... She's carrying
(or was carrying) a bag full of shopping
We can also use the present simple and present continuous like this in
commentaries (for example, on sports events) and in giving instructions:
• ... including our own behaviour:
• They're constantly having parties until the early hours of the morning.
We use the past continuous (see Unit 6) in the same way:
• He was forever including me in ... finished at a
particular point in time before now, we don't use the present perfect continuous:
• I was reading until midnight last (not I have been reading )
• • She had been living in...
... fail
)
(b) I know things are difficult for you at the moment, but ________ in there, OK? (
an informal spoken
expression used for telling someone to continue doing something in a determined way
)
(c) ... using
put in this story. You will need to use some of them more than once.
Phrasal verbs, idioms and other expressions using 'put'
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across aside away behind down for forward in into ... are trying to find their way to a friend's house in
the countryside at night. Because it is dark, they are finding it difficult to see the house
)
5. The car costs £2000. I'm paying £1500,...
...
point to & points to pointing to pointed to pointed to
1. point to p.v. When you indicate people or things with your hand or a finger, you point
to them. When an arrow or a sign indicates ... in 1871, a few buildings survived.
The owner was arrested for deliberately
burning
his factory
down.
call in
call in & calls in
calling in
called in
called in
1. call in ... serious, formal speech or writing. But these informal phrasal
verbs are important because they are very common in everyday informal speech and
writing.
Some phrasalverbs are very easy to understand....
... Phrasalverbs are used more frequently in everyday speech
than in formal, official writing or speaking.”
2. How to study Englishphrasalverbs effectively
2.1. Studying phrasalverbs through combination ... phrasalverbs through pairs of synonym
_ Studying phrasalverbs through topic
V. Analysis and Interpretation
1. Definitions of phrasal verbs
There are a variety of definitions of phrasal verbs
1.1. ... however, may contain direct and indirect objects in addition to
the phrasal verbs. Phrasalverbs are particularly frequent in the English
language. A phrasal verb often has a meaning which is different...