Título enigmático, né? Por isso é bom conhecer os verbos que vamos aprender hoje, porque são falsos cognatos (false friends) e podem confundir!
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I attended the wedding reception, but was never waited on.
attend
I attended the class.
What church do you attend?
You didn’t attend the party yesterday.
You didn’t come to class.
You didn’t come to the party.
I attended the conference.
You attend to the sick.
They wait on you.
I wasn’t waited on.
What do we have to do to get/be waited on here?
It took me one hour to get/be waited on.
The waiters who waited on us were excellent.
She waited on tables to earn some extra money.
Answer the phone.
I went to a fancy restaurant, but it took me one hour to be waited on
It took me ____________________ to get/be waited on.
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Let’s practice today’s false friend in the comments section below!
It took me __________________ to get/be waited on.
I went to the hotel yesterday but the receptionist took me 2 hours to get waited on.
I believe the sentence above is incorrect.
So, I went to the hotel yesterday but it took me 2 hours to be waited on.
The second one is correct. Great job.
It took me 30 minutes to be waited on for a cashier at the supermarket.
They must have been quite busy!
I went to drugstore yesterday, however It took me 30 minutes to be waited on.
It took me thirty minutes to get/be waited on
That’s too long when you’re hungry! ‘:-)
It took me almost one year to get waited on. No kidding !
That’s crazy!
Last week I attended in post office, but I had one hour to be waited on, unfortunately the employee was alone and he was so lazy.
Lazy employees are a real problem!
Olá Tim,
E quando estamos esperando no banco para ser atendido? Podemos usar o verbo “attend”?
Estou esperando para ser atendido pelo caixa.
I´m waiting in line to be attended by the bank teller
Esta correto?
Hi, Marcio. You can use “wait on”. Or you can say that you are waiting to see the teller, or talk to the teller.
I was the first in the line but it took me more than one hour to get waited on.
That’s frustrating!
Here in Brazil when you need a public service take you an eternity to be waited on.
Tell me about it! ‘:-)
It took me thirty minutes to be waited on.
That was a long wait!
It took me no time to be waited on at a Mexican restaurant when I went to eat out with my wife for the very first time. That’s what you get when you’re the manager’s friend….
It helps to know the manager and the cook! 😀
It took me a couple of minutes to be waited on.
It took me a few minutes to get waited on.
(Am I right?)
That’s correct. Good job. And a couple minutes wasn’t too bad. 🙂
It took me twenty minutes to get waited On.
Why did it take so long?
Nowadays I seldom go to restaurants . But last week I was to a little snack bar near my house . And the waitress took me just 5 minutes to get waited on there.