes before the next ice storm.

Here, ''plumbing crew'' (collective noun) is replaced by "their" (plural pronoun.