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Notre groupe distribuera plusieurs couvertures.

Notre groupe distribuera plusieurs couvertures.
Our group will distribute several blankets.
From Lesson 145:Indefinite adjectives (quelques, plusieurs, chaque)·French

Questions & Answers about Notre groupe distribuera plusieurs couvertures.

Does plusieurs change its ending if the noun is feminine, like couvertures?
No, plusieurs (several) is invariable, which means it never changes form. It is exactly the same for masculine and feminine nouns, and since it always means "several", it is always plural.
Why isn't there a de after plusieurs? I thought quantity words needed it.
While adverbs of quantity like beaucoup (a lot) or un peu (a little) are followed by de, indefinite adjectives like plusieurs (several), quelques (a few), and chaque (each) are placed directly in front of the noun. So it is just plusieurs couvertures.
What tense is the verb distribuera in this sentence?
It is in the simple future tense. You can tell because it uses the full infinitive distribuer (to distribute) as the root, plus the ending -a to match the singular subject Notre groupe (which acts grammatically like il or elle).
Since a group is made of many people, why do we use notre instead of the plural nos?
Even though a group has multiple members, the word groupe itself is a singular noun (one group). Therefore, you must use the singular possessive adjective notre (our). You would only use nos if you were talking about multiple groups (nos groupes).

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