Words + Prepositions

Be: Present Simple

PRESENT SIMPLE

Here are some examples of be in the Present Simple:

          This is my brother . He's ten years old.
          I'm a student. These are my books.
          They aren't at home. They're at the theatre.

     >In speech, we usually use the short forms:

          She's my sister.         He's my brother.

          I'm from Italy.          They're German.

     >>We use be:

     >To say who we are:

          I'm Steve and this is my friend Bill. We're from Scotland.

          I'm Janet and these are my sisters. This is Sandra and this is Patricia. Sandra and Patricia are doctors.

    

     >To talk about the weather:

          

          It's cold today.                 

          It's a beautiful day.

          It's usually hot here.

          It isn't very warm today.

      >To talk about the time:

           

           It's ten o'clock.

           It's half past four.

           You're late!

       >To talk about places:

           

           Milan is in the north of Italy.

           John and Mary are in Yorkshire.

            

       >To talk about people's ages:

           

           My sister is six years old.

PRESENT SIMPLE

We form the Present Simple of be like this:

PHRASAL VERBS

Write down - anotar

"She wrote down every word the teacher said."

Find out - descobrir/ achar

"I found out what was troubling her"

Grow up - crescer

"I'm going to be an engineer when I grow up."

Dive off - escapar de/ mergulhar

"She dived off a rock into the sea."

Fall in love - apaixonar-se

"He falls in love with each new secretary."

Be in touch with - comunicar-se/ ter noticias

"I haven't been in touch with my friends from High School."

Keep-in touch - manter contato

"Keep in touch with me when you return to France."

Look for - procurar

"I looked for my lenses but I couldn't find them."

Go back - voltar

"Let's go back for a minute to what we were talking about earlier."

Get along with - relacionar-se/ entender-se

"The children just cannot get along together."

Hit it off - entender-se bem

"We hit it off as soon as we met."

End up - acabar

"I knew that he would end up in prison."

Drift apart - separar-se

"European and Brazilian politics seem to be drifting apart."

Count-on - esperar apoio

"They count on their parents for leadership and love."

Be up to - estar a fim de

"I'm up to go out."

Take care - cuidar-se

"Take care or you will fall."

PHRASAL VERBS

Go down - descer/ diminuir/ ser lembrado

"His bravery will go down in history."

Get better - sarar/ melhorar

"John's grades got better after taking private classes."

Be or get stuck - ficar preso (transito, elevador, etc.)

"It had rained all night on the farm, so he got stuck in the mud."

Take off - levantar voo, decolar/ tirar a roupa

"Take off your shoes as soon as you get into a Japanese house."

Run away from - escapar/ fugir

"He ran away with all her money."

Wake up - acordar

"The baby woke up in the middle of night."

Run into - encontrar por acaso

"Yesterday I ran into a wallet on the sidewalk."

Cross out - eliminar, tirar fora

"Cross out the first two names on the list."

AT HOME

Rooms 🏡

Houses and flats are usually divided into rooms. You use each room for a particular purpose. The main rooms in a house are the bedroom, the bathroom, the kitchen, the living room, and sometimes the spare room, the dining room, the utility room and the study. The garage is the place where you keep your car.

You sleep in a bedroom. If you have a spare room, guests and friends who come to stay with you sleep in it. You wash yourself in a bathroom. You have your meals in a dining room or your kitchen. You relax, e.g. listen to music, read books, chat with friends, watch TV, etc. in a living room. You work in a study. You cook food and wash dishes in a kitchen. You park your car in a garage. Some houses and flats have halls or hallways. These are by the front door. You often hang coats in a hall. When people come to the door, e.g. people you don't know, you might ask them to wait in the hall.

Verbs

You use the verb do (not make) with many everyday tasks, e.g. housework.Note that you use make with certain nouns, e.g. make a meal, make a bed. You use the verb have with shower, bath and meals.

I don't like doing housework.  not  making housework

I have to do the ironing twice a week. not  making the ironing

You made a lovely meal for us last night.     Shall I make the bed?

I'm having a shower.       Let's have lunch.

You wash yourself and you wash your hands (not the hands).

Go and wash your hands - they're dirty.       I washed my face.

>  You use the verb go and the preposition to with bed and sleep.

I went to bed too late last night.     She goes to sleep very quickly.

Prepositions

When you're in your house or flat, you say that you are at home. However, you say that you're in a room.

Will you be at home tomorrow?

Where's Pete?   He's in the kitchen.