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Now, listen & watch carefully ladies & gentlemen!. We are going to talk about. Plurals!. Het meervoud. Plurals!. The PLURAL is the form of a verb, pronoun or noun, used when talking or writing about something of which there is MORE THAN 1. Plurals!. This presentation is about
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We are going to talk about... Plurals! Het meervoud
Plurals! The PLURAL is the form of a verb, pronoun or noun, used when talking or writing about something of which there is MORE THAN 1
Plurals! This presentation is about The PLURAL-form of the NOUN
Plurals! Study these examples: 2 carrots 1 carrot… 2 beans 1 bean... 2 apples 1 apple… 2 grapes 1 grape...
Plurals! What will be the rule? Try to find this out yourselves and... find more examples!
Plurals! Main Rule enkelvoud +s = meervoud So: Bean +s = Beans
Plurals! Study these examples: 2 glassES 1 glass… 2 boxES 1 box... 2 busES 1 bus… 2 churchES 1 church...
Plurals! What will be the rule? Try to find this out yourselves and... find more examples!
Plurals! Rule 2 Woord eindigt op sisklank? +es in het meervoud! So: bus +es = buses
Plurals! Study these examples: 1 cherr Y… 2 cherrIES 1 babY… 2 babIES 1 raspberrY... 2 raspberrIES
Plurals! What will be the rule? Try to find this out yourselves and... find more examples!
Plurals! Rule 3a Woord eindigt op Y? -y wordt -ies in het meervoud! So: cherrycherries
Plurals! BUT... 1 boY… 2 boyS 1 monkeY... 2 monkeyS
Plurals! What will be the rule here? Try to find this out yourselves and... find more examples!
Plurals! Rule 3b Woord eindigt op KLINKER + Y? +s in het meervoud! So: boy + sboys
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Plurals! Study these examples: 2 potatOES 1 potato… 2 negrOES 1 negro... 2 tomatOES 1 tomato...
Plurals! What will be the rule? Try to find this out yourselves and... find more examples!
Plurals! Rule 4a Woord eindigt op O? +es in het meervoud! So: potato potatoes
Plurals! BUT... 2 radioS 1 radio… 2 studioS 1 studio…
Plurals! Rule 4b Woord eindigt op KLINKER + O? +s in het meervoud! So: radio + s radios
Plurals! Exceptions... 2 mosquitoS 1 mosquito… 2 pianoS 1 piano… 2 discoS 1 disco… • Learn these by heart!
Plurals! Study these examples: 2 knives 1 knife… 1 wolf... 2 wolves 1 thief... 2 thieves
Plurals! Rule 5 Woord eindigt op -f of -fe? -f/-fe wordt –ves in het meervoud! So: wolfwolves
Plurals! Study these examples: 2 cacti 1 cactus… 1 nucleus... 2 nuclei 1 focus... 2 foci
Plurals! Rule 6 Woord eindigt op -us? -us wordt -i in het meervoud! So: cactuscacti
Plurals! Study these examples: 2 analyses 1 analysis… 1 crisis... 2 crises 1 thesis... 2 theses
Plurals! Rule 7 Woord eindigt op -is? -is wordt -es in het meervoud! So: crisiscrises
Plurals! Study these examples: 2 phenomena 1 phenomenon… 1 criterion... 2 criteria
Plurals! Rule 8 Woord eindigt op -on? -on wordt -a in het meervoud! So: criterioncriteria
Plurals! Special cases 1 man / 2 men 1 1 woman / 2 women 1 child / 2 children • Learn these by heart!
Plurals! Special cases 1 goose / 2 geese 2 1 foot / 2 feet 1 tooth / 2 teeth • Learn these by heart!
Plurals! Special cases 1 louse / 2 lice 3 1 mouse / 2 mice But: 1 house / 2 houses • Learn these by heart!
Plurals! Special cases 1 sheep / 2 sheep 4 1 deer / 2 deer 1 salmon / 2 salmon • Any rule here?
Plurals! Special cases police time 5 water cattle oil money people • Any rule here?
Plurals! Special cases Sommige woorden staan al in het meervoud: 6a Jeans, tights, shorts, trousers, goggles, etc. Het werkwoord dat bij deze vorm hoort heeft ook de meervoudsvorm ! Example: Her jeans are too long.
Plurals! Special cases Na een telwoord gebruik je pair(s) of bij: 6b Jeans, tights, shorts, trousers, goggles, etc. Example: I have a pair of new jeans. I have two pairs of new jeans.
Plurals! Special cases Sommige zelfstandige naamwoorden eindigen met –ics maar zijn geen meervoud: 7 gymnastics, athletics, politics, physics, etc. Example: Gymnastics is my favourite sport.
Plurals! Special cases News is geen meervoud! 8 Example: What time is the news on television?
Plurals! Special cases Sommige zelfstandige naamwoorden eindigen op een –s maar kunnen enkelvoud of meervoud zijn: 9 A means of transport A television series a species of birds Example: I know 200 species of birds.
Plurals! Special cases Als het gaat om meer dan 1 persoon of ding wordt in het Engels altijd meervoud gebruikt. 10 • Examples: • It happened ten years ago. • - His two sons are farmers. Let op! In het Nederlands gebruik je dan vaak het enkelvoud.
Plurals! Did you really learn something? Or are PLURALS still a mystery to you? If so...
Plurals! Check these sites: http://www.digischool.nl/en/ (oefenen/grammatica/zelfstandige nmw) http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/ http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/plurals.htm (with additional information on special cases!) http://english-zone.com/spelling/nouns1.html (with many exercises)
Plural Poem One little crocodile swimming in the pond, Then he sees two little _______ Hopping all around. Flying high up in the sky, go three flapping ______, Then they dive and land upon three ______________. Four little ___________ Drinking all the water. Will they notice five big ____________ Oh, I think they ought to! Six slimy __________ Slithering on the shore, Will they catch their tea today? Seven _________________. Eight climbing ____________ Whizzing up the tree, chasing their best friends, Nine ___________. Night is falling quickly, time to say goodbye, Ten shining __________ Sparkle in the sky.
Plurals! The END