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Expressions of Love and Sadness

Expressions of Love	Responses
I love you I’m very fond of you I fall for you I’m in love with you I really fancy you I’m smitten by you I have a thing for you I have a crush in you I’m attracted to you	Accepting love : Ø  I love you to Ø  I’m also very fond of you Ø  It’s not one-sided Rejecting love : Ø  I’m sorry. I don’t feel the same Ø  I’m afraid I don’t have the same feeling Ø  I’m afraid I can’t accept your love

Expressions of Sadness	Responses
I’m so sad I’m blue I feel really awful I feel vey down	Take it easy It’ll get better soon Lighteen Up Cheer up

Expressions for Agreeing and Disagreeing

Expressions for Agreeing and Disagreeing

Expressions for Agreeing	Expressions for Disagreeing
I agree with you	I don’t think so
You’re absolutely right	I’m afraid I disagree
I suppose/I guess so (weak)	I beg to differ
No doubt about it	That’s not always true
I agree with you 100 percent	No way (strong)
That’s so true	I totally disagree (strong)
That’s so sure	No, I’m not so sure about it
That’s exactly how I feel
Tell me about it! (slang)
You have a point there
I was just going to say that

Tenses

 
Present Perfect Tense

 Present perfect tense is used to express that something happened  (or never happened)n before now, at an unspecified time in the past. The exact time is not important. Accompanied by for or since, the present perfect expresses a situation that began in the past and continuous to the present.

I You We They	Have Haven’t	Stopped subscribing to that magazine Had lunch since two hours ago
He She	Has Hasn’t	Taken the final examination Gone to the airport to catch the flight
Have	I You We They	Mailed the letter ?
Has	He She	Delivered the pizza ?

v  Past Continous Tense

Past continuous tense is used to express a progressive event or action in the past.

Pattern : S + Was/Were + Verb-ing

Example :

1. I was working

2. You were buying the vegetables

Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs refer to verb and preposition which together have a special meaning. For example, put + off means “postpone”. A phrasal verb may be either separable or nonseparable.

With a separable phrasal verb, a noun, may come either between the verb and the preposition or after preposition. A pronoun comes between the verb and the preposition.

With a nonseparable phrasal verb, a noun or pronoun must follow the preposition.

Example :

Separable Phrasal Verbs	Nonseparable  Phrasal Verbs
a. I handed my paper in yesterday b. I handed in  my paper yesterday c. I handed it in yesterday	a. I ran into an old friend yesterday b. I ran into her yesterday

 


The following is a list of some common phrasal verbs and their usual meaning.

Separable Phrasal  Verbs	Meaning
Bring up	1. rear children 2. mention or introduce a topic
Call back	Return a telephone call
Pick up	Go to get someone (such as in a car)
Put off	Postpone
Look up	Look for information in a reference book.

Nonseparable Phrasal Verbs	Meaning
Check in, check into	Register at a hotel
Get out of	Leave
Pass away	Die
Show up	Appear, come
Look after	Take care of