Instructie C - Plural nouns

• Engels
• Secundair onderwijs

PLURAL NOUNS

What do you know about plural nouns?

Do you like these ____________________ (painting)?

Old ____________________ (bridge) are more likely to collaps.

RULES TO FORM A PLURAL

RULE 1: 

For most nouns you add an _____ to form a plural.

Hairdressers have a lot of ____________________ (brush).

He is six ____________________ (inch) tall.

RULES TO FORM A PLURAL

RULE 1: 

For most nouns you add an  S  to form a plural.

RULE 2: 

For nouns that end with SH, S, SS, CH, X or Z

         ➔ You add _____ to form a plural.

Have you seen my ____________________ (key)?

There are a lot of ____________________ (alley) in London.

RULES TO FORM A PLURAL

RULE 3: 

For nouns that end with a vowel + Y

         ➔ You add an _____ to form a plural.

How many ____________________ (country) have you visited?

My grandmother read a lot of ____________________ (story) to me when I was little.

RULES TO FORM A PLURAL

RULE 3: 

For nouns that end with a vowel + Y

         ➔ You add an  S  to form a plural.

RULE 4: 

For nouns that end with a consonant + Y

         ➔ You let the Y go and add _____ to form a plural.

Can you hand me that ____________________ (knife)?

We watched the ____________________ (elf) dancing.

RULES TO FORM A PLURAL

RULE 5: 

For nouns that end with F or FE

         ➔ You let the F or FE go and add _____ to form a plural.

How many ____________________ (zoo) are there in Germany?

The doctor saw two ____________________ (embryo) on the scan.

RULES TO FORM A PLURAL

RULE 5: 

For nouns that end with F or FE

         ➔ You let the F or FE go and add  VES  to form a plural.

RULE 6: 

For nouns that end with a vowel + O

         ➔ You add _____ to form a plural.

Can you peel those ____________________ (potato) for me?

I need ____________________ (tomato) for this recipe!

RULES TO FORM A PLURAL

RULE 6: 

For nouns that end with a vowel + O

         ➔ You add  S  to form a plural.

RULE 7: 

For nouns that end with a consonant + O

         ➔ You add _____ to form a plural.

We catched some ____________________ (fish) today.

Do you see that ____________________ (woman) over there?

RULES TO FORM A PLURAL

RULE 8: 

Some nouns do not change when you form a plural.

RULE 9: 

Some nouns do not follow a rule. They are irregular.