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Verb Structures ~ How we describe our experience

 

 

Describing 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 autumn day (wander -> wandered (ed) (regular)

 

Present = Now   

    

1) I/We/They go home ~ in the evening (Present One ~ routine/habit)

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

 

Future = Imagination

 

1) I will go ~ to the supermarket (Future One)

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

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

 

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)  judge (judged)

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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