Use of I can’t help + (verb-ing) & I was busy + (verb-ing); Day:15
I can’t help + (verb-ing)
The word ‘can’t’ is contraction for ‘cannot.’ Combined with ‘help’ you are communicating something you are unable to control or having a hard time gaining a grasp for. This can be a physical or mental action.
‘āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§ āύāĻž’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ ‘āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§ āύāĻž’ āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāύāĨ¤ ‘āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ’ āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻāϤā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϝā§āĻāĻžāϝā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻā§āύ āϝāĻž āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻ āĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāϰā§āϰāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ:
“I can’t help thinking about it.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“I can’t help shopping so much.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻā§āύāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“I can’t help working all the time.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻŦ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“I can’t help smiling when I see her.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻšāĻžāϏāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“I can’t help eating so much.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“I can’t help loving you.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϞāĻŦāĻžāϏāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“I can not help biting my nails when I am nervous.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻāύ āύāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻžāϏ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻāύ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“I can not help smoking when I have been drinking.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻāύ āĻŽāĻĻā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻāύ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϧā§āĻŽāĻĒāĻžāύāĻā§ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“I cannot help feeling so sad.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āϧ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
“I cannot help remembering the things you did.”
“āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύ āϤāĻž āĻŽāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤”
I was busy + (verb-ing)
When using the word ‘was’, you are referring to something in a past tense, or something that happened before. Combining it with the word ‘busy’ you can express something that was occupying you in a past time.
‘āĻāĻŋāϞ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ āϤā§āϤ āĻāĻžāϞā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻā§āύ, āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤ ‘āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāϤā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ āϝāĻž āĻ āϤā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ:
“I was busy thinking.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
“I was busy working.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
“I was busy cooking dinner.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāύā§āύāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
“I was busy talking on the phone.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĢā§āύ⧠āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
“I was busy cleaning the house.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
“I was busy studying for my test.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§āύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
“I was busy thinking of ideas for our website.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻŦāϏāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϧāĻžāϰāύāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
“I was busy entertaining our neighbors.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
“I was busy completing my housework.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
“I was busy learning new things.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āύāϤā§āύ āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻļāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”
By changing ‘was’ to ‘am’ you change your message from past tense to present tense and refer to something you are doing ‘now.’
‘āĻšāϝāĻŧ’-āĻā§ ‘āĻāĻŽāĻŋ’-āϤ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻ āϤā§āϤ āĻāĻžāϞ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ ‘āĻāĻāύ’ āĻāϰāĻā§āύ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ
"I am busy working."
"āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĨ¤"
"I am busy cooking dinner."
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāύā§āύāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĨ¤”
“I am busy studying for my test.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§āύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĨ¤”
“I am busy completing housework.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĨ¤”
“I am busy talking on the phone.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĢā§āύ⧠āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĨ¤”