Point To: (2)

Grammar Tense Structure:

• Present Tense: point / points to
• Past Tense: pointed to
• Past Participle: pointed to
• Present Participle: pointing to

1: If you indicate or show where something is with your finger or hand, you point to it

separable & non-separable phrasal verb

• The waitress couldn’t hear me, so I pointed to my empty glass and she understood I wanted a refill.
• The prosecutor pointed to the man who was carrying the gun.
• Can you point us all to the man who was carrying the gun.

2: When a situation or occurrence makes you consider something else, it points to something

non-separable phrasal verb

• The terrible exam scores point to a change that is needed in our educational system.
• The fact that everyone had food poisoning ate tuna salad pointed to contaminated mayonnaise.