![]() The other morning I was having a shower and there was a knock at the door. ![]() Imagine you are chatting with some friends, how could you change the grammar of this paragraph to make it more suitable for informal spoken English? Here is a straightforward account of an incident. past continuous becomes present continuousĬompare the word order of phrasal verbs between the original and the alternative version:.And actually that was OK because I wasn’t really enjoying the film anyway.Ĭompare the verb forms between the original and the alternative version: And he apologises and because of the inconvenience he gives me some free tickets. So I have to go out and explain to him that it wasn’t me, it was the man next to me. And lots of people are turning round and they’re looking and tutting and then in comes the manager and tells me to leave. He answers it and he begins to have this conversation. Well, last night I’m in the cinema, watching this film and half way through the person next to me, their mobile phone starts ringing. And so actually it was OK because I hadn’t really been enjoying the film anyway. He apologised and because of the inconvenience he gave me some free tickets. So I had to go out and explain to him that it hadn’t been me, it’d been the man next to me. And lots of people were looking round and tutting and then the manager came in and he told me to leave. I was in the cinema and I was watching a film and half way through the person next to me, their mobile phone rang and this person answered it and began to have a conversation. The alternative version is a natural way in spoken English of telling a story/joke or relating an anecdote. Compare the differences.īoth versions are correct. ![]() Read these two versions of the same event. Don't forget to practise what you've learned with the activity.
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