verb 1. describing a person or thing ○ Our house is older than yours. ○ She is bigger than her brother. ○ Lemons are yellow. ○ The soup is hot. ○ Put on your coat – it is cold outside. ○ I’m cold after standing waiting for the bus. ○ Are you tired after your long walk? 2. showing age or time ○ He’s twenty years old. ○ She will be two next month. ○ It is nearly ten o’clock. ○ It is time to get up. ○ September is the beginning of autumn. 3. showing price ○ Onions are 80p a kilo. ○ The cakes are 50p each. ○ My car was worth £10,000 when it was new. 4. showing a job ○ His father is a bus driver. ○ She wants to be a teacher. 5. showing size, weight, height, etc. ○ He’s 1.70m tall. ○ The room is three metres square. ○ Our house is ten miles from the nearest station. 6. to add up to ○ Two and two are four. 7. showing that something exists ○ There was a crowd of people waiting for the shop to open. ○ There were only two people left on the bus. ○ Where are we? ○ There’s your hat! 8. meaning to go or visit ○ The police have been into every room. ○ We have been to see the film three times. ○ Have you ever been to Spain? 9. forming a verb in a continuous tense ○ Don’t make a noise when he’s watching the football on TV. ○ I’m waiting for the bank to open. ○ We are hoping to go on holiday in June. 10. making part of a verb, or making a future tense ○ He was singing in the bath. ○ We were walking towards the post office when we met her. 11. forming a passive ○ He was killed by a train. ○ The children were sent home by the teacher.
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