Plurals uitleg + oefening

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

PLURALS

Table of Contents ( inhoud):

Meervoud in het Engels

* Explanation of regular plural nouns ( regelmatige zelfstandige naamwoorden)

* Explanation of irregular plural nouns ( onregelmatige zelfstandige naamwoorden)

Words you need to know

Noun: zelfstandig naamwoord

Singular: enkelvoud

Plural: meervoud

regular & irregular : regelmatig en onregelmatig

Example: voorbeeld

Consonant: medeklinker

Vowel: klinker

Regular nouns: (-s)

To make regular nouns plural: 

add ‑s to the end.

Examples:

a cat – two cats

a dog - two dogs

a house – two houses 

Regular nouns: (-es) "hissing sound"

If the singular noun ends in:  ‑s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z, add ‑es to the end to make it plural.

Examples:

a bus – two buses

a brush - two brushes

a watch – two watches

a lunch – two lunches

a box –  two boxes

Nouns that end with the letter -y:

If a singular noun ends in ‑y and the letter before the -y is a consonant, change the ending to ‑ies to make the noun plural.

Examples:

a baby - two babies

a city – two cities

puppy – two puppies

Spelling (-y)

If the singular noun ends in -y and the letter before the -y is a vowel, simply add an -s to make it plural.

Examples:

a ray – two rays

a play - plays

a boy – boys

a toy - toys

Nouns that end with Letter -o:

If the singular noun ends in ‑o, preceded by a consonant, add ‑es to make it plural.

Examples:

a hero - two heroes

a potato – two potatoes

a tomato – two tomatoes

Exceptions ( uitzxonderingen):

a photo – two photos

a piano – two pianos

Nouns ending on (-f /-fe)

 If the noun ends with ‑f or ‑fe, the -f is often changed to ‑ve before adding the -s to form the plural version.

Examples:

a life - two lives 

a wife - two wives

a wolf - two wolves

But; exceptions:

a roof – two roofs

a belief – two beliefs

a chef – two chefs

a chief – two chiefs

Study : Irregular plurals 

one child – more children

a goose – five geese

a man – more men

a woman – lots of women

a tooth – many teeth

a foot – two feet

a mouse – two mice

a person – a lot of people

an ox- two oxen 

a policeman - seven policemen

a fish - loads of fish 

a louse – many lice

Unchanging Nouns:

Singular           Plural

aircraft             aircraft

bass                  bass

bison                bison

moose             moose

shrimp             shrimp

spacecraft     spacecraft

swine               swine

trout                 trout

sheep – sheep

series – series

species – species

deer – deer

cattle - cattle

Exercises Plural Nouns:

Name as many things as you can

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:

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

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:

1. taxies
2. taxi's
3. taxis
4. taxie's

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:

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

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:

1. tomatos
2. tomaten
3. tomato's
4. tomatoes

Plurals(+meervoud)
What is the plural of: book

1. book's
2. booken
3. bookes
4. books

Plural of:

1. boxs
2. boxen
3. box's
4. boxes

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of
hobby?

1. hobby's
2. hobbys
3. hobbies
4. hobby

Plural (=meervoud):
What is the plural of:

1. heroes
2. hero's
3. heros
4. held

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:

1. shoe
2. shoes
3. schoenen
4. shoos

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:

1. knife's
2. knifes
3. knives
4. kniven

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of
woman?

1. women
2. womans
3. women's
4. woman's

Plural of:

1. hand
2. hands
3. hand's
4. handes

Plural (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:

1. puppies
2. puppy's
3. puppys
4. puppen

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of
watch?

1. watchs
2. watches
3. watch's
4. watchis

Plural of:

1. sheeps
2. sheep
3. schapen
4. sheep's

Plural of:

1. cattle
2. cattles
3. cattle's
4. cattlen

Plurals (= meervoud): What is the plural of
wolf?

1. wolves
2. wolfs
3. wolvs
4. wolfes

Plurals (=meervoud): What is the plural of bus?

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

Plural of:

1. pigses
2. pigs
3. piggen
4. pig's

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of
elf?

1. elfs
2. elvs
3. elfes
4. elves

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:

1. tooth
2. teeths
3. teeth
4. tooths

Plural (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:

1. mouses
2. mice
3. mices
4. mouse's

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:

1. puppies
2. puppy's
3. puppys
4. puppen