Cut: divide with a sharp tool
Use cut to describe dividing food or paper and name the tool or resulting pieces.
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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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Choosing 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.
Read and practiseSpell: give the letters of a word
Use spell to ask for or give the letters of a word in their correct order.
Read and practiseShouting to someone or for help
A loud voice can reach a person across the street or call for help in an emergency.
Read and practiseChange: become or make different
Use change for something becoming different or someone making it different.
Read and practiseFeel: experience a state
Use feel with adjectives to describe a physical or emotional state and learn felt.
Read and practiseClean: remove dirt
Learn the verb clean for removing dirt, its regular past cleaned and useful object patterns.
Read and practiseEnter: go into a place
Use enter for going into a room or building, with a direct object or a phrase naming the route.
Read and practiseSigning a form or document
A signature on a form shows where you have written your name to confirm a document.
Read and practisePush: apply pressure to move
Use push for applying pressure, compare it with pull and learn that pushing does not guarantee movement.
Read and practiseHold: support or keep in position
Use hold for keeping something in your hands or in a position, and learn its irregular past held.
Read and practiseLeave: depart from a place
Use leave for departing, with or without a named place, and learn the irregular past left.
Read and practiseSitting in a place
A seat by the window or a place on the floor helps you describe where someone is seated.
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