Spoken English

Use of I’m looking forward to & I’m calling to + (verb); Day: 18

I’m looking forward to

When telling someone that you are ‘looking forward to’ you are saying that you are waiting or hoping for something, especially with pleasure.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ ‘āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§€āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨’ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻĒā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻ†āĻļāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“I’m looking forward to meeting you.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžā§Ž āĻ…āĻĒā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦā§‹.”

“I’m looking forward to talking with you.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻĒā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m looking forward to going on vacation.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻ–āĨ¤”

“I’m looking forward to spending time with my family.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻ–āĨ¤”

“I’m looking forward to learning the English language.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ‡āĻ‚āĻ°ā§‡āĻœāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻļā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻ–āĨ¤”

“I am looking forward to visiting another country.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻ–āĨ¤”

“I am looking forward to having a family.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻ–āĨ¤”

“I am looking forward to graduating from college.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡āĻœ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤āĻ• āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻ–āĨ¤”

“I am looking forward to watching the baseball game.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§‡āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻ–āĨ¤”

“I am looking forward to running in a race.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§ŒāĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻĻā§ŒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻ–āĨ¤”

I’m calling to + (verb)

When using the words ‘I’m calling’ you are stating that you are actually using the phone to call and relay information.
‘āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĢā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻ°āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡āĨ¤
Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“I’m calling to tell you about my day.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m calling to accept your invitation.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m calling to answer your question.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m calling to book a reservation at your restaurant.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ°āĻŋāĻœāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­ā§‡āĻļāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ• āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m calling to complain about something.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”
“I’m calling to thank you.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m calling to support your decision.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m calling to remind you of our dinner plans.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m calling to report a lost wallet.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ— āĻ°āĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻŸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m calling to receive my prize.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”