Nouns and its forms - Countable and Uncountable

Nouns are countable and uncountable.

Countable nouns:

These are of singular and plural forms.

Singular countable nouns cannot be used alone. They must have a/an/the or any other determiner like my, that etc.

Plural countable forms are made by:

i) adding -s at the end of the noun:

pen-pens, table-tables, school-schools

ii) adding -es to the nouns ending with -s, -ss, -ch, -sh, x:

bus-buses, glass-glasses, watch-watches, box-boxes, dish-dishes

iii) adding -ies to the nouns ending with a consonant and a -y:

lady-ladies, party-parties, baby-babies

iv) however, we add -s to the nouns with a vowel and -y:

boy-boys, play-plays, monkey-monkeys

v) we add -ves to nouns ending with -f/-fe:

shelf-shelves, knife-knives

vi) some nouns have irregular plural forms like:

woman-women, child-children, fish-fish, sheep-sheep

Uncountable Nouns:

i) Uncountable nouns have always one form.

ii) We cannot use a/an with uncountable nouns.

iii) But we can use a piece of.../ a glass of.../ a game of.../ a bowl of...with uncountable noun.


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Question Forms by different ways.

We make question forms in different ways:

1) By moving a auxiliary verb to the front of the clause:

Examples:

i) She is writing.
Is she writing?

ii) They have finished the work?
Have they finished the work?

iii) He has worked hard.
Has he worked hard?

iv) They have been complaining for a long time.
Have they been complaining for a long time?

2) By shifting a modal to the front of the clause: 

Examples:

i) He will come to the show.
Will he come to the show?

ii) They might come to see you.
Might they come to see you?

iii) She will have finished the show by now.
 Will she have finished the show by now?

iv) The movie will be finished soon.
Will the movie be finished soon?

3) Do/Does and Did

We use do/does and did for Present Simple and Past Simple as they have no auxiliary:

Examples:
i) They work.
Do they work?

ii) He often comes to the park.
Does he often come to the park?

iii) She wrote a letter to him.
Did she write a letter to him?

iv) Everybody liked the show last night.
 Did everybody like the show last night?


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