Grammar: Plural

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 1

Grammar: Plural (meervoud)

Lesson goals

• You know the difference between singular and plural 
• You can use plural nouns in English

Instructions

Just add -s

• girl - girls
• dog - dogs
• bike - bikes
• parent - parents

Sisklank

word + -es when if it ends with

 

• ch
• sh
• s/ss
• x
• z

Example:

• watch - watches
• dish - dishes
• bus - buses
• box - boxes
• waltz - waltzes

Exceptions 1

• medeklinker (consonant) + y - ies
  
  
• medeklinker + o - oes

Example

• hobby - hobbies
• party - parties
  
  
• potato - potatoes
• hero - heroes

Exceptions 2

Irregular plurals
(onregelmatige meervouden)

man, woman, child, foot, tooth, goose, mouse

Words ending with -f(e)

• (wo)man - (wo)men
• child - children
• foot - feet
• tooth - teeth
• goose - geese
• mouse - mice

• knife - knives
• life - lives

What's the plural of subject?

1. subject
2. subjects
3. subjectes
4. subjecttes

What's the plural of cat?

1. cats
2. cattes
3. cates
4. caties

What's the plural of car?

1. car
2. cares
3. cars
4. cared

What's the plural of watch

1. watches
2. watchs
3. watch's
4. watched

What's the plural of apple?

1. appled
2. applees
3. apple's
4. apples

What's the plural of wife

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

What's the plural of wolf

1. wolfs
2. wolf's
3. wolfees
4. wolves

What's the plural of child

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

Lesson goals

• You know the difference between singular and plural
• You can use plural nouns in English

Ik begrijp hoe ik meervoud kan maken in het Engels

1. ja
2. nee
3. een beetje
4. ik snap er helemaal niks van