1. Nouns

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo lwoo
• Leerjaar 1

Week: 02 - Wednesday: 11/01/23

What lesson material do you need?

1. Your binder
2. Your computer
3. Your headphones
4. Your notebook
5. Your pencil case

What is a noun?

1.1 Singular/ plural 

• Many words can refer to one thing only or to more than one. 
• For that, we use the terms singular and plural.
• Usually, the regular plural ending of an English noun is -s (cat - cats). 

One house

1. Two house
2. Two houses
3. Two mouse
4. Two huizen

Exceptions: part 1

singular noun ending	Plural noun ending	Examples
-s, -ss, -ch, -x, -zz	-es	focus-focuses; princess-princesses
-o	-s or -es	hero-heroes; piano-pianos
consonant + y	-ies	baby-babies; hobby-hobbies
vowel + y	-s	key-keys
-f	-s or -ves	thief-thieves
-fe	-ves	life- lives

One box

1. Two box
2. Two boxen
3. Two boxes
4. Two boxs

Exceptions: part 2

• Some nouns have two plural forms: fish - fish or fishes.
• Some of them have the same form in the singular and plural: a sheep - ten sheep; a deer -  seven deer.
• A few change a vowel to form the plural: man- men; woman-women.
• Some nouns form the plural with -en: child-children.

One mouse

1. Two mouses
2. Two mouse
3. Two mouses
4. Two mice

1.2. Countable/ uncountable 

• Countable nouns refer to things we can count: one cat, two cats, seventeen cats, and so on.
• Uncountable nouns refer to things not generally thought of as countable (information), qualities or abstract ideas (knowledge), verbal nouns formed from the present participle of verbs can also be used as uncountable nouns (walking).

What are countable and uncountable nouns?

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