Singular and plural

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• Leerjaar 3

Singular and Plural

What we know:

In the past (year 1):

Singular and plural

Today:

English vs Dutch

What are we going to learn today?

What we know:

Start-up (5 minutes)

What do you remember? (5-10 minutes)

Singular and plural (10 minutes)

Check the homework (10 minutes)

Kahoot! (10 minutes)

Schedule:

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

+es

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.

Plural

Deze woorden staan altijd in meervoud:

Trousers My trousers are too long.

Tights I need to wear tights with this dress.

Shorts He bought some blue shorts.

Scissors There are three pairs of scissors in the drawer.

Tweezers Could you pass me those tweezers?

Binoculars She gave me some binoculars.

Glasses (for seeing better) I've lost my glasses!

Sunglasses My sunglasses are in my bag.

Clothes She put her clothes in the suitcase.

Belongings Whose belongings are these?

Congratulations Many congratulations!

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

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

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

What we know:

Unit 4.4 reading - exercises 8, 9 & 11

Study words p 181 & 182

 

Homework