What’s New? Computers of Today, Money and Electricity.

History Topic! Computers of the Past.

Conversation Topic. Time Expressions, Collocations and Prepositions.

Speaking Practice. How to tell someone time.

Basic Grammar Review. What do Adjectives do in English?

English Grammar. The Eight Parts of Speech.

Computers of Today, Money and Electricity

British Airways’ mass systems failure and  cancellation of flights during   one of the UK’s busiest travel weekends  of the year may have been down to  “cost cutting” under a new CEO.

      The company has denied the claims.

After an unidentified “power supply issue” caused the  delay and cancellation of more than 1,000 BA flights, focus has  narrowed to CEO   Alex Cruz and what unnamed colleagues have described  as his “slash and burn” management style.

The abacus was initially used for arithmetic tasks. The Roman abacus was  developed from devices used in Babylonia as early as 2400 BC. Since  then, many other forms of reckoning boards or tables have been invented.  In a medieval European counting house, a checkered cloth would be  placed on a table, and markers moved around on it according to certain  rules, as an aid to calculating sums of money.

In English, there are an uncountable number of ways  to refer to time. Then there is the difference between American and  British English. The main idea is to recognize that communication is  always the main goal. If you are speaking with someone and they fully  understand what you are saying, that is perfect English.

Here are a few examples of time expressions. While  they might fall under several different categories of grammar, time  expressions are simply time expressions. Do not worry about why  expressions are formed the way they are. More importantly, learn the  time expression and it’s meaning. Most time expressions are based more  on “Collocations” than general rules for “Prepositions”.

Negative questions are also common in spoken English.  Isn’t it a lovely day? Aren’t we going to the park today? These are  examples of negative questions. The main idea with negative questions is  that we previously discussed or planned a future event.

Adjectives are simple describing words that give  information about nouns, pronouns and feelings. That said, remember  about that job thing. Just because an adjective is generally used to  describe, they can also take on other jobs in the English language. For  instance, the word “Blue” is generally considered an adjective to  describe an object. However, when the letter “A” is used before the word  “Blue”, it becomes a noun. “A table, a chair, a book, a blue”. “A blue  is another word for “Pill or capsule”. These are simple examples of  nouns.

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