Dublin video

http://youtu.be/LV5QYfpKvEE

This is a great video. It brings up so many memories for me.
The sound track is also very good.

English Grammar prepositions and articles

Prepositions

A preposition is a word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else, for example:

• after
• before
• on
• under
• inside
• outside

After walking for miles she rested on a small hill.

After tells you when she rested and on tells you where she rested.

Articles

An article is a word that tells you whether a noun is specific or general, for example a, an, the.

She took a big suitcase on holiday.

A tells you that the noun suitcase is general. It's not talking about any particular suitcase, it's any old big suitcase.

She took the big suitcase on holiday.

The tells you it was a particular suitcase. Perhaps she has a big suitcase and a small one. She took the big suitcase.

The lure of the open road

 Where are you going next? 

You never know what you will find around the next corner.

To lure....
tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward.

Can a leopard ever change its spots?

Can a leopard ever change its spots?

Playing Chess Is Good For the Brain?

In a recent study carried out in West London it was found that playing chess several times a week is good for the brain. It is a very old game played by young and old. I wonder if it will still be played in another 50 years time.

Money doesn`t grow on trees in Chiswick Park but..

Had a nice free cup of coffee and a bite to eat with Danny today. They say money doesn`t grow on trees but sometimes it falls from them!
This is a very old and beautiful park in the heart of West London and today we were lucky with the bright sunny weather.

Improve your English

What were your school days like?

Did you have good teachers or not so good?