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Showing posts with label singular plural. Show all posts
Showing posts with label singular plural. Show all posts

Friday, December 18, 2020

"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 ? 😠

Friday, September 4, 2020

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



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