Social Gathering Expressions

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

adverb a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence

article a word that is used to specify or limit a noun

• I will be at the races this weekend to watch the horse competition.
• I'm going to be at the races on Saturday, wanna come along?
• I'll be at the races checking out the horses, it's gonna be lit!
• She's always ahead in the game, it's like she's at the races while others are still getting ready.

verb A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence. In this case, 'be' is a verb indicating the action of being late to the party.

• Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, he arrived late to the party.
• He missed all the fun because he was late to the party.
• He totally blew it by being late to the party.
• She felt like she was late to the party when she finally discovered the latest trend.