Singular and plural

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Lesson goals

At the end of this lesson, you know when to use a singular or plural form with certain words.

Some words we use as plural

- Police are coming

- cattle walk on the land

- surroundings are beautiful 

- savings are important

- stairs 

- belongings

Deze woorden kan je vervangen door 'they'

Words with 2 halves are also plural

- scissors

- trousers

- shorts

- glasses 

vb. Those glasses look great.

These trousers are white.

Combination with numbers we use plurals

- 16 years old

- I have 20 euros

- There are 10 children

Singular

Nationalities ending on -ese

one Japanese

Some animals

one deer

one sheep

Plural

two Japanese

two deer

two sheep

Singular

Some words ending in s

Species

vehicles ending in -craft

one aircraft

Plural

multiple species

two aircraft

The police ____ (to be) looking for a man.

Wat is het meervoud van 'sheep'

You can have 20 ....

1. euro
2. euros