Singular and plurals

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Welcome!

27 september

• National chocolate milk day
• World tourism Day
• Hug a vegetarian day
• National doodle day

 

Warm-up

Please, answer the question.

Frank's Farm 2000

Farmer Frank, I've got:

1 dog 

1 horse

1 cow

1 chick

1 pig

1 sheep

Frank's Farm 2024

Farmer Frank, I've got:
2 dogs

2 horses

2 cows

3 chicks 

2 pigs

3 sheep 

Singular 

1 dog

1 horse

1 cow

1 chick

1 pig

1 sheep

Plural

2 dogs

2 horses

2 cows

3 chicks

2 pigs

3 sheep 

Basisregel
Regelmatig znw: -s

 Truck -> trucks
Apple-> apples

Uitzonderingen

-woord eindigt met ‘sisklank’: -es

 Rich- Riches

Bus- Buses

Uitzonderingen
Sommige woorden
-Tomato -> tomatoes 

-Thief-> thieves

-Baby -> Babies

Uitzonderingen

Onregelmatige werkwoorden: hoe schrijf je deze in het MV?

Child
Mouse
Foot
Tooth

uitzonderingen

Sommige woorden hebben dezelfde vorm in EV en MV

Sheep
Police
Beef 

Singular

Nationalities ending on -ese

one Japanese

Some animals

one deer

one sheep

Plural

two Japanese

two deer

two sheep

Singular

Some words ending in s

Species

vehicles ending in -craft

one aircraft

Plural

multiple species

two aircraft

The police ____ searching for the burglar.

1. is
2. are

I have got two ___

1. shorts
2. pairs of shorts
3. pair of shorts

We had to put on our ____

1. coats
2. coat

The ticket cost 20 ____

1. euro
2. euros

I saw three ___ in the woods.

1. deer
2. deers
3. pairs of deer

Outer Banks is my favourite ____

1. serie
2. series

I need ___ to cut this piece of paper.

1. scissors
2. a pair of scissors
3. a scissors

The Japanese ____ many traditions.

1. have
2. has

She ..... (to hurry)to the bus.

The baby ..... (to stop)crying.

You .... (was/were) so lame.

He .....(arrange) everything.

He ..... (run)the other way.

Danny ..... (visit) his grandmother yesterday.

I ....(see)him yesterday.

She ..... (play) a weird game.

He .......(to walk)in the park this morning.

She .... (come) over.