Sources of Information

    An information source is anything that might inform a person about something or provide knowledge of it. Information can come from different sources such as people, television or radio, newspapers, books, journals and magazines, encyclopedias and web pages. Different types of questions require different sources of information. The type of information you need will change depending on the question you are trying to answer. 

"What a _ _ _ _ _ _" and "What _ _ _ _ _ _"

පුදුමයක් හැඟවීමට මෙන්ම කවරකු හෝ යම් දෙයක් ගැන  වර්ණනා කිරීම සඳහාද  "What " යොදා ගනියි.

මෙහිදී Exclamation Mark ("!") භාවිතය නිතරම සිදු කරයි. 

Countable and singulars     ---->   "What a _ _ _ _ _ _ ! " 

Uncountable and Plurals      ----> "What _ _ _ _ _ _ !"

Eg:- 

• What a good idea! - මොන තරම් හොඳ අදහසක්ද ? 👏
• What crazy ideas you have! - මොන පිස්සු අදහස්ද ඔයාට තියෙන්නේ ? 😠

Plurals of Compound Nouns

 A compound noun is a noun made up of two or more words (e.g. toothpaste, daughter-in-law). Compound can be formed as follows.

• Noun + Noun
• Police Station
• Noun + Adjective
• Spoonful
• Adjective + Noun
• Bright Sun
• Verb + Noun
• Swimming Pool
• Noun + Verb
• Haircut, Skydiving
• Verb + preposition
• Check-in
• Noun + preposition
• Passer by
• Preposition + Noun
• Underground
• Noun + Preposition + Noun
• Father-in-law

Examples for Compound Nouns--

• Spoonful
• Mouthful
• Father-in-law
• Mother-in-law
• Sister-in-law
• Brother-in-law
• Guest-of-honour
• By-way

Plural of Compound Nouns

1. Spoonful - >Spoonfuls
2. Mouthful - >Mouthfuls
3. Passer-by - > Passers-by
4. Guest-of-honour - > Guests-of-honour 
5. father-in-law - >fathers-in-law
6. mother-in-law- >mothers-in-law
7. teacher-in-charge- >teachers-in-charge
8. a ten-year-old - >a ten-years-old
9. Notary public - >Notaries Public
10. Commander-in-chief- >Commanders-in-chief

Irregular Plurals

 A large majority of nouns in the English Language are pluralized by adding an "s" or "es" to the end of the word and They are called regular plurals. Nouns that don't follow the above rule are called irregular plurals.

Singular                Plurals

Person                    People

Foot                       Feet

Tooth                     Teeth

Child                     Children

Mouse                   Mice

Sheep                    Sheep

Fish                       Fish

Leaf                      Leaves

Goose                   Geese

Woman                Women

Man                     Men

Aircraft               Aircraft

Index                    Indices

Syllabus               Syllabi

Axis                    Axes

Criterion              Criteria

Medium              Media

Curriculum         Curricula

Formula               Formulae / Formulas

Fungus                Fungi

Phenomenon       Phenomena

Bacterium            Bacteria

Nucleus                Nuclei

Analysis             Analyses

Appendix            Appendices

Vertebra            Vertebrae