CACH DUNG AFTER

0After means later than or following. Pattern 1: be + after + noun The reception is after the wedding ceremony. Pattern 2: after + gerund form of verb + noun After finishing your homework, you can watch television. Pattern 3: after (conjunction)+ subject noun+ verb After you finish your homework, you can watch television. Pattern 4: verb+ after (conjunction) +subject noun+ verb The boss left after I came in. f) After can mean lower in value or rank. That school's athletes placed after ours in the playoffs. E) After can mean in pursuit of. Pattern: verb+ after+ noun The cat ran after the mouse. Verbs often used before after: be,come,go,run 0After can mean because of. Pattern: adjective ... + after+ noun He was mad at her after her behavior at the party. Typical nouns used after after: attitude,behavior,failure,kindness,manners,outburst,reaction,success 0After can mean in spite of. Pattern: after+ verb in gerund form They never got married, after dating for years. After reading this article three times, I still don't understand it. 0After can mean in the style of. Pattern: noun + after + noun The school play was a drama after Shakespeare. f) After can indicate continuously. Pattern: time period +after+ same time period The man waited night after night for his telephone to ring. Life got harder year after year. His mother told him time after time to clean up his room. Nouns often used with this meaning: day,hour,month,night,time,week,year Q Expressions after all 1. in spite of what happened; nevertheless Our best player got hurt in the first quarter, but we played hard and won the game after all. 2. as a justification Of course I am tired; after all, I have been working for twelve hours. after all is said and done-eventually I know you feel bad now, but you will be glad about this after all is said and done. after one's own heart-especially appreciated Her mother always serves us chocolate cake; she is a woman after my own heart. 0Phrasal verbs come after (nonseparable)-pursue When I saw him, I ran; but he came after me. look after (nonseparable)-take care of something or somebody She looks after our baby on weekends. name after (separable)-give a baby the name of someone special They named the baby after his grandfather. take after (nonseparable)-be similar to an older relative The baby takes after his father.