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PLURALS

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Table of Contents ( inhoud):
Meervoud in het Engels
* Explanation of regular plural nouns ( regelmatige zelfstandige naamwoorden)
* Explanation of irregular plural nouns ( onregelmatige zelfstandige naamwoorden)

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Words you need to know
Noun: zelfstandig naamwoord
Singular: enkelvoud
Plural: meervoud
regular & irregular : regelmatig en onregelmatig
Example: voorbeeld
Consonant: medeklinker
Vowel: klinker

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Regular nouns: (-s)
To make regular nouns plural: 
add ‑s to the end.

Examples:
a cat – two cats
a dog - two dogs
a house – two house

Regular nouns: (-es) "hissing sound"
If the singular noun ends in:  ‑s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z, add ‑es to the end to make it plural.
Examples:
a bus – two buses
a brush - two brushes
a watch – two watches
a lunch – two lunches
a box –  two boxes







Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Nouns that end with the letter -y:
If a singular noun ends in ‑y and the letter before the -y is a consonant, change the ending to ‑ies to make the noun plural.

Examples:
a baby - two babies
a city – two cities
puppy – two puppies

Spelling (-y)
If the singular noun ends in -y and the letter before the -y is a vowel, simply add an -s to make it plural.

Examples:
a ray – two rays
a play - plays
a boy – boys
a toy - toys

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Nouns that end with Letter -o:
If the singular noun ends in ‑o, preceded by a consonant, add ‑es to make it plural.
Examples:
a hero - two heroes
a potato – two potatoes

a tomato – two tomatoes

Exceptions ( uitzxonderingen):
a photo – two photos
a piano – two pianos




Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Nouns ending on (-f /-fe)
 If the noun ends with ‑f or ‑fe, the -f is often changed to ‑ve before adding the -s to form the plural version.
Examples:
a life - two lives 
a wife - two wives
a wolf - two wolves
But; exceptions:
a roof – two roofs
a belief – two beliefs
a chef – two chefs
a chief – two chiefs




Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Study : Irregular plurals 
one child – more children
a goose – five geese
a man – more men
a woman – lots of women
a tooth – many teeth
a foot – two feet
a mouse – two mice
a person – a lot of people







an ox- two oxen 
a policeman - seven policemen
a fish - loads of fish 
a louse – many lice

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Unchanging Nouns:
Singular           Plural
aircraft             aircraft
bass                  bass
bison                bison
moose             moose
shrimp             shrimp
spacecraft     spacecraft
swine               swine
trout                 trout



















sheep – sheep
series – series
species – species
deer – deer
cattle - cattle

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Exercises Plural Nouns:

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

Name as many things as you can

Slide 11 - Woordweb

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:
A
child's
B
childs
C
childes
D
children

Slide 12 - Quizvraag

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:
A
taxies
B
taxi's
C
taxis
D
taxie's

Slide 13 - Quizvraag

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:
A
babys
B
baby's
C
babies
D
babyes

Slide 14 - Quizvraag

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:
A
tomatos
B
tomaten
C
tomato's
D
tomatoes

Slide 15 - Quizvraag

Plurals(+meervoud)
What is the plural of: book
A
book's
B
booken
C
bookes
D
books

Slide 16 - Quizvraag

Plural of:
A
boxs
B
boxen
C
box's
D
boxes

Slide 17 - Quizvraag

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of
hobby?
A
hobby's
B
hobbys
C
hobbies
D
hobby

Slide 18 - Quizvraag

Plural (=meervoud):
What is the plural of:
A
heroes
B
hero's
C
heros
D
held

Slide 19 - Quizvraag

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:
A
shoe
B
shoes
C
schoenen
D
shoos

Slide 20 - Quizvraag

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:
A
knife's
B
knifes
C
knives
D
kniven

Slide 21 - Quizvraag

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of
woman?
A
women
B
womans
C
women's
D
woman's

Slide 22 - Quizvraag


Plural of:
A
hand
B
hands
C
hand's
D
handes

Slide 23 - Quizvraag

Plural (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:
A
puppies
B
puppy's
C
puppys
D
puppen

Slide 24 - Quizvraag

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of
watch?
A
watchs
B
watches
C
watch's
D
watchis

Slide 25 - Quizvraag

Plural of:
A
sheeps
B
sheep
C
schapen
D
sheep's

Slide 26 - Quizvraag

Plural of:
A
cattle
B
cattles
C
cattle's
D
cattlen

Slide 27 - Quizvraag

Plurals (= meervoud): What is the plural of
wolf?
A
wolves
B
wolfs
C
wolvs
D
wolfes

Slide 28 - Quizvraag

Plurals (=meervoud): What is the plural of bus?
A
buss
B
busses
C
buses
D
buse's

Slide 29 - Quizvraag

Plural of:
A
pigses
B
pigs
C
piggen
D
pig's

Slide 30 - Quizvraag

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of
elf?
A
elfs
B
elvs
C
elfes
D
elves

Slide 31 - Quizvraag

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:
A
tooth
B
teeths
C
teeth
D
tooths

Slide 32 - Quizvraag

Plural (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:
A
mouses
B
mice
C
mices
D
mouse's

Slide 33 - Quizvraag

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of:
A
puppies
B
puppy's
C
puppys
D
puppen

Slide 34 - Quizvraag

Slide 35 - Tekstslide