SAY vs TELL SAY ● Focus on the thing . ● Structure: say + something ● Example: She said “hello”. TELL ● Focus on the person who receives the information. ● Structure: tell + someone + something ● Example: She told me the truth. 👉 Key idea: tell almost always needs a person . LISTEN vs HEAR LISTEN ● You do it actively . ● Example: Listen to this song. I listen to music HEAR ● It’s a physical perception. ● Example: I can hear a noise. 👉 listen = active 👉 hear = automatic perception Complete with listen or hear TRAVEL vs TRIP TRAVEL ● The action of moving (transfer) from place to place. ● Example: the travel was good (the transfer ...
the verb GET alone receive, buy, arrive, understand, become, bring. Get in idioms get rid (sbarazzarsi) - get on my nerves (infastidire), get ready (prepare); get used (abituarsi); get the hack (prendere su); get a move (darsi una mossa); get in touch (contact). Get in phrasal verbs Special use of get (far fare: far aggiustare, far controllare etc) far aggiustare (è la macchina che subisce quindi uso il particple- fixed) far controllare (il reparto della produzione deve attivamente controllare non è lui a subire il controllo quindi in inglese uso infinito) Ricorda: in italiano hai sempre l'infinito in inglese hai due possibilità participle or infinitive Get nel passive al posto di was/were