Y1 S6 lesson 1 Much vs Many & Plurals

theme 6 

after this lesson students will have learned: 
* The difference between much and many.
* How to use and form plurals (meervoud)
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This lesson contains 24 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 45 min

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theme 6 

after this lesson students will have learned: 
* The difference between much and many.
* How to use and form plurals (meervoud)
Welcome back!

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How many shoes 
Wow! You have many shoes! How much money did you pay for all of them?!
Much vs Many

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much and many
You use much and many to indicate that there is more than one of something. Or even to indicate that there's lots of it.

for instance: I have many books.

If you can count, you can follow this lesson...

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much and many
there are two kinds of nouns.
countable ones and uncountable ones.

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much and many
There are two kinds of nouns.
countable ones and uncountable ones.
Countable (telbaar) are nouns you can count. 

Books, cars, shoes, dogs and so on.
DUH!
Uncountable nouns are nouns you can't count.

Water, love, traffic, smoke and so on.
notice how these nouns have plurals and singulars!

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much and many
We use MUCH for the uncountable nouns.


# I have so much work to do.
# There's so much love in the world.
# There was too much traffic to get here in time.

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much and many
You use many when you can count the nouns.

# He has many pairs of shoes.
# There are many stars in the universe.

# My grandma has many children.
It's really hard but you can count the stars...

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much and many
You can also use them in a negative or interrogative way.

# I don't  have much time.
# Does he read many books?
# How much money do you have? 
huh?! But you can count money, can't you? No! You can count the notes and the coins!
let's practise! get out your phones!

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fill in much or many:
1: He like ... films.
2: She doesn't have ... milk left.
3: They don't have ... telephones in their house.
4: How ... dogs do they own?
5: I don't think ... children like sprouts.

Slide 9 - Open question

Not too many please! I want to get on with the rest of the lesson. Because there is still so much to do! 
Do you have any questions?

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Plurals

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plurals
what are plurals?
plurals is een moeilijk woord voor meervouden.

 countable nouns come in a singular and plural form.

telbare zelfstandignaamwoorden  bestaan in een enkelvouds- en een meervoudsvorm

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plurals
In het NL zijn er veel varianten:
1 bloem  -  12 bloemen
1  computer  - 6 computers
1 kind  - 30 kinderen


In English we mostly add an -s at the end.

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plurals
In English we mostly add an -s at the end.
1 book  -  4 books
1 house  -  2 houses
1 guest  -  30 guests

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plurals
But of course there are exceptions:

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plurals
additional rules (extra regels):
# words ending in a hissing sound get -es
# words ending in -o get -es 
# words ending with a -y  get - ies
# words ending with an -f get -ves  

but not always!
but not always!
but not always!

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plurals
words ending in a hissing sound get -es

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plurals
Words ending in -o get -es.

But not always! Disco, Euro and photo are new words and simply get an -s.
Discos, Euros and photos. Also, when there is a vowel before the -o you just add an -s. Kangaroos, radios...

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plurals
Words ending in -y get -ies.

But not always! Words that end with a vowel and -y simply get an -s.
tray -> trays,  key -> keys,  day -> days.

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plurals
Words ending in -f get -ves.

But not always! There are words ending with an -f that simply get an -s.
Hoof -> hoofs,  roof -> roofs,  cliff -> cliffs.

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plurals

let's practise! 

get out your phones!

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Make plurals of the following words:
cat, tomato, box, party, apple.

Slide 22 - Open question

make plurals of the following words:
city, hero, house, wolf, donkey.

Slide 23 - Open question

to you all!
Questions?

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