Spoken English

Use of I’m working on + (noun) & I’m sorry to + (verb); Day: 19

I’m working on + (noun)

‘I’m’ is a contraction for the words ‘I am.’ The phrase ‘working on’ relays a physical or mental effort towards an accomplishment.

āφāĻŽāĻŋ’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āĻšāϞ ‘āφāĻŽāĻŋ’āĨ¤ ‘āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž’ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāϰ⧀āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϕ⧇ āϰāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“I’m working on a big project.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m working on training my dog.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m working on making new friends.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m working on educating myself.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m working on my homework.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I am working on painting a house.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϘāϰ āφāρāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I am working on a new idea.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I am working on my computer.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāωāϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

“I’m working on my website.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŦāϏāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤”

I’m sorry to + (verb)

Saying you are ‘sorry to’ expresses a feeling of sympathy or regret.

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ ‘āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ’ āĻŦāϞāĻž āϏāĻšāĻžāύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§‹āϚāύāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“I’m sorry to be so late.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻĻ⧇āϰ⧀ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤāĨ¤”

“I’m sorry to hear about your sick mother.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤāĨ¤”

“I’m sorry to waste your time.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤāĨ¤”

“I’m sorry to make you feel so sad.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤāĨ¤”

“I’m sorry to frighten you.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤāĨ¤”

“I’m sorry to disagree with your decision.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāϤ āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤāĨ¤”

“I’m sorry to call so late.”

“āĻāϤ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤāĨ¤”

“I’m sorry to admit what I did.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϤāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤāĨ¤”

“I’m sorry to end this relationship.”

“āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāχ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤāĨ¤”