FILMS
FIXED EXPRESSIONS
TIME LINKERS
SAY vs TELL
PLANS
100

Funny things happen. Two people fall in love.

ROMANTIC COMEDY

100
To meet someone accidentally.

BY CHANCE

100

Happens at the same time as another action.

WHILE

100

Something that is said or done to make you laugh

TELL A JOKE

100
Delay (a job)

PUT OFF

200

Strange things happen in an imaginary world.

FANTASY

200
To be somewhere not on holiday, but for work.

ON BUSINESS

200

Happens at some point in a period of time.

DURING

200

Apologise

SAY SORRY

200
Do lots of different jobs at the same time.

MULTITASK

300

Somebody gets murdered and a clever detective tries to find out who did it.

MISTERY

300

Made by a person, not a machine.

BY HAND

300

Continues up to that point and then stops.

UNTIL

300

To share a story by reading it, recalling it, or making it up.

TELL A STORY

300

Spend time doing things that aren't important.

WASTE TIME

400
A story about the science of the future.
SCIENCE FICTION
400

Cannot wait.

IN A HURRY

400

Happened previously

BY THE TIME

400

Say something that is untrue.

TELL A LIE

400

Do jobs just before the time they need to be done.

LEAVE THINGS UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE.

500

Things that happen in the life of a real person.

BIOPIC

500

It was not planned.

BY MISTAKE

500

Happens immediately after something else has happened.

AS SOON AS

500

To greet someone.

SAY HELLO

500
Be careful with your time.

USE YOUR TIME WISELY.

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