11-02 : Plural

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Grammar : Plural
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Grammar : Plural

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Plurals (meervouden)
Most plurals have a regular plural form. You make these words plural by adding an -s.
NEVER use -'s for plural forms!
  • gift - gifts
  • dog - dogs
  • message - messages
  • car - cars

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Plurals - Nouns with /sh/-sound
Nouns that end with -s, -ss, -x, -z or ch get -es

  • bus - buses
  • match - matches
  • glass - glasses
  • box - boxes
  • buzz - buzzes

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Plurals - Nouns that end in -o
Nouns that end with consonant + o usually get - es
But there are exceptions, these are usually borrowed from other languages. These words get -s in plural form

  • hero - heroes / tomato - tomatoes / echo - echoes
  • exceptions: photo - photos / solo - solos / radio - radios

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Plurals - Nouns with (e)f
Nouns that end with -f or -ef get -ves

  • shelf - shelves
  • wolf - wolves
  • knife - knives
  • dwarf - dwarves
  • leaf - leaves

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Plurals - nouns that end in -y
1) nouns that end in consonant + y get -ies
2) nouns that end in vowel + y get -s          (vowels: a, e, i, o, u)

  1. party - parties / baby - babies  / hobby  - hobbies 
  2. key - keys  / boy - boys / eye - eyes

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Plurals - irregular forms
1) some nouns have irregular plural forms
2) some nouns stay the same in plural form

  1. mouse - mice / woman - women / man - men / foot - feet / tooth - teeth 
  2. one fish - twenty fish / sheep - sheep / moose - moose

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

I can see two __________ (fish) in the fish tank
A
Fish
B
Fishes

Slide 8 - Quizvraag

How many _____________ (child) are there in the school yard?
A
child
B
children

Slide 9 - Quizvraag

We still need three more forks and _________ (knife) for our dinner guests.
A
knifes
B
knives

Slide 10 - Quizvraag

Sharks can grown thousand of ________ (tooth) in a lifetime.
A
tooths
B
teeth

Slide 11 - Quizvraag

I really want to sit down, my _________ (foot) are killing me.
A
foot
B
feet

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

Cats like to catch ____________ (mouse).
A
mouses
B
mice

Slide 13 - Quizvraag

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Slide 14 - Tekstslide