<<QUESTION WORDS>>
WHAT
- asking for information about something
- asking for repetition or confirmation
- example: what is your name?
- asking about time
- example: when did he leave?
- asking in or at what place or position
- example: where do they leave
- asking about choice
- example: which colour do you want?
- asking what or which person of people (subject)
- example: who opened the door?
- asking what or which person of people (object)
- example: whom did you see?
- asking about ownership
- example: whose turn is it?
- asking for reason, asking what...for
- example: why do you say that?
- asking about manner
- asking about condition or quality
- example: how was your exam?
Source: http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/wh-question-words.htm
<<WHAT ARE ADJECTIVES?>>
- adjectives are used to clarify nouns
- adjectives can be one word or a group of words
- adjectives can also be used with certain verbs (such as the verb 'to be'). adjectives are used to clarify the subject that is doing the action, adjectives are not used to clarify the verb
- adjectives are used to describe colour, material, shape, size, amount, price, quality, origin, personality, weight, temperature, age, direction and so on.
- adjectives are placed before the noun
- the form of the adjectives stay the same for all types of nouns
- adjectives can be used with all forms of nouns
Examples of Adjectives
- my mother is really beautiful
- the report for final year project was very difficult
- she has big eyes and fair skin
- our Mathematics teacher is tall and thin
<<SINGULAR & PLURAL>>
SINGULAR NOUN
Definition: when a noun means one only, it is said to be singular
Examples: boy, girl, book, church, box
PLURAL NOUN
Definition: when a noun means more than one, it is said to be plural
Examples: boys, girls, books, churches, boxes
rule #1
- the plural of noun is usually form by adding 's' to the singular noun
- examples: lamp,lamps; cat,cats; fork,forks; flower,flowers; pen,pens
- nouns ending in s, z, x, sh and ch form the plural by adding es
- examples: moss,mosses; buzz,buzzes; box,boxes; dish,dishes; church,churches
-if you add s to such nouns as fox, bush and bench, you will find that you cannot pronounce them without making an additional syllable. this is why such nouns form the plural by adding es
rule #3
- nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant is formed into a plural by changing y to ies
- examples: lady,ladies; city,cities; army,armies
- nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel form their plurals by adding s
- examples: boy,boys; day,days
- most nouns ending in o preceded by a consonant into a plural by adding es
- examples: hero,heroes; grotto,grottoes
-most nouns ending in o preceded by a vowel is formed into a plural by adding s. The examples are folio,folios; cameo,cameos; portfolio,portfolios; studio,studios
rule #6
- some nouns ending in f or fe are made plural by changing f or fe to ves
- examples: beef,beeves; wife,wives
man-men, foot-feet, mouse-mice, woman-women, tooth-teeth, louse-lice, child-children, ox-oxen, goose- geese,
the following nouns have no singular
scissors, oats, dregs, trousers, pinchers, bellows, snuffers, cattles, shears, measles, mumps, victuals, tweezers, vespers
some nouns are always singular. some of these nouns may be used in the plural. when different kinds are meant as sugars, coffees, cottons, gold, silver, wheat, corn, molasses, copper, sugar, cotton, news, gallows, mathematics, ethnics (other words ending in ics
*singular nouns use 'this' and 'that'
*plural nouns use 'these' and 'those'
singular & plural
son-in-law & son-in-laws; daughter-in-law,daughter-in-laws; maid of honor,maids of honor; secretary of state, secretaries of state
In forming the plural of proper names with a title, some pluralize the title, eg: misses Brown
Others pluralize the name eg: Miss Browns
If a title belongs to each of the two names, it should take the s in forming the plural eg: Drs Scott
