Double Meaning

Meaning of English words

Used to mean only….

Used to mean only….
“Memory” was something you lost with age
“An Application” was for employment
“A program” was a TV show
“A cursor” used profanity
“A keyboard” was an organ
“A virus” was the flu
“A CD” was a bank account
“A hard drive” was a long trip on the road
“A MOUSE” is a pest
“Hardware” are stuff used by carpenter
“Port” is a place a ship lands
“Server” is a plate use to serve food or drinks
“Client” is a human being we provide service to
“Net” is used to catch fish
“Web” is the house of a spider

What about words like “software”, “joystick”, “plug & play”, “wifi”, “touchscreen” etc etc……….

With the computer age, no wonder there are such situation as “generation gap”. Have fun learning the double meaning of simple English words, whether you are young or old.

Cry Baby Bunting

Cry Baby Bunting
Daddy's gone a-hunting
Gone to fetch a rabbit skin
To wrap the Baby Bunting in
Cry Baby Bunting

Bye, baby bumpkin
Where’s Tony Lumpkin
My lady’s on her death-bed,
For eating half a pumpkin

What kind of learner are you?

This chart will help you determine your learning style; read the word in the left column and then find the answer that most fits you in the three columns to the right. Your answers may fall into all three columns, but one column will likely contain the most answers. The dominant column indicates your primary learning style. Knowing what kind of learner you are can help you to develop a learning strategy.

When you	Visual	Auditory	Kinesthetic & Tactile
Spell	Do you try to see the word?	Do you sound out the word or use a phonetic approach?	Do you write the word down to find if it feels right?
Talk	Do you do so sparingly but dislike listening for too long? Do you favour words such as see, picture , and imagine?	Do you enjoy listening but are impatient to talk? Do you use words such as hear, tune , and think?	Do you gesture and use expressive movements? Do you use words such as feel, touch , and hold?
Concentrate	Do you become distracted by untidiness or movement?	Do you become distracted by sounds or noises?	Do you become distracted by activity around you?
Meet someone again	Do you forget names but remember faces or remember where you met?	Do you forget faces but remember names or remember what you talked about?	Do you remember best what you did together?
Contact people on business	Do you prefer direct, face-to-face, personal meetings?	Do you prefer the telephone?	Do you talk with them while walking or participating in an activity?
Read	Do you like descriptive scenes or pause to imagine the actions?	Do you enjoy dialog and conversation or hear the characters talk?	Do you prefer action stories or are not a keen reader?
Do something new at work	Do you like to see demonstrations, diagrams, slides, or posters?	Do you prefer verbal instructions or talking about it with someone else?	Do you prefer to jump right in and try it?
Put something together	Do you look at the directions and the picture?		Do you ignore the directions and figure it out as you go along?
Need help with a computer application	Do you seek out pictures or diagrams?	Do you call the help desk, ask a neighbour, or growl at the computer?	Do you keep trying to do it or try it on another computer?

Adapted from Colin Rose(1987). Accelerated Learning.

English Alphabet

The English Alphabet has 26 letters. In alphabetical order, they are:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Five of the letters are "vowels". Twenty-one are "consonants":

5 vowels

21 consonants

Each letter may be written as a "large letter" (capital) or "small letter".

Capital letter	Small letter
A	a
B	b
C	c
D	d
E	e
F	f
G	g
H	h
I	i
J	j
K	k
L	l
M	m
N	n
O	o
P	p
Q	q
R	r
S	s
T	t
U	u
V	v
W	w
X	x
Y	y
Z	z

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English Alphabet