Use of What are the chances of + (verb-ing) & ; There is something wrong with + (noun); Day: 42
By asking ‘what are the chances of’ you are wondering how often or in what case would a particular thing happen.
‘āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§’ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ:
“What are the chances of getting tickets?”
“āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are the chances of that happening?”
“āĻāĻāĻž āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are the chances of it raining today?”
“āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are the chances of winning the lottery?”
“āĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
When replacing the word ‘the’ with ‘your’ or ‘our’ you can ask what the chances ‘personally’ that the topic will happen.
‘āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ°’ āĻŦāĻž ‘āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ°’ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ ‘the’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ ‘āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§’ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ:
“What are the chances of you staying home today?”
“āĻāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are your chances of getting the job?”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are your chances of improving?”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are your chances of moving?”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are our chances of staying together?”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are our chances of working together?”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are our chances of going together?”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
There is something wrong with + (noun)
You are informing someone that there is something not right or out of the ordinary.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻ:
“There is something wrong with my laptop.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻāĻĒā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with my car.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with my cell phone.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ āĻĢā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with my head.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with your answering machine.”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with your way of thinking.”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with your attitude.”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with your dog.”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with our relationship.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with our alarm clock.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”