PLURALS

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

New Grammar - Plurals

Forming Plurals : 

The general rule in English for forming plurals is add -s

cat - cats

piano - pianos

pen - pens

book - books

In Engels gebruiken we nooit ('s) om een woord in het meervoud te maken!!

Words ending with -ss

Kiss - kisses

words ending with -f/fe

Wife - Wives

Knife - knives

Life - lives

Not roofs, chiefs, dwarfs

words that end with -shh (x)

Watch - watches

Mix - mixes

nouns with consonant + y

Lady - ladies

BUT

Boy - boys

Irregular Plurals 

child
woman
foot
man
sheep
mouse
tooth

• children
  
• women
  
• feet
  
• men
  
• sheep
  
• mice
  
• teeth
  

Nouns that are always plural

trousers

scissors

glasses

jeans                                                                                         a pair of shoes     pliers

clothes

What is the plural of city?

1. citys
2. cities
3. citis

Make it plural:
Bus

1. Busses
2. Buses

What is the plural of:
cat

1. cat
2. cats
3. cates
4. cattes

What is the plural of photo ?

1. photo's
2. photos

Plural
Which form is good?

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

Plural
Which form is good?

1. tomatoe's
2. tomattoes
3. tomatoes
4. tomatoos

Plural
Which is right?

1. kiwis
2. kiwi's
3. kiwies
4. kiwys

What is the plural of:
boy

1. boys
2. bois
3. boies
4. boyes

Make it plural:

Mouse

1. Mouses
2. Mice

Which plural form is incorrect?

1. feet
2. lady's
3. radios
4. information

What is the plural of:
bus

1. bus
2. buses
3. busses
4. bussess

What is the plural of

Money

1. Money
2. Moneys
3. Monies
4. Moneyes

Plural of chief

1. chief
2. chieves
3. chiefs

Plural of
Child

1. Childs
2. children