V3 lesson 4.4 singular vs plural

• 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

1. Boxs
2. Boxes
3. Boxees
4. Boxy

What is the plural of:
Scarf

1. Scarfs
2. Scarf's
3. Scarfes
4. Scarves

What is the plural of:
House

1. Hous's
2. Hous'
3. Houses
4. Houss

What is the plural of:
Mouse

1. Mouses
2. Mice
3. Mous'
4. Mous's

What is the plural of:
Person

1. People
2. Persons
3. Person's
4. Persones

We had to put on our ________

1. Coat
2. Coats

The surroundings of Berlize _____ beautiful

1. is
2. are

Where did you get __________

1. that trouser
2. those trousers

Translate:
Ik ben 16 jaar oud

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

1. His glass is already broken.
2. His glasses are already broken.
3. His glass are already broken.

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

1. The scissor he bought was not so easy to use.
2. The scissors he bought was not so easy to use.
3. Those scissors he bought were not so easy to use.

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

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

Henry has 5 _______.

1. pair of glass
2. pairs of glasses
3. pairs of glass
4. pair of glasses

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

1. that; is ; it
2. that ; are; them
3. those; are; it
4. those; are; them

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

1. this ; it
2. this; them
3. these; them
4. these; it

Some _______( japanese) do not like sushi.

1. japaneses
2. japanese

Choose the correct translation:
Ik ben 16 jaar

1. I am 16 year old
2. I am 16 years old.