plurals

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k, g, t, mavo
• Leerjaar 1

Plurals 1

Singular = enkelvoud

Plural = meervoud

First rule for plurals = word + s

               1 dog - 3 dogs

    1 dog

   3 dogs

Rule 2 for plurals: Consonant + y

                            

                     -y disappears and turns into - ies

                 

  1 bunny                            4 bunnies

words ending in: clinker + y

                            

       only get an - s

          

  1 boy                              3 boys

      words ending in: ch, sh, s, ss, x, z

                            

                                    get -es

                 

  1 dress                           4 dresses

 words ending in: consonant + o

                            

                              get -es

                 

   1 tomato                       4 tomatoes

Words ending in: f of fe

                            

                     f/fe disappears and becomes - ves

                 

     1 leaf                           4 leaves

Irregular plurals (No rules)

1. baby's
2. babys
3. babie's
4. babies

1. boxes
2. boxxes
3. bosses
4. boxees

1. monky's
2. monkies
3. monkie's
4. monkys

Uniform

1. uniformes
2. uniform's
3. uniforms
4. uniformies

1. fishes
2. fish
3. fishen
4. fishies

Thief

1. thiefs
2. thiefes
3. thiefies
4. thieves

1. cooky's
2. cookies
3. cookys
4. cookyes

1. Butterflies
2. butterflys
3. butterflie's
4. butterfly's

1 policeman

1. policemans
2. policemannen
3. policemen
4. policemannies

1. Brushes
2. brush's
3. brushs
4. brushies

strawberry

1. strawberries
2. strawberrys
3. strawberrys
4. strawberryes

1. elfs
2. elves
3. elfes
4. elf's

1. ponys
2. ponies
3. pony's
4. ponie's

1. bus's
2. buss
3. buses
4. busses

1. leaves
2. leafes
3. leafs
4. leaf's

1. faces
2. face's
3. facies
4. facces

1. mouthees
2. mouth's
3. mouthens
4. mouths

1. first laddies
2. first ladys
3. first ladies
4. first lady's

1. modelles
2. modellen
3. models
4. modelens

1. bodys
2. bodies
3. boddies
4. body's

1. wives
2. wifies
3. wifes
4. wife's

Time to practice

Workbook Unit 2 lesson 2 exercise: 6