My friends! Today I will present you a few phrasal verbs with the same verb and different prepositions.
To blow away - to impress: to shoot a person to death.
To blow down - if something is blown down it has been brought down by the wind (speaking about some heavy objects that fall down like a tree, a house...).
To blow off - if something is blown off/away, it has been removed by the wind (speaking about something light, like a hat, a feather, a roof....)
To blow out - to go flat (first of all, about tires); to put out a candle, a match by blowing.
To blow up - to explode.
Now, you can see how different they are although they are not idioms at all. In any phrasal verb BLOW means the same: the wind or any air (maybe emotional) stream/flow.
As usual, it would be great to read and to correct your stories with these phrasal verbs. You know, it is unnecessary to use all of them, just a few will be OK. Besides, you can use other phrasal verbs you need. Please, let your stories be short as we both are starting lecturing on Monday.
Have a great challenge and happy weekend!
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Dear Marek! I am sorry for not having noticed your comment in time. No problem, I will explain here:
http://www.myenglishclub.com/group/improving-grammar-with-tanya-and...
I'm still confused.. I do not want to fight with you but I think it has to be the past simple tense.I am talking about something what happened in the past and the time is definite.I would be grateful for more explanation .
Dear Shoba! You are always welcome! (MY BIG SMILE!!!!)
Dear Marek! You said, it was yesterday. If she didn't have two teeth yesterday, she hardly had enough time to have them implanted. So, today, she doesn't have them ,either. When you describe some past actions from the first person (as you did), the actions/states related to the present should be in the present tenses. I can give you more explanations if you like.
Dear Danny could you tell me why I should use the present simple tense instead of the past simple? I mean :' when she smiled at me yesterday and I saw she didn't have two teeth' you used the present simple tense in the second part of mine sentence 'she doesn't have two teeth' I'm little confused...Anyway thank you for the exercise and of course for correction.
Thank you very much for the corrections, dear Teacher Danny. It was really helpful to me.
Dear Marek! Laconic, clear and almost correct. Please, pay attention to the underlined passage. You used the idiom incorrectly.
Her beauty has blown me away since I remember, but when she smiled at me yesterday and I saw she doesn't have two teeth, it completely blew my enthusiasm out. I felt as if our relationship had been blown away by the wind .
Dear Shoba! Thank you for such a great story! Here are my corrections (nuderlined).
The tree and the storm
He was strong like a tree. No one or nothing could move him. One day she came into his life like a reckless and rebellious storm. Even though she totally blew him away, he resisted his feelings to her.
But the storm was determined to melt his heart. It swirled and howled and attacked the tree daily and nightly. He endured the storm thinking it would blow over eventually.
When it didn't happen, he blew up and told her to leave him alone. He said he had lots of responsibilities in his life and had no time for her or her love. She cried and told him that the flame of love for him in her heart would never die out.
After that, the storm became stronger than ever before and tried to blow down the tree with all its might. The tree swayed and bent painfully, but refused to give in to the storm.
It was a battle that neither of them won or lost.
Sure, you can always ask about the corrections.
Her beauty has blown me away since I remember, but when she smiled at me yesterday and I saw she didn't have two teeth, it completely blew my enthusiasm out.I felt as the wind blow down our relationship .
Thank you for this nice challenge, dear teachers. Here's my try. :)
The tree and the storm
He was strong like a tree. No one or nothing could move him. One day she came into his life like a reckless and rebellious storm. Even though she totally blew him away, he resisted his feelings for her.
But the storm was determined to melt his heart. It swirled and howled and attacked the tree day and night. He endured the storm thinking it would blow over eventually.
When it didn't happen, he blew up and told her to leave him alone. He said he had lots of responsibilities in life and had no time for her or her love. She cried and told him that the fire of love in her heart for him would never blow out.
After that, the storm was stronger than ever before and tried to blow down the tree with all its might. The tree swayed and bent painfully, but refused to give in to the storm.
It was a battle that neither of them won or lost.
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