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Plurals

What are the rules?

+ s

+ es

+ ies

other?

Plurals

Most words: +s 

One car - two cars

One book - two books

Plurals

Most words: +s 

One car - two cars

One book - two books

Words -f : -ves

One shelf - two shelves

One wolf - two wolves

Plurals

Most words: +s 

One car - two cars

One book - two books

Words -o or s-sound: +es

One tomato - two tomatoes

One box - two boxes

Words -f : -ves

One shelf - two shelves

One wolf - two wolves

Plurals

Most words: +s 

One car - two cars

One book - two books

Words -o or s-sound: +es

One tomato - two tomatoes

One box - two boxes

Words -f : -ves

One shelf - two shelves

One wolf - two wolves

Words 'medeklinker'-y : -ies

One city - two cities

One baby - two babies

One fly - two flies

Uitleg  ...

irregular plurals

Irregular Plurals 

child
woman
foot
man
sheep
mouse
tooth

• children
  
• women
  
• feet
  
• men
  
• sheep
  
• mice
  
• teeth
  

Irregular plurals

-vowel change:

• man-men
• woman-women 
• person - people
• foot-feet
• tooth-teeth
• louse-lice 
• mouse-mice

Irregular plurals

ending in -en:

• child-children
• ox-oxen

Irregular plurals

Type of noun	Change	Example
Nouns that end in -f or -fe	Change to -ves	Life - Lives Wolf - Wolves
No rule	Learn by heart	Tooth - teeth
Nouns that don't change	-	Sheep Fish
Uncountable	-	Water Money

Plural Nouns:

tomato

1. tomatos
2. tomaten
3. tomato's
4. tomatoes

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of
hobby?

1. hobby's
2. hobbys
3. hobbies
4. hobby

What is the plural of the noun 'goose'?

1. Goose
2. Geese
3. Geeses
4. Gooses

Plural Nouns:

puppy

1. puppies
2. puppy's
3. puppys
4. puppen

Plurals (= meervoud): What is the plural of
wolf?

1. wolves
2. wolfs
3. wolvs
4. wolfes

Plural Nouns:

witch

1. Witchen
2. Witchs
3. Witches
4. Witch

What is the correct plural form of the noun: ''child''

1. Childs
2. children
3. childes
4. child's

What is the correct plural form of the noun: ''potato''

1. potatoes
2. potatos
3. potato's
4. potato

Which one is the correct plural noun for fish?

1. Fishes
2. Fishs
3. Fishies
4. Fish

Plural of:

1. knife's
2. knifes
3. knives
4. kniven

Plural Nouns:

car

1. Car
2. Cars
3. Caren
4. Cares

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of
elf?

1. elfs
2. elvs
3. elfes
4. elves

Plural of:

1. puppies
2. puppy's
3. puppys
4. puppen

Plural of:

1. taxs
2. taxen
3. tax's
4. taxes

Plural of:

1. shoe
2. shoes
3. schoenen
4. shoos

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of
watch?

1. watchs
2. watches
3. watch's

Plural of

1. mouses
2. mice
3. mices
4. mouse's

Plural of

1. taxies
2. taxi's
3. taxis
4. taxie's

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of
baby?

1. babys
2. baby's
3. babies
4. babyes

Plural of:

1. heroes
2. hero's
3. heros
4. held

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of
woman?

1. women
2. womans
3. women's
4. woman's

Plural of:

1. heroes
2. hero's
3. heros
4. heroe's

Plural of:

1. tomatos
2. tomaten
3. tomato's
4. tomatoes

Plural of:

1. tomatos
2. tomatoe's
3. tomato's
4. tomatoes

Noun formation

Use suffixes (-ment, -ion and -ness)

-We use -ment and -ion to form nouns from verbs.

- We use - ness to form nouns from adjectives.

The spelling sometimes changes. 

Suffixes/ Achtervoegsels

Suffixes we use at the end of a word. 

-er = as a comparative + action of a person or thing

-ness = to turn an adjective or adverb into a noun

-ing = used for a product or thing or verb turned into noun

-ment = changed a verb into a noun

What is the suffix in the word:
payment

1. pay
2. ment

What comes after the word:
work

1. -ing
2. -er
3. -ness
4. -ment

What comes after the word:
Happy

1. -ing
2. -er
3. -ness
4. -ment

What comes after the word:
Sad

1. -ing
2. -ment
3. -ness

E. Writing and grammar

Page 76- exercise 31A

ADJECTIVES

Bijvoeglijk naamwoord

Complete the text with the correct adjectives on the blanks. Don't use the adjectives more than once!

minute

enourmous

fantastic

delighted

funny

huge

sad

Recap
adjectives zijn:

1. zelfstandige naamwoorden
2. bijvoeglijke naamwoorden
3. bijwoorden
4. werkwoorden