Plurals and Possessives

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Plurals & Possessives

Meervouden en bezit

GOALS

1. Het correct vormen en gebruiken van meervouden.

2. Het onderscheiden en correct gebruiken van bezittelijke voornaamwoorden en de apostrof-s constructie.

De regels voor meervoud

Standaardregel:

zet -s achter de noun (zsnw)

toy - toys

Spellingsregels:

1. medeklinker+y verandert in -ies (baby - babies)

2. -f/-fe verandert in -ves (knife - knives)

3. s-klank krijgt -es achter de noun (witch - witches)

4. sommige moet je uit je hoofd leren (child - children)

De regels voor bezit

Enkelvoud

Krijgt altijd een 's achter de noun of name

My brother's bicycle / Jess's car

Meervoud

Krijgt 's achter de noun als deze niet eindigt op -s

The men's locker room.

Krijgt ' achter de noun als die wel eindigt op -s

The bosses' offices

Niet levende dingen

Hier mag je ook gebruik maken van  of the

What's the plural of Baby?

1. babys
2. baby's
3. babies

What is the plural of glasses?

1. glassess
2. glasses
3. glassesses
4. glasses's

What is the plural of man?

1. mans
2. mannen
3. men
4. man's

What's the plural of knife?

1. knives
2. knifes
3. knivves
4. knive's

What is the plural of tooth?

1. toothes
2. tooths
3. tooth's
4. teeth

What the plural of ox?

1. oxes
2. oxen
3. ox's
4. oxs

What is the plural of goose?

1. gooses
2. goosed
3. geese
4. geeses

What is the plural of child?

1. child's
2. children
3. childs
4. childes

the dog / fur

1. the dog's fur
2. the dogs' fur
3. the dogs's fur
4. the fur of the dog

Jess / nickname

1. Jess's nickname
2. Jess' nickname
3. Jess nickname
4. The nickname of Jess

table / legs

1. the table's legs
2. the tables' legs
3. the tables's legs
4. the legs of the table

children / hospital

1. children's hospital
2. children' hospital
3. childrens's hospital
4. the hospital of the children

houses / windows

1. the house's windows
2. the houses' windows
3. the houses's windows
4. the windows of the houses

book / pages

1. the book's pages
2. the books' pages
3. the books's pages
4. the pages of the book

wolves / teeth

1. wolve's teeth
2. wolves' teeth
3. wolves's teeth
4. teeth of the wolves

men / bathroom

1. men's bathroom
2. men' bathroom
3. mens' bathroom
4. bathroom of the men

Exercise 1

Put the word in (brackets) in plural form, possessive form or plural possessive form.

Type the whole sentence

I like to play football with my (friend)

The (girl) cupcake fell on the floor.

Those (dog) are chasing our cat!

My twin (sister) had so much fun at the party.

The (boy) mitten fell into the ditch.

My (friend) came to my house.

I don’t like those (cat) eyes.

The (cat) like to chase birds.

The (teacher) desk is always messy.

Those (girl) dresses are very nice.

There are (urinal) in the (man) bathroom.

I have to go to the (lady) bathroom to do my makeup.

Exercise 2

Extra practice

Practice on the following website

https://wordwall.net/resource/3095303

www.hseidensticker.de

Exercise 3

Extra Challenge

Create 5 unique sentences

* use 3 plural possessives

* use 2 singular possessives

* use a minimum of 15 words from the vocab list