Call can mean telephone someone or use a name for a person or thing.
The idea
Say call me for a phone call and call me Sam to name someone. The regular past is called.
Examples
- I will call you after work.
- She called the clinic this morning.
- Please call me if the train is late.
- They call their dog Luna.
- What is this flower called?
- My friends call me Sam.
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Watch out
A person follows phone-call call directly: call me, not call to me when you mean telephone me.
Try it yourself
Choose the past phone-call form. Yesterday I ___ the clinic. (called / call)
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called
Called is the regular past of call.
Choose the meaning of the name. My friends call me Sam. Sam is ___. (the name they use / my phone number)
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the name they use
Sam is the name people use for the speaker.
Choose the question asking for a name. You want to know the flower’s name. Ask: ___ (What is it called? / When did it call?)
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What is it called?
What is it called? asks for its name.
Practice round
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Choose the past phone-call form. Yesterday I ___ the clinic. (called / call)
Choose the meaning of the name. My friends call me Sam. Sam is ___. (the name they use / my phone number)
the name they use
Choose the question asking for a name. You want to know the flower’s name. Ask: ___ (What is it called? / When did it call?)
What is it called?
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Ask what a flower is called, then say when you will call a friend.