1M Singular and plural

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Singular and Plural

What we know:

Grammar instruction: Singular vs plural

Practice: see handout for assignment

If we have time left: kahoot !

What are we going to do today?

Singular

Plural

Shoe

cars

Lives

women

teeth

church

What is the plural of:
Box

1. Boxs
2. Boxes
3. Boxees
4. Boxy

What is the plural of:
Hobby

1. Hobbys
2. Hobby's
3. Hobbies
4. Hobb'ies

What is the plural of:
Scarf

1. Scarfs
2. Scarf's
3. Scarfes
4. Scarves

What is the plural of:
House

1. Hous's
2. Hous'
3. Houses
4. Houss

What is the plural of:
Mouse

1. Mouses
2. Mice
3. Mous'
4. Mous's

What is the plural of:
Person

1. People
2. Persons
3. Person's
4. Persones

What we know:

Car - Cars

Church - Churches

Baby - Babies

Scarf - Scarves

Tomato - tomatoes

Child - Children

hissing sound

ending in -y

ending in -f

ending in -o

irregular

What we know

+ s

+ es

-y + ies

-f + ves

+s

Not always the case

What we know:

Do the assignment on your hand-out 

You have 10 minutes

Hand-out 

Welcome

• Put your phone in the box
• Take a seat
• Put your bag on the floor
• Grab your book
• You have until the timer runs out

What we know:

Nederlands (enkelvoud ) < > Engels (meervoud)

The police are looking for the suspect

(cattle, wages, surroundings, savings, stairs, contents)

Twee gelijke helften

I've got new glasses

(two pairs of glasses)

Combinatie met getallen

It costs 20 euros

Onderwerp mv? Dan object ook vaak meervoud

The boys had brought their bikes. 

Nederlands vs Engels

The politie is op zoek naar verdachten.

Ik heb een nieuwe bril.

Het kost 20 euro.

De jongens hadden hun fiets meegenomen.

We had to put on our ________

1. Coat
2. Coats

The surroundings of Berlize _____ beautiful

1. is
2. are

Where did you get __________

1. that trouser
2. those trousers

Translate:
Ik ben 16 jaar oud

What we know:

Engels = woorden hebben dezelfde vorm in enkelvoud en meervoud. (In het Nederlandse andere vorm)

Woorden op -ese voor nationaliteiten

A Chinese - All the Chinese - Chinees/Chinezen

Sommige namen van dieren

A fish - lots of fish - vis/vissen

Een aantal woorden dat eindigt op -s

A species - two species - soort/soorten

Een aantal voertuigen dat op -craft eindigt

Spacecraft - two spacecraft - ruimtevaartuig/ruimtevaartuigen

Nederlands vs Engels

Which plural is correct?

1. Spacecraft
2. Spacecrafts

Which plural is correct?

1. Deer
2. Deers

Which plural is correct?

1. Chicken
2. Chickens

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