Thank: expressing gratitude
Use thank to name the person you appreciate and the action or thing you appreciate.
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Losing objects and games
A missing key or a game without a win: describe both with the verb lose and its past form.
Read and practisePractice: repeat to improve
Use practice to describe repeating a skill and name an activity with an -ing form.
Read and practiseMissing people, buses and events
A friend far away or a bus already gone: express absence and missed opportunities in English.
Read and practiseMean: express or refer to
Use mean to ask what a word expresses or clarify what a person intended to refer to.
Read and practiseDescribe: say what something is like
Use describe to give details about a person, place or situation and name the listener.
Read and practiseMoving things, yourself and home
A chair changes places or a family changes homes: describe movement and relocation in English.
Read and practiseReturn: go back or give back
Use return to describe going back to a place or giving an object back to a person or place.
Read and practisePassing objects and places
A request at the table and a journey past a building show two everyday meanings of this useful verb.
Read and practiseWear: have clothes on
Use wear for clothing or glasses on the body and practice its irregular past forms.
Read and practisePack: put things into a bag
Use pack to describe putting belongings into a bag or preparing a suitcase for travel.
Read and practiseCut: divide with a sharp tool
Use cut to describe dividing food or paper and name the tool or resulting pieces.
Read and practiseChoosing and gathering with one verb
A choice from a list and fruit gathered from a tree show two everyday uses of this English verb.
Read and practiseWash: clean with water
Learn wash for cleaning hands, clothes and objects, with washes, washed and washing.
Read and practiseCarry: move while holding
Learn carry for moving objects or people while supporting them, with carries and carried.
Read and practisePulling and pushing objects
A door handle and a moving cart show how drawing something toward you differs from pushing it away.
Read and practiseDrive: control a vehicle
Use drive for controlling a vehicle or travelling by car, and learn drove and driven.
Read and practiseRide: bicycle, horse or passenger
Use ride for a bicycle or horse and for travelling as a passenger; learn rode and ridden.
Read and practiseRest after work or exercise
A short break after a shift or a swim can help you recover. Describe resting and say how long it lasts.
Read and practiseSell: exchange goods for money
Use sell to describe the seller, buyer and price, and learn the irregular past sold.
Read and practiseCost: the price of something
Use cost to state or ask a price, and learn that the past form is also cost.
Read and practiseCook: prepare food with heat
Use cook for a person preparing food or food being heated, and identify who receives a meal.
Read and practiseSaving money and files
Set money aside for a future purchase or store a digital file with this useful everyday verb.
Read and practiseRepeat: say or do again
Use repeat to request words again or describe doing an action another time.
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