Writing: common mistakes

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Writing common mistakes

i like to go spain on 2 june.

When do we use capital letters?

I am gonna make a lot of photo's

How do you make the plural in English?

Watch out!

This is different in Dutch!

's is NOT allowed for plurals in English

What is the plural of:
house

1. house
2. housses
3. houses
4. hice

Regular plurals

Just add -s to the end

Example: table - tables

What is the plural of:
bus

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

Ending in s-sound

If you want to make a plural of a word that ends in an s-sound, you have to add - es

Example: dish - dishes

What is the plural of:
thief

1. thief
2. thiefs
3. thiefes
4. thieves

Ending in -f or -fe

If you want to make a plural of a word that ends in -f or -fe, you have to change the -f to a -v and then add -s or -es

Example: wife - wives

What is the plural of:
city

1. cities
2. citys
3. city's
4. citis

Ending in -y (after a consonant)

If you want to make a plural of a word that ends in a consonant + -y, you have to change the -y to -i and then add -es

Example: baby - babies

What is the plural of:
ray

1. raies
2. rays
3. rais
4. rayes

Ending in -y (after a vowel)

If you want to make a plural of a word that ends in a vowel + y, you can just add -s to the end

Example: day - days

Irregular plurals

There are many plurals that can't be explained. 

Let's see if you know what they are!

Plurals (2)

Onregelmatige meervouden

• man - men
• woman - women
• tooth - teeth
• foot - feet
• sheep - sheep
• series - series

• child - children
• mouse - mice
• criterion - criteria
• Englishman - Englishmen
• a Japanese - two Japanese
• a Chinese - two Chinese

Plurals (2)

Woorden die altijd meervoud zijn

• bril - spectacles/glasses
• (spijker)broek - trousers/jeans
• schaar - scissors

Waarom zijn deze woorden altijd meervoud?

Plurals (2)

Nog meer woorden die altijd meervoud zijn 

(sommigen hebben onregelmatige meervoudsvormen!)

• douane - customs
• inhoud - contents
• politie - police
• vee - cattle
• omgeving - surroundings
• opbrengst - proceeds
• pand - premises

Plurals (2)

Sommige woorden zijn altijd enkelvoud in het Engels

• inlichtingen - information
• meubelen - furniture
• vorderingen - progress
• adviezen - advice

vacancy

mouse

tooth

Frenchman

Turn off the radio its to loud.

GR:
I don't like this pie, and my friend thinks so ___

1. to
2. too

GR:
Next year I'm going __ Indonesia during the summer

1. to
2. too

to

too

we have __ much homework!

Let's go __London.

Do you like football __?

You don't have __ worry.

He gave it __ me.

He works __ earn money.

I am much taller then him.

You can find many rice in the fields of vietnam

There is .........................wind today.

1. MANY
2. MUCH

Are there .... customers in the shop?

1. much
2. many

I like to go to an university.

Where or were, which sentence is correct?

1. Where is your beer?
2. Were is your beer?
3. They were not having fun.
4. They where not having fun.

Mind your punctuation!

Wat is het verschil tussen deze 2 zinnen?

Begin je zin met een hoofdletter, eindig met een punt. Schrijf leesbaar.