Following people, routes and instructions
A guide across a bridge or directions on a box: describe going after someone, taking a route or obeying instructions.
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English: Verbs and their patterns
English: Connect verb meanings to their forms and complements through original sentences and explained practice.
Adventure journal
English: Verbs and their patterns
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Repair: fixing damaged things
Use repair to explain what someone fixes, ask for help and describe completed or ongoing work.
Read and practiseGrowing plants and raising crops
Plants get bigger and people raise crops: explore the present, past and participle forms of this useful verb.
Read and practiseOffer: give or offer to help
Use offer to suggest giving something, volunteer to do something, and describe a service provided.
Read and practiseJoining a group or activity
A chess club, a shared lunch or a game: express becoming part of a group or taking part with someone.
Read and practiseInvite: asking someone to join
Use invite to ask people to join an event or activity, naming the person and destination or action.
Read and practiseDecide: making a choice
Use decide to discuss choices, intentions and conclusions with to-infinitives or question words.
Read and practiseKeeping things and continuing actions
A ticket to save or a book to carry on reading: distinguish retaining an object from continuing an activity.
Read and practiseArrive: reaching a destination
Use arrive to talk about reaching a place or receiving a delivery, with useful destination phrases.
Read and practiseKnock: door signals and replies
A knock at the door can announce a visitor; practise describing the sound and responding to it.
Read and practisePrepare: getting something ready
Use prepare to make a thing ready and prepare for to get ready for an event or future task.
Read and practiseLaughing at things and with people
A funny picture or a shared joke can make people laugh; describe both situations and use the right preposition.
Read and practiseShare: using or giving together
Use share to talk about using something with others, dividing it or giving information to someone.
Read and practiseThank: expressing gratitude
Use thank to name the person you appreciate and the action or thing you appreciate.
Read and practiseLosing 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.
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