Y1 S6 lesson 1 Much vs Many & Plurals

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

theme 6 

after this lesson students will have learned: 

* The difference between much and many.

* How to use and form plurals (meervoud)

Welcome back!

How many shoes 

Wow! You have many shoes! How much money did you pay for all of them?!

Much vs Many

much and many

You use much and many to indicate that there is more than one of something. Or even to indicate that there's lots of it.

for instance: I have many books.

If you can count, you can follow this lesson...

much and many

there are two kinds of nouns.

countable ones and uncountable ones.

much and many

There are two kinds of nouns.

countable ones and uncountable ones.

Countable (telbaar) are nouns you can count. 

Books, cars, shoes, dogs and so on.

DUH!

Uncountable nouns are nouns you can't count.

Water, love, traffic, smoke and so on.

notice how these nouns have plurals and singulars!

much and many

We use MUCH for the uncountable nouns.

# I have so much work to do.

# There's so much love in the world.

# There was too much traffic to get here in time.

much and many

You use many when you can count the nouns.

# He has many pairs of shoes.

# There are many stars in the universe.

# My grandma has many children.

It's really hard but you can count the stars...

much and many

You can also use them in a negative or interrogative way.

# I don't  have much time.

# Does he read many books?

# How much money do you have? 

huh?! But you can count money, can't you? No! You can count the notes and the coins!

let's practise! get out your phones!

fill in much or many:
1: He like ... films.
2: She doesn't have ... milk left.
3: They don't have ... telephones in their house.
4: How ... dogs do they own?
5: I don't think ... children like sprouts.

Not too many please! I want to get on with the rest of the lesson. Because there is still so much to do! 

Do you have any questions?

Plurals

plurals

what are plurals?

plurals is een moeilijk woord voor meervouden.

 countable nouns come in a singular and plural form.

telbare zelfstandignaamwoorden  bestaan in een enkelvouds- en een meervoudsvorm

plurals

In het NL zijn er veel varianten:

1 bloem  -  12 bloemen

1  computer  - 6 computers

1 kind  - 30 kinderen

In English we mostly add an -s at the end.

plurals

In English we mostly add an -s at the end.

1 book  -  4 books

1 house  -  2 houses

1 guest  -  30 guests

plurals

But of course there are exceptions:

plurals

additional rules (extra regels):

# words ending in a hissing sound get -es

# words ending in -o get -es 

# words ending with a -y  get - ies

# words ending with an -f get -ves  

but not always!

but not always!

but not always!

plurals

words ending in a hissing sound get -es

plurals

Words ending in -o get -es.

But not always! Disco, Euro and photo are new words and simply get an -s.

Discos, Euros and photos. Also, when there is a vowel before the -o you just add an -s. Kangaroos, radios...

plurals

Words ending in -y get -ies.

But not always! Words that end with a vowel and -y simply get an -s.

tray -> trays,  key -> keys,  day -> days.

plurals

Words ending in -f get -ves.

But not always! There are words ending with an -f that simply get an -s.

Hoof -> hoofs,  roof -> roofs,  cliff -> cliffs.

plurals

let's practise! 

get out your phones!

Make plurals of the following words:
cat, tomato, box, party, apple.

make plurals of the following words:
city, hero, house, wolf, donkey.

to you all!

Questions?