Plurals

Welcome to English class!

HT2F

Today

Today we are going to...

- check your homework.

- practise with plural forms of nouns.

- continue with writing your script.

Lesson aims

After this class...

- you know how to write (and pronounce) the plural forms of nouns.

- you can talk (and write) about your last summer holiday.

How do we ask about the past?

Questions past simple

vragen stellen in de Past Simple

Did + onderwerp + hele werkwoord 

Examples: Did you go there? Did he like it? Did they find the way? Did she do her homework?

Let op:

Bij het werkwoord to be (zijn), is het anders:

I was (ik was) - Was I? (Was ik?)

you were (jij was) - Were you? (Was jij?)

he was (hij was) - Was he? (Was hij?)

we were (wij waren) - Were we? (Waren wij?)

you were (jullie waren) - Were you? (Waren jullie?)

they were (zij waren) - Were they? (Waren zij?)

Homework check!

Finish exercise 44, 46 & 47 (page 268)

The last grammar explanation of this year ....

PLURALS

Singular vs. plural

Singular = enkelvoud

Plural = meervoud

Regel voor meervoud = woord + s

               1 dog - 3 dogs

    1 dog

   3 dogs

Bij woorden die eindigen op een medeklinker + y

                            

                     -y verdwijnt en wordt - ies

                 

  1 bunny                            4 bunnies

woorden die eindigen op een klinker + y

                            

       krijgen alleen een - s

          

  1 boy                              3 boys

      woorden die eindigen op ch, sh, s, ss, x, z

                            

                                     krijgen -es

                 

  1 dress                           4 dresses

 woorden die eindigen op een medeklinker + o

                            

                              krijgen -es

                 

   1 tomato                       4 tomatoes

Bij woorden die eindigen op een f of fe

                            

                     f/fe verdwijnt en wordt - ves

                 

     1 leaf                           4 leaves

uit je hoofd leren

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

1. boxes
2. boxxes
3. boxs
4. boxees

1. monky's
2. monkies
3. monkie's
4. monkys

Uniform

1. uniformes
2. uniform's
3. uniforms
4. uniformies

1. fishes
2. fish
3. fishen
4. fishies

Thief

1. thiefs
2. thiefes
3. thiefies
4. thieves

1. cooky's
2. cookies
3. cookys
4. cookyes

1. Butterflies
2. butterflys
3. butterflie's
4. butterfly's

1 policeman

1. policemans
2. policemannen
3. policemen
4. policemannies

1. Brushes
2. brush's
3. brushs
4. brushies

strawberry

1. strawberries
2. strawberrys
3. strawberrys
4. strawberryes

1. bus's
2. buss
3. buses
4. busses

1. leaves
2. leafes
3. leafs
4. leaf's

1. faces
2. face's
3. facies
4. facces

1. mouthees
2. mouth's
3. mouthens
4. mouths

1. first laddies
2. first ladys
3. first ladies
4. first lady's

1. modelles
2. modellen
3. models
4. modelens

1. bodys
2. bodies
3. boddies
4. body's

1. wives
2. wifies
3. wifes
4. wife's

Let's practise!

Homework:

- Page 286-290

- Exercise 62, 63, 64, 66 & 67