Wash means clean something using water, often together with soap.
The idea
Name what is cleaned directly: wash your hands. In the present use she washes; the past is washed and the ongoing form is washing.
Examples
- I wash my hands before lunch.
- She washes the cups after breakfast.
- We washed the towels yesterday.
- He is washing his bicycle in the garden.
- Please wash the apples with water.
- They will wash the blanket tomorrow.
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Wash focuses on cleaning with water; dry describes removing moisture or becoming dry afterwards.
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Choose the present form after she. She ___ the cups after breakfast every day. (washes / wash)
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washes
Washes is the present form after she.
Choose the past form for yesterday. Yesterday we ___ the towels. (washed / wash)
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washed
Washed is the regular past form for yesterday.
Choose the verb for cleaning with water. She cleans the apples with water: she ___ them. (washes / dries)
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washes
Washes describes cleaning the apples with water.
Practice round
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Choose the present form after she. She ___ the cups after breakfast every day. (washes / wash)
Choose the past form for yesterday. Yesterday we ___ the towels. (washed / wash)
Choose the verb for cleaning with water. She cleans the apples with water: she ___ them. (washes / dries)
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe something you wash and when you usually wash it.