Spoken English

Use of I’m thinking of + (verb-ing) & I’ll help you + (verb); Day: 20

I’m thinking of + (verb-ing)

‘Thinking’ refers to a process of thought, forming an opinion or judgment. When expressing ‘I am thinking of’ you are letting someone know what you are personally thinking.

‘āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž’ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ—āĻ āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ ‘āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ›āĻŋ’ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ—āĻ¤āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ•ā§€ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

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

“I’m thinking of checking out the new movie.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m thinking of filming my vacation.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m thinking of following a healthy diet.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻ•āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m thinking of handing out flyers describing our business.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m thinking of increasing my work load.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I am thinking of introducing myself to him.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I am thinking of launching a new website.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ‡āĻŸ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I am thinking of moving to a new city.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I am thinking of offering her the position.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒāĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I am thinking of opening up a store.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ–ā§‹āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

I’ll help you + (verb)

This lets you inform someone that you are willing to provide assistance. This could refer to something physical or mental, like helping someone to ‘think’ or ‘remember’ something.

āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ‡āĻšā§āĻ›ā§āĻ•āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ°ā§€āĻ°āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ ‘āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¤ā§‡’ āĻŦāĻž ‘āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡’ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤

Here are some examples:

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

“I’ll help you cook dinner tonight.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻœ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I’ll help you raise money for your charity.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻš āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I’ll help you register for your class online.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨āĻ˛āĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I’ll help you move to your new house.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I’ll help you prevent that from happening again.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I will help you park your car.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I will help you provide all the information you need.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻš āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻšāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I will help you realize your potential.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I will help you stop smoking.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§ā§‚āĻŽāĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”

“I will help you shop for groceries.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦāĨ¤”