Question

Thank you for your help. The following questions are related to the verb 'call' one more time.

1. Did you call?
2. Did you call me?
(Are both OK? Does 'call' mean 'make a phone call' or 'shout'? According to the situation, does the verb 'call' have both meaning?)

3. He looked around when I called.
4. He looked around when I called him.
(Are both correct? Here, 'called' means 'shouted,'right?)

5. He was not at home when I called.
6. He wasnot at home when I called him.
(Does 'called' mean 'made a phone call' here? According to the context, can 'called' mean 'shouted' sometimes?)

Answer 1

Yes, they can have either meaning.

Yes, this would most likely be shouted.

This would most likely be a phone call, but it could possibly be shouted if someone was just entering a house, for example.