2. Sprachbewusstsein Language awareness (a) How do you make a noun plural in English? Fill in the blanks below.
One dog One witch One sheep
Two _______ Two _______ Two _______
(b) Now explain to a German student learning English how plurals are formed. (c) In German it is a little bit more complicated. Here are 5 of the ways to make nouns plural. 1. Add –e der Hund, die Hunde 2. Add –er das Haus, die Häuser (add an Umlaut) 3. Add an –n/-en das Auge, die Augen 4. Add an –s das Kino, die Kinos 5. No change – der Onkel – die Onkel
Lerntipp
It is best to learn the plural with the noun. Don’t just learn das Auge, learn die Augen too. Note: ‘die’ is always used before plural nouns.
(d) Use your dictionary to find out the plural forms of the body parts (1-20) you have learned. Information on the plural is given after the noun.
