Often in my classes and conversations I hear these words, sometimes incorrectly sometime correctly – do you know which are nouns or adjectives or adverbs? Can you use them correctly in your Business and Social English???
Up to date – adverb – Describes an action that brings something in line with the latest information
Eg. Have you brought your time sheet up to date yet?
Be ready to bring us upto date on the teleconference.
Simon brought us quickly up to dateon the latest progress
Up-to-date – adjective – Is used as a synonym for current. Something that contains the most recent information available.
Eg. The new edition of her book has the most up-to-datescientific information
Up-to-date news is available around the clock
Are those the most up-to-datefigures?
Latest – adjective, noun or adverb – Last or most recent
Eg. Have you received the latestnews about Breixt?
Latest– noun – The most recent thing
Eg. What is the lateston the demonstrations?
Latest – adverb – At a certain time
Eg. Please send it to me at the latest by 5pm today
Current – noun – Refers to the movement of a running body of water of flowing electricity that moves in a continuous direction
Eg. He felt a power surge as the current rushed through the circuit
It is difficult to swim in a strong sea current
Current – adjective – Recent or exists in the present or is happening now (can suggest a situation which is temporary)
Eg. The mother helped her daughter cut out newspaper articles for her currentevents project
The current situation is not good
How long have you been in your currentjob?
Present – adjective – Existing or happening now
Eg. How long have you been in your present company?
Would you like an up date on the present situation or last week’s situation?
Actual – adjective – Is real or exact based upon fact
Eg. I need the actual figures not an estimate please
His friends call him Nacho but his actual name is Ignacio.
I met the actual Queen at Buckingham Palace, not an actor.
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