I'm John Russell.

I recently saw a strange news story about two cell phone sellers at a local mall.

The sellers were each trying to cell phones for less money than their competitors.

Here is what one of them said, There's a price war going on here and I'm gonna win.

And then Salesman got in a loud argument and the police came, Hey, what's going on here?

Luckily for you, this crazy story has a grammar lesson.

The salesman and the police used one of the most common phrase.

All verbs go on.

Frizzle verbs have a verb and a particle go on.

Has the verb go and the particle on together, these words have an idiomatic meaning.

In other words, they mean something other than what the individual words suggest.

When the salesman said going on, he meant happening or taking place.

There's a price war going on here, and I'm gonna win.

When the policeman arrived to break up the fight, he meant what's happening here or what is taking place.

Hey, what's going on here when you have nothing else going on?

Try practicing with Go on.