Phrases & Expressions

To make your hair neat with a comb.

• Did you comb your hair?
• She combed her hair carefully.

To move from one side of a road to the other.

• Be careful when you cross the street.
• We need to cross the street to get to the shop.

To complete schoolwork at home.

• I do my homework after dinner.
• Have you done your homework yet?

To have eaten enough food and not want any more.

• I feel full after that large meal.
• After a bowl of soup, I feel full for hours.

To want or need to drink liquid.

• I feel thirsty after walking in the heat.
• Do you feel thirsty? I can get you some water.

To begin to feel cold or to become cold.

• I'm getting cold; please close the window.
• The soup got cold before we ate it.

To become dark, especially as night approaches.

• It's getting dark; we should go home.
• It gets dark very early in winter.

To begin to feel hot or to become hot.

• It's getting hot in here.
• The engine got hot after a long drive.

To go to shops to buy things.

• Let's go shopping for new shoes this weekend.
• I need to go shopping for groceries.

To go to a place where you can swim, often for leisure or exercise.

• Let's go swimming this afternoon.
• She goes swimming twice a week.