Tell a lie ni kusema jambo lisilo kweli. Katika wingi, tell lies ni kusema uongo kwa ujumla au kama tabia: He tells lies all the time. Mara nyingi kitenzi pekee kinatosha badala ya usemi mzima: lie, lie to someone.
Unataka kukumbuka tell a lie?
Tunga sentensi; tutaonyesha makosa na kupendekeza namna ya kusema inayofaa zaidi.
Ukaguzi unachukua muda mrefu kuliko kawaida. Maoni yataonekana hapa yenyewe.
tell a lie / tell lies; tell + person + a lie; lie to + person (lied, lying)
- He told a lie about his work experience and lost the job a month later.
- Children often tell lies when they're scared of getting into trouble.
- She lied to her manager about being ill and spent the day at the beach.
Kilichobadilika
Toleo la kwanzaShe said a lie because she was afraid of her boss.
Baada ya marekebishoShe told a lie because she was afraid of her boss.
Say inaweza kuonekana kuwa kitenzi cha kawaida kwa chochote unachosema, lakini lie, kama truth, story na joke, huenda na tell: tell a lie, tell the truth, tell a joke. Kwa hiyo said imebadilishwa kuwa told.
Kitenzi lie chenye maana ya kusema uongo kina maumbo lie, lied, lied. Lie yenye maana ya kulala au kuwa katika mkao wa kulala ina maumbo tofauti: lay, lain. Linganisha He lied to me about the money na He lay on the sofa all day. Ni rahisi kuvichanganya kwa sababu umbo la mwanzo ni lilelile.
Zamu yako
When the teacher asked why his essay was late, Tom ___ a lie about a family emergency.
Onyesha jibu
told — Nomino lie huenda na tell, kwa hiyo told a lie. Said a lie si muunganiko wa kawaida; say halichukui lie au truth kwa muundo huo.
Fikiria wakati mtu wa karibu alisema uongo kwa sababu nzuri. Andika ni nani na kwa nini alidanganya.
My brother told a lie about working late so that we could prepare a surprise party for Mum.
Jifunze kutumia maneno mapya kwa usahihi
Tunga sentensi kwa maneno unayojifunza. LetsWords inaonyesha makosa ya matumizi na sarufi, inapendekeza marekebisho na kuyaeleza kwa lugha yako ya mama; kurudia kunasaidia kukumbuka maneno.