Do You Understand This English Sentence?

Bora, you did a good job in writing your sentences. In your future tense sentence, add “be” in front of able.

Fatemeh, you also did a good job in writing your sentences, especially on #2 (present tense) one using “ing” to indicate something presently ongoing.

In sentence #1, change “succeeded” to “successfully.” I think you used it because adding “ed” makes it past tense, but adding “last year” in your sentence makes it past tense.

Hello Mr. Alston. Thank you very much 🙏
1- Mary succeeded came through the hard stages of the Olympic last year
2- Mary is coming through her treatment at the hospital now
3- Mary will come through this upsetting time and start again

Here is a challenge for everyone:

Question: Can you take the following name and phrasal verb and write a sentence in the past, present, and future tenses?

“Mary” & “come through”

Fatemeh, you’re welcome.

Amira, we need you for this!

Hello Mr. Alston
Thank you very much 🙏

Examples of positive and negative use of the phrase “coming through.”

Positive

“You always come through on your English lessons!”

“Don’t worry; Mary is the come through daughter.”

Negative

“Jim never comes through, he’s very unreliable.”

“Coming through is not one of Jan’s assets.”

The context determines the meaning of the phrase.

Thank you very much for your explanation 🙏

Positive/Negative use of the phrase coming through>

1. “Coming through” basically means “to succeed or do what is expected.”

2. It’s made positive or negative by what is written before the phase.

3. In the lesson, the use of the words “chances” and “challenging” is a hint that Tom’s cooking is not good because if he was a great cook, the speaker would have used other words like, “you’re in for a real treat” or “I wished Tom would have invited me!”

Hello Mr. Alston
Thank you so much🙏
Excuse me, please explain more about how to identify positive or negative. Thank you very much 🙏

Lesson No. 7 Explanation: The phrasal verb “coming through” can be used in a positive or negative sense depending on how you construct the sentence.

Claudio’s answer is correct so I won’t repeat it.

Because the words “chances are your chances of coming through” is used, it gives you the thought that it’s used in a negative sense.

The speaker is telling Bill in a hidden nice way, “I hope you don’t get sick from Tom’s cooking!”

Good efforts everyone!

Hello Mr. Alston. Thanks for your new lesson 🙏
I think that means: Racing and competition between two people in a challenge

Hi, everybody!

Knowing that one of the meanings of the phrasal verb “come through” is: “succeed in surviving or dealing with”, what comes to mind is that Tom isn’t really a good cook. The odds of surviving are against Bill! rsrsrs

Lesson No. 7: “Reading between the lines” is an idiom which means to detect or perceive a hidden meaning without it being said directly. Consider this sentence:

“Hey Bill, I heard that Tom invited your family over for dinner, and he’s cooking. Chances are your chances of coming through are challenging.”

Question:

Can you explain the hidden meaning of the last sentence?

Claudio, welcome back!

Hello, Mr. Gray and all the participants in this forum. After some time away, I would like to join the discussions again and to enjoy all the benefits it provides to us. I’m looking forward to the next lesson, and I hope to be able to give my humble contribution. See you all soon. 

Bora, you’re welcome. The next lesson will be on “Reading between the lines.”

Please stay tuned.

Bora, I’ll try to increase the frequency of my lessons as per your request.