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Thursday, April 18, 2019

Future with "Be Going To"

To form it, we use the correct form of "Be" + "Going to"+ base form

Use: Beside "will" and "shall", we can also use "be going to" to express future events as per below situations.
  1. When you intend to do something in the future:
    1. I am going to buy some books this weekend.
    2. He is going to cut that tree down.
    3. She is not going to study geography this semester.
  2. When you have planned to do something in the future (previously made decision):
    1. I am going to move out soon.
    2. They are going to visit their grandparents this New Year Day.
    3. What are you going to do this weekend? 
  3. When you can forecast (based on current situation) that something is likely to happen very soon: 
    1. Look! The tree is going to fall down.
    2. Watch out! He is going to fall into the hole.
    3. I think it is going to rain today. Look at those black clouds.

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Plural Nouns

  1. Add -s to form the plural of most nouns.
    1. girl - girls
    2. orange - oranges
    3. kite - kites
    4. fight - fights
    5. label - labels
  2. Add -es to nouns that end in -o, -ch, -sh, -s, -x, or -z
    1. watch - watches
    2. dish - dishes
    3. bus - buses.
    4.  box - boxes
    5. quiz - quizzes
    6. potato - potatoes
    • There are some exceptions to the -o endings
      1. piano - pianos
      2. logo - logos
      3. solo - solos
      4. photo - photos
      5. kangaroo - kangaroos 
      6. radio - radios
  3. For nouns that end in -y with a consonant before the -y, change the -y to -i and add -es
    1. country - countries
    2. baby - babies
    3.  puppy - puppies
    4. candy - candies
    5. story - stories
  4. For nouns that end in -y with a vowel before the -y, just add -s
    1. toy - toys
    2. boy - boys
    3. monkey - monkeys
    4. key - keys
    5. day - days
  5. For nouns that end in -f or -fe, drop the -f or -fe and add -ves
    1.  loaf - loaves
    2. knife - knives
    3. wife - wives
    4. wolf - wolves
    5. leaf - leaves
  6.  Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms
    1. fish - fish
    2. deer - deer 
    3. sheep - sheep
    4. salmon - salmon
  7. Some nouns are irregular.
    1. man  - men
    2. woman - women
    3. goose - geese
    4. tooth - teeth
    5. mouse - mice
    6. child - children
  8. Form the plural of most compound nouns by adding -s to the head nouns.
    1. car park - car parks (noun + noun)
    2. sister-in-law - sisters-in-law
    3. train station - train stations
    4. taxi driver - taxi drivers
    5. firefighter - firefighters
    6. passer-by - passers-by (noun + preposition)
    7.  hanger-on - hangers-on
  9.  Below are some exceptions to the #8 rule.
    1. grown-up - grown-ups
    2. check-in - check-ins
    3. higher-up - higher-ups

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