~ Appendix Four ~ Verb List ~ All Books ~

TLW ~  English Writing ~ Structures and Forms

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Verb Structures ~ How we describe our experience

 

Go ~ The idea of motion ~ perhaps the first verb¡¦

Describing memory, now and routines, and imagination¡¦

1) Past = Memory    2) Present = Now    3) Future = Imagination

1) I went home ~ after work (Past One) Irregular (go -> went)     

2a) I go home ~ in the evening (Present One ~ routine/habit)

2b) She goes home ~ on holidays (Present Two ~ routine/habit)

3a) I will go ~ to the supermarket (Future One)

3b) I am going to go ~ to the supermarket (Future Two)

3c) I am going ~ to the supermarket (Future Three)

 

List of 150 Popular Verbs: (red = irregular verbs)

allow  accept  answer   act   ask   add   appear  believe  build  begin   buy   bring   become   call   come   chat   cut   create   cook   camp   close  continue  consider  change  curse   drink   do  drive  

deliver   decide   eat   earn   expect   endeavor   end   follow   feel   fart   find   fake   fail   fall   forgive   give   grab   get   gain   grow   help   happen   have   hinder   heal   hurt   hear   ignore   ignite  

investigate   invade   judge   joke   jostle   journey   kick   keep   knock   know   love   learn   listen   look   live   like   lose   leave   make   manage   move   mimic   meet   notice   nag   nudge   need   nap   open   order   offend  offer  pester   prolong   promote  

produce   play   push   pull   question   run  return   remember   reach   reduce   spend   show   serve   sell   seem   see   send   say   sleep   start   stay   stop   suggest   sit   stand   take   think   tell   teach   talk   try   turn   understand  upgrade  use  verify  want   wash wear  worry  watch  walk  work  wait  win  write  yell   finish

 

Try to recite the past verb forms...