Much/many & possesive s

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• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Much/Many + possessive S

Goals

At the end of the lesson you:

know the difference between much/many and can use them correctly.

Know the difference between 's ' or of and can use them correctly.

What do you think much/many means? Dutch translation

Much/many

Veel/ enkele

How many doors are there in this classroom?

Hoeveel deuren zijn er in dit klaslokaal?

How much time do we have left?

Hoeveel tijd hebben we nog over?

Many

Countable nouns

We gebruiken many wanneer we iets kunnen tellen.

- There are many tables in this classroom

- There are many students in this classroom

- There aren't many teachers in this classroom

Much

Uncountable nouns

We gebruiken much wanneer iets niet telbaar is.

- I don't have much time

- There isn't much water left in my bottle

- We have too much homework

There's so ...... grass outside!

1. many
2. much

I've eaten so ..... chocolate eggs during easter!

1. Many
2. Much

We have way too ___ homework!

1. many
2. much

There are ..... trees outside

1. Many
2. Much

I don't have .... water left in this bottle. Luckily, I've got ..... more bottles of water!

1. Much/Much
2. Many/much
3. Many/Many
4. Much/many

I understand how to use much/many

1. YES!
2. Sort of, I still need to study a little.
3. Mwa, I still need to study a lot.
4. No, help me please!

What do you think possessive means?

Possesives

Dutch translation?

Bezitten, iets is van iemand

When playing video games it is important to possess great reaction skills.

He is possessed by a ghost.

Examples of possesive grammar

This is Robert's bike

Dit is de fiets van Robert.

This is the men's bathroom

Dit is het toilet van de mannen.

Those are the kids' cookies

Dat zijn de koekjes van de kinderen.

The capital of the Netherlands

De hoofdstad van Nederland

When do I use 's?

We gebruiken ‘s om bezit aan te duiden van mensen, dieren en dingen. Zelfs als ze eindigen op een ‘s
This is Peter's car 
This is Sjors's LessonUp

That's the cat's litter box 

That's the TV's power cable

Belangrijk! Wanneer je twee of meer personen noemt, zet je alleen een 's achter de naam van de laatste persoon. 

John, Peter and Steven's house

When do I also use 's?

We gebruiken ook 's wanneer de meervoud van een woord niet eindigt met -s.

Children

Men

Women

This is the men's/women's bathroom

That's the children's toys

When do I use '?

We gebruiken alleen een ', wanneer de meervoud van een woord al eindigt op -s.
Kids

Boys

Ladies

Those are the kids' cookies

This is the boys' locker room

This is the ladies' bathroom

When do I use of?

We gebruiken of wanneer we het hebben over geografische namen.

The capital of the Netherlands

The president of the United States

 

Sometimes, both of and 's are correct...

Wanneer we het over dingen hebben, kunnen we vaak beiden gebruiken:

The best player of this season

This season's best player

The costs of the operation are way too high

The operation's costs are way too high

That's (John) house

1. Johns'
2. John's

This is (Bas) book

1. Bas's
2. Bas'

These are the (children) toys

1. Children's
2. Childrens'
3. Childrens

These are the (kids) toys

1. kids'
2. kid's
3. kids

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

1. The headlight of my car is broken
2. My car's headlight is broken

I now know how to use the possessive s: 's ' or of

1. YES!
2. Sort of, I still need to study
3. Mwa, I still need to study a lot
4. No, help me please!

Samenvattend

many = telbaar/countable

much = niet telbaar/ uncountable

's, bezit aanduiden van mensen, dieren en dingen

's, meervoud van woorden die niet eindigen op -s

', wanneer het meervoud van een woord al eindigt op -s

of, geografische namen

Assignment time!

Do the exercises in the document on SomToday

Do exercise 30-33 of Chapter 5