Plurals uitleg + oefening

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• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

PLURALS

Regular nouns: (-s)

* To make regular nouns plural, add ‑s to the end.

Examples:

cat – cats

dog - dogs

house – houses 

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:

bus – buses

marsh – marshes

lunch – lunches

tax – taxes

blitz – blitzes

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:

baby babies

city – cities

puppy – puppies

puppy's - Is singular in English! 

Example: A puppy's life (Is ONE puppy!)

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:

ray – rays

play - plays

boy – boys

toy - toys

Letter -o:

If the singular noun ends in ‑o, preceded by a consonant, add ‑es to make it plural.

Examples:

hero - heroes

potato – potatoes

tomato – tomatoes

Exceptions:

photo – photos

piano – pianos

halo – halos

Spelling change: (-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:

life - lives 

wife - wives

wolf - wolves

But:

roof – roofs

belief – beliefs

chef – chefs

chief – chiefs

Irregular plurals 

child – children

goose – geese

man – men

woman – women

tooth – teeth

foot – feet

mouse – mice

person – people

policeman - policemen

Unchanging Nouns (deze veranderen niet):

aircraft             aircraft

bass                  bass

bison                bison

elk                      elk

moose             moose

shrimp             shrimp

spacecraft     spacecraft

sheep               sheep

series               series

deer – deer

cattle - cattle

species – species

deer – deer

cattle - cattle

Plural

De meeste vormen eindigen in het meervoud op -s

parent - parents

star - stars

friend - friends

Plural

Eindigen op -sis klank

watch - watches

dish - dishes

box - boxes

PRACTISE!

Quiz time

What's the plural of:
car?

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

Plurals (= meervoud):
What is the plural of
watch?

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

What's the plural of:
pizza

1. pizza's
2. pizzas
3. pizza'z
4. pizzaz

What's the plural of:
phone

1. phonez
2. phones
3. phonees
4. phone

What's the plural of:
apple

1. apples
2. apple's
3. applez
4. apple'z

Plurals (=meervoud): What is the plural of bus?

1. buss
2. busses
3. buses
4. buse's

What's the plural of:
child

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

Plural of ''cow''

Plural:
bag

:
box

Plural:
table

Plural:
shoe

Plural (meervoud)
What is the plural of bus?

Plural of ''team''

Plurals quiz
What is the plural of: watch

Plurals:
monkey

What is the plural of wish?

Plural of:

1. shoe
2. shoes
3. schoenen
4. shoos

Plural of: tax

1. taxs
2. taxen
3. tax's
4. taxes

Plural of:

1. puppies
2. puppy's
3. puppys
4. puppen

Plural of:

1. tomatos
2. tomaten
3. tomato's
4. tomatoes

Plural of: hero

1. heroes
2. hero's
3. heros
4. held

Plural of:

1. sheeps
2. sheep
3. schapen
4. sheep's

Plural of:

1. ganzen
2. goosen
3. gooses
4. geese

Plural of:

1. cattle
2. cattles
3. cattle's
4. cattlen

Plural of:

1. knife's
2. knifes
3. knives
4. kniven

Plural of:

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

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