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~ Appendix Four ~ Verb List ~ All Classes ~ |
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TLW ~ Speaking and Writing ~ Past ~ Present ~ Future |
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Verb Structures ~ How we describe our experience
memory (past) now and routines (present) and imagination (future)…
Past = Memory
1) I went home ~ after work (go -> went) (Irregular) 2) I wandered home ~ on an autumn day (wander -> wandered (ed) (Regular)
Present = Now/routines
1) I am going home ~ now (Present One ~ present time) 2) I/We/They are going home ~ now (Present One ~ present time) 3) She/He/It is going home ~ now (Present One ~ present time) 4) I/We/They go home ~ in the evening (Present Two ~ routine/habit) 5) She/He/It goes home ~ on holidays (Present Two ~ routine/habit)
Future = Imagination
1) I will go ~ to the supermarket (Future One = Decisions/Predictions) 2) I am going to go ~ to the supermarket (Future Two = Plans) 3) I am going ~ to the supermarket (Future Three = Soon)
Go ~ The idea of motion ~ perhaps the first verb…
List of 150 Popular Verbs: (red = irregular verbs for past tense)
allow (allowed) accept (accepted) answer (answered) act (acted) ask (asked) add (added) appear (appeared) believe (believed) build (built) begin (began) buy (bought) bring (brought) become (became) call (called) come (came) chat (chatted) cut (cut)
create (created) cook (cooked) camp (camped) close (closed) continue (continued) consider (considered) change (changed) curse (cursed) drink (drank) do (did) drive (drove) deliver (delivered) decide (decided) eat (ate) earn (earned) expect (expected) endeavor (endeavored) end (ended) follow (followed) feel (felt) fart (farted) find (found) fake (faked) fail (failed) fall (fell)
forgive (forgave) give (gave) grab (grabbed) get (got) gain (gained) grow (grew) help (helped) happen (happened) have (had) hinder (hindered) heal (healed) hurt (hurt) hear (heard) ignore (ignored) ignite (ignited) investigate (investigated) invade (invaded) joke (joked) jostle (jostled) journey (journeyed) kick (kicked) keep (kept)
knock (knocked) know (knew) love (loved) learn (learned) listen (listened) look (looked) live (lived) like (liked) lose (lost) leave (left) make (made) manage (managed) move (moved) mimic (mimicked) meet (met) notice (noticed) nag (nagged)
nudge (nudged) need (needed) nap (napped) open (opened) order (ordered) offend (offended) offer (offered) pester (pestered) prolong (prolonged) promote (promoted) produce (produced) play (played) push (pushed) pull (pulled) question (questioned) run (ran) return (returned) remember (remembered) reach (reached) reduce (reduced) spend (spent)
show (showed) serve (served) sell (sold) seem (seemed) see (saw) send (sent) say (said) sleep (slept) start (started) stay (stayed) stop (stopped) suggest (suggested) sit (sat) stand (stood) take (took) think (thought) tell (told) teach (taught) talk (talked) try (tried)
turn (turned) understand (understood) upgrade (upgraded) use (used) verify (verified) want (wanted) wash (washed) wear (wore) worry (worried) watch (watched) walk (walked) work (worked) wait (waited) win (won) write (wrote) yell (yelled) finish (finished) |
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