Week 14: plurals and newswise

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

W14	1/4 - 5/4	Start theme 4
W15	8/4 - 12/4	Grammar
W16	15/4 - 19/4	Skill practice
W17	22/4 - 26/4	Test theme 4
W18	29/4 - 3/5	Holiday
W19	6/5 - 10/5	Holiday
W20	13/5 - 17/5	Writing & practice
W21	20/5 - 24/5	Writing rubric & practice
W22	27/5 - 31/5	Letter practice

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Let's check your homework! 

B themewords & C reading

Study list A 

What is a resident in Dutch?

What does a tourist office do?

Look at the following text. Find the mistakes and correct them.

The childs play at the playground. Their foots go from the climbers to the slides. They play while their parents open boxs full of sweetes. The parents hope the childs won't notice. But when some knifes fall out of the boxs, the kids turn their attention to their parents. The echo's of the clattering knifes is too loud for the kids not to notice. Some of the sweets have the shape of the childs favourite superhero's. The parents can't calm their kids any longer and they decide eat the sweets together.

Look at the following text. Find the mistakes and correct them.

The childs play at the playground. Their foots go from the climbers to the slides. They play while their parents open boxs full of sweetes. The parents hope the childs won't notice. But when some knifes fall out of the boxs, the kids turn their attention to their parents. The echo's of the clattering knifes is too loud for the kids not to notice. Some of the sweets have the shape of the childs favourite superhero's. The parents can't calm their kids any longer and they decide eat the sweets together.

Plural

How do we make something plural in English?

example: Crisp is singular...
How do we say this? We eat as many ........ as we like. 

Plural (1)

You know how to make a noun plural by adding -s or -es.

Not all nouns have the same plural form. 

Nouns that end with a consonant + o get -es.

Example:
Hero --> Heroes

Echo --> Echoes

Plural (2)

2)
Nouns that end with s, x, z or ch get -es.

bus – buses

box – boxes

match – matches

3)
Nouns that end with an f or fe get -ves.

Knife -- Knives 

dwarf – dwarves

4) Nouns that end with -Y 

Party - Parties
Penny - Pennies 

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There are also irregular forms when you try to make it plural.
STUDY THESE BY HEART!!!

Any questions?

Let's practice! Make plural

1. Box                 9. Bus

2. Dwarf           10. Half

3. Bonus           11. Heart

4. Promise       12. Key

5. Library          13. Hero

6. Lady              14. Leaf

7. Life                 15. Tomato

8. Match            16. Sky

Let's practice!

1. Boxes                 9. Buses

2. Dwarves           10. Halves

3. Bonuses           11. Hearts

4. Promises         12. Keys

5. Libraries           13. Heroes

6. Ladies              14. Leaves

7. Lives                 15. Tomatoes

8. Matches           16. Skies

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Story time!

• Create a short story about your weekend
• The story must contain at least 5 plural nouns
• The story must contain at least 2 irregular plurals (children, men)
• The story must contain 3 words from the wordlist you had to study today
• Share your story with your neighbour!

Newswise, what do you think it is about?