Plurals

Articles & Plurals

By Anindya Fauzia

Previous Lesson: Articles "A" & "An"

•A book --> one book

•An apple --> one apple

•A child --> one child

What if we talk about more than one?

Multiple Choice

I have one apple. My sister has three ...

• apples

• apple

Multiple Choice

She buys one book. They buy five ...

• book

• books

Multiple Choice

There is a mouse in my house. There are five .... in her house!

• mouses

• mice

Woorden die eindigen met "sis"-klank: -es

• One bus --> three buses

• One box --> ten boxes

Woorden die eindigen op "y": -ies

• One baby --> four babies

• One city --> six cities

Meeste woorden: -s

One apple --> five apples
One cat --> three cats

Woorden die eindigen op "f" of " fe": -ves

• One leaf --> a bunch of leaves

• One knife --> four knives

One child --> three children
One tooth --> five teeth

One man --> two men
One woman --> two women
One mouse --> a lot of mice
One foot --> four feet

Onregelmatige meervouden

Fill in the Blank

My brother has three ... (computer).

Fill in the Blank

Jack buys food for his ... (child)

Fill in the Blank

I lost three ... (tooth) because I fell from the tree!