ZKB/ZGb English week 12

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

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English week 12

Future tenses, plurals

By the end of this class you...

...Know about the most important English tenses.

...Know all about different plurals.

What have we learned so far?

Present Simple

Present Continuous

Past Simple

Future tenses

What is the future?

Will future

• Gebruikt voor spontane uitspraken
• Voorspellingen
• Vermoedens
  
  

I hope I will have a good job in ten years.

I think it will rain this afternoon.

Going to future

• Gebruikt bij vaste voornemens
• Plannen
• Voorspellingen op basis van bewijs dat je kan zien
  
  

They are going to move to Manchester. 

Present Continuous

Gebruikt voor plannen, vaak in combinatie met bijwoorden van tijd: tomorrow, next week, tonight. 

The guests are arriving at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. 

I think it _____ today.

1. will rain
2. is going to rain

Mr and Mrs Smith bought their train tickets yesterday. They ____ take the train because they hate flying.

1. will take
2. are going to take

He expects that all staff _____ early in the morning.

1. will start
2. are going to start

We ____ the meal this afternoon.

1. will prepare
2. are preparing

What are plurals?

Plural = meervoud

Which words do you put in plural form?

Work in groups of 2 people.

Without looking this up: how many different forms of the plural rules can you think of?

You have 5 minutes to write down as many as you can

Plural rules

1. -s at the end (cat -> cats)
   
2. -es at the end if it ends in –s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x or -z (bus -> buses) (tax -> taxes)
   
3. Double the –s (gas – gasses)
   
4. -ve + s if it ends on –f or –fe (wive -> wives) (wolf -> wolves)
   
5. If Y than –ies (city -> cities)
   
6. If the letter before the –y is a vowel add an –s (boy -> boys)
   
7. If the singular noun ends in –o add –ess (potato – potatoes) Exceptions: (photo -> photos)
   
8. If it ends in –us plural is –i (cactus -> cacti) (octopus -> octopi)
   
9. If it ends in –is, the plural is –es (analysis – analyses)
   
10. If it ends in –on plural is in –a (criterion – criteria)
    
11. Some nouns do not change (sheep – sheep) (species – species)
    

Irregular plural forms

child – children

goose – geese

man – men

woman – women

tooth – teeth

foot – feet

mouse – mice

person – people 

Finish the exercise sheet today

Learn all about the future tenses and plural forms of the English language!