Plural forms

• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Get out your books

Put away your phone

Put your bag on the floor

What does "plural" mean?

How do you normally make the plural?

1. add (e)s
2. add 's
3. add en
4. add ens

one book, two _______.

one glass, two ________

one house, two ________

do exercise 4 on page 133

Welke uitzonderingen op de "plural s" ken je al?

Words that end with o, s, x, z er ch get -es

So,

one box, two boxes

one hero, two heroes

one match, two matches

words that end with f or fe get -ves

So,

one shelf, two shelves

one knife, two knifes 

words that end in consonant+y get -ies

So,

one party, two parties

one baby, two babies

BUT one play, two plays

Finally, some irregular nouns you have to study

one child, two children

one mouse, two mice

one sheep, two sheep

one man, two men

etc.