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PHRASAL VERBS

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PHRASAL VERBS WARM UP Complete the chart VERB MEANING To locate by search or effort turn To leave a place Look To view with attention or interest To receive or come to have possession check ask GRAMMAR The following words are the most commonly used prepositions below excepting off toward above beneath for on under across beside(s) from onto underneath after between in out until against beyond in front of outside up along but inside over upon among by in spite of past up to around concerning instead of regarding with at  despite into since within because of down like through without before during near throughout with regard to behind except of to with respect to So you can say   put out /  get on  / take off  / run a

PAST CONTINUOUS

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PAST CONTINUOUS Yesterday, I  was working out at the gym because I have problems with cholesterol. The past continuous is formed from the past tense of  be  with the  -ing  form of the verb: We use the past continuous to talk about the  past : for something which continued  before  and  after  another  action : The children  were doing their homework  when  I got home . Compare: I got home. The children did their homework. and The children did their homework when I got home. As I was watching television the telephone rang. for something that happened  before  and  after  a  particular time : It was eight o’clock. I was writing a letter. Compare: At eight o’clock I wrote some letters. In July she was working in McDonald’s. .to show that something  continued for some time : My head  was aching . Everyone  was shouting . for something that was happening  again and again : I  was practising  every day, three times a day. They  were meeting