What’s in The News? Tornado, Twister or Whirlwind?

Speaking Practice. Rush Hour! Bus or Taxi?

English Grammar. Compare Adjectives to Determiners!

A tornado is a rapidly rotating column of air that is in contact with  both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare  cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as  twisters, whirlwinds or cyclones. The word cyclone is used in  meteorology to name a weather system with a low-pressure area in the  center around which winds blow counterclockwise in the Northern  Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern. Tornadoes come in many shapes  and sizes. Most tornadoes have wind speeds less than 110 miles per hour,  are about 250 feet across, and travel a few miles before dissipating.

Various types of tornadoes include the multiple vortex tornado,  land-spout and waterspout. Waterspouts are characterized by a spiraling  funnel-shaped wind current, connecting to a large cumulus cloud. These  spiraling columns of air frequently develop in tropical areas close to  the equator, and are less common at high latitudes. Other tornado-like  phenomena that exist in nature include the gust-nado, dust devil, fire  whirls, and steam devil.

Joyce: Should we take a taxi or a bus to the meeting?

Bill: We’d better take a bus. It’s almost impossible to find a taxi during rush hour.

Joyce: Isn’t that a bus stop over there?

Bill: Yes… Oh, oh! There’s a bus now. We’ll have to run to catch it.

Joyce: 0.K.… Oh, no! We just missed it.

Bill: Never mind. There’ll be another one in ten minutes.

Should we…? = Do you think we should…? (Will is never used for this meaning.)

Take a taxi or a bus…? = What form of transportation should we use?

We’d better… = We ought to.

It would be wise to… = A smart or intelligent idea.

Rush hour = The time of day when most people are going to or from work.

Isn’t that…? A negative question expresses an expectation of a positive answer.

Bus stop. = A compound noun.

Oh, oh! = An exclamation expressing alarm or sudden caution.

Oh, no! = An exclamation expressing sudden disappointment, shock, or discouragement.

Never mind! = It doesn’t matter or don’t concern yourself.

Determiners are words that appear before a noun. This is to help  understand what the noun refers to. The main idea is to understand  determiners and the role they play in English. Remember that a word is  just a word until we give it a job. There are many determiners in  English. “A, an, the” are all determiners. “This, that, these, those”  are all determiners. Quantifiers “Few, all etc”. Possessives “My, your,  it’s etc”. Cardinal numbers as well. Do not confuse determiners with  adjectives. There are many more rules on this subject! Ask your teacher  for a further explanation and worksheets to help you better understand  determiners.

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