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Sunny123 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

call __ am calling __ called

Hello everyone. Please look at the picture and let me know which choice is correct in the last blank?



( call _ am calling _ called )
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I suppose it should be "am calling", but "I am calling the emergency now" is not correct. You do not call "the emergency", you call the emergency services, or you call for an ambulance, or you dial 999 (or 911).

— GPY

  • I suppose it should be "am calling", but "I am calling the emergency now" is not correct.
  • You do not call "the emergency", you call the emergency services, or you call for an ambulance, or you dial 999 (or 911).
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I suppose it should be "am calling", but "I am calling the emergency now" is not correct. You do not call "the emergency", you call the emergency services, or you call for an ambulance, or you dial 999 (or 911).
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GPYI suppose it should be "am calling", but "I am calling the emergency now" is not correct. You do not call "the emergency", you call the emergency services, or you call for an ambulance, or you dial 999 (or 911).
1. I am calling the emergency service now.
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2. I am calling the emergency services
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sunny1231. I am calling the emergency service now. or2. I am calling the emergency services now. ?
2 is correct but, in your context, you could be specific and say that you are calling for an ambulance.
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