V3 lesson 4.4 singular vs plural

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• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3-6

Singular and plural

This lesson looks at.....

• Nouns that don't follow + s / +es rule in plural form

• Nouns with the same form both singular and plural

• Nouns that appear to be plural but are treated as singular

• Nouns that appear to be singular but are treated as plural

• Nouns that only have a plural form

• Group nouns

• GOAL: TO REMEMBER AND APPLY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN

 

The common ones

Man --> Men

Woman --> Women

Child --> Children

Tooth --> Teeth

Person --> people

Penny --> Pence

Foot --> Feet

Voor sommige van deze woorden moet je nagaan of je een werkwoord voor enkelvoud of meervoud moet gebruiken. Dat hangt af van de context van de zin.

Fish - Sheep - Deer

Mouse --> Mice

Goose --> Geese

Ox --> Oxen

Louse --> lice

A fish .....................(to swim) in the sea.

Fresh water fish  ................(to live) in ponds and lakes.

• police

• contents (inhoud)

• cattle (vee)

• wages (loon)

• stairs (trap)

• savings (spaargeld)

• surroundings (omgeving)

Deze zijn in het Engels allemaal meervoud

the cattle are grazing in the field

Voorwerpen die uit gelijke helften bestaan worden meervoud

Let op: na 'a' en na een telwoord (two, three, etc) gebruik je 'pair' 

A pair of trousers         (niet 'a trousers') 

A pair of jeans        (niet 'a jeans')

Two pairs of shorts         (niet 'two shorts')

Three pairs of scissors        (niet 'three scissors')

Bij combinaties met getallen gebruik je ook vaak meervoud:

• It costs 20 euros (dus niet 20 euro!)

• I'm 15 years old

Als het onderwerp meervoud is, is het object (lijdend voorwerp) vaak ook meervoud:

• We had to put on our coats

• Both boys had brought their bikes

Sommige woorden hebben in ev en mv dezelfde vorm

1. Woorden op -ese bij nationaliteiten

Chinese:      a Chinese  - all Chinese

Japanese:     a Japanese - all Japanese

Een enkele keer ook bij nationaliteiten die niet op -ese eindigen zoals:

Swiss:           a Swiss - the Swiss

2. Bij sommige dieren:

one sheep - two sheep

a deer - a lot of deer

one fish - many fish

3. Een aantal woorden dat op -s eindigt, zoals:

means (middel): a means - several means

species (soort/soorten): one species - many species

crossroads (kruisweg): one crossroads - two crossroads

series (serie): one series - a lot of series

4. Een aantal voertuigen dat op -craft eindigt:

hovercraft, watercraft, spacecraft 

One hovercraft

Several hovercraft

What we know:

Car - Cars

Church - Churches

Baby - Babies

Scarf - Scarves

Tomato - tomatoes

Child - Children

hissing sound

ending in -y

ending in -f

ending in -o

irregular

Watch how the word changes

+ s

+ es

-y + ies

-f + ves

+s

Not always the case

Singular

Plural

Shoe

cars

Lives

women

teeth

church

What is the plural of: Box

A

Boxs

B

Boxes

C

Boxees

D

Boxy

What is the plural of: Scarf

A

Scarfs

B

Scarf's

C

Scarfes

D

Scarves

What is the plural of: House

A

Hous's

B

Hous'

C

Houses

D

Houss

What is the plural of: Mouse

A

Mouses

B

Mice

C

Mous'

D

Mous's

What is the plural of: Person

A

People

B

Persons

C

Person's

D

Persones

We had to put on our ________

A

Coat

B

Coats

C

D

The surroundings of Berlize _____ beautiful

A

is

B

are

C

D

Where did you get __________

A

that trouser

B

those trousers

C

D

Translate: Ik ben 16 jaar oud

Zijn bril is al stuk. (Translate this sentence to English)

A

His glass is already broken.

B

His glasses are already broken.

C

His glass are already broken.

D

Deze schaar die hij heeft gekocht was niet zo makkelijk te gebruiken. (translate)

A

The scissor he bought was not so easy to use.

B

The scissors he bought was not so easy to use.

C

Those scissors he bought were not so easy to use.

D

Tom zijn broek heeft een gat aan de rechterkant.( pick the right translation)

A

Tom's jeans have a hole on the right side.

B

Tom's jeans has a hole on the right side.

C

D

Henry has 5 _______.

A

pair of glass

B

pairs of glasses

C

pairs of glass

D

pair of glasses

____(that/those)stairs____(is/are) really steap. Let's climb ___( it/them) right now

A

that; is ; it

B

that ; are; them

C

those; are; it

D

those; are; them

Choose the right words: You mean ____(this/these) pants? I am sure he loves____(it/them).

A

this ; it

B

this; them

C

these; them

D

these; it

Some _______( japanese) do not like sushi.

A

japaneses

B

japanese

C

D

Choose the correct translation: Ik ben 16 jaar

A

I am 16 year old

B

I am 16 years old.

C

D