Fall Over: (2)

Grammar Tense Structure:

• Present Tense: fall / falls over
• Past Tense: fell over
• Past Participle: fallen over
• Present Participle: falling over

1:  When you lose your balance and collapse to the ground, you fall over

non-separable phrasal verb

• He didn’t see the edge of the pavement so tripped and has fallen over.
• He’s had too much alcohol and got a bit dizzy and has now fallen over.

2:  If you are too eager and enthusiastic to do something, you fall over yourself to do it

non-separable phrasal verb + reflexive pronoun

• The movie star is in town and everyone is falling over themselves to get a photo with him
• The staff were all falling over themselves to impress the boss while he was visiting.