Grammar Usage: Nouns (Singular And Plural) (A person, Two people)

WORD OF THE DAY:

CACOPHONY (noun)

a loud, harsh, unpleasant mixture of sounds.

Example: Life has its own harmony and cacophony too.

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WRONG TO CORRECT:

WRONG: How many people lives in that house?

CORRECT: How many people live in that house?

GRAMMAR : People is plural (= they) in its form. So, we say 'people are'/ 'people have' etc. 

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We say 'a person', 'two people', 'some people', 'a lot of people' etc.

Examples:

 

1. He is a nice person.

2. They are nice people. (not 'nice persons')

2. A lot of people use social media for marketing every day. (not 'uses')

3. Some people are always late. (not 'is')

 
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Grammar Usage: Noun Phrases

WORD OF THE DAY:

CAMARADERIE (noun)

a feeling of friendliness towards people with whom you work or share experience.

Playing together in school would give them a feeling of camaraderie and a sense of belonging.

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WRONG TO CORRECT:

WRONG: Four metals cylinders were attached to the machine.

CORRECT: Four metal cylinders were attached to the machine.

GRAMMAR : Nouns which act as premodifiers are singular, even when the head is plural. 

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Nouns acting as premodifiers specify particular aspects or features of the noun, such as type, material, etc. 

eg.: a university education, a fur coat, the post-war economy, a recent government report.

2. Noun phrase indicating time or measurements are singular in form even when their meaning is plural.

eg.: an eight-hour flight Not an eight-hours flight.

3. In the modifying expression, hyphens are normally used.

 
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Verbs and Questions Forms

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Make Questions to the following Answers:

Q1: Is he watching a movie?
Ans: He is watching a movie.

Q2: Had she been working hard?
Ans: She had been working hard

Q3: Will they come to attend the meeting?
Ans: They will come to attend the meeting.

Q4: Would John have been coming to see her?
Ans: John would have been coming to see her.

Q5: Do they take meals in time?
Ans: They take meals in time.

Q6: Does he often come? 
Ans: Yes, he often comes to our house.

Q7: Do they perform very well?
Ans: They performed very well. 

Q8: Will they have finished their homework by now?
Ans: They will have finished their homework by now.