Shadowing Practice: 100 Verbs Every English Learner Needs (with examples) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Do you ever feel like your English is stuck somewhere between your head and your mouth?
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When you know what to say, the idea is completely there, but the words either do not come out, or they come out in the wrong order,
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or too slowly for the conversation to feel natural.
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And what do most people do when that happens?
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They either stop talking, they become very shy, they start shaking, they feel really dumb,
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or they go look for more advanced vocabulary, more sophisticated words, more impressive expressions,
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and as if knowing enough of them would finally make everything click.
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Here's the thing.
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The words that actually stop people in conversation are not the advanced ones.
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They are the ones you've studied multiple times.
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You know what they mean.
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You understand them when you hear them, but when you need them in real time in the middle of a sentence while someone is staring at you and waiting, they're just not automatic yet.
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Words like realize, admit, convince, regret, you know them.
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But do they come out without thinking?
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For most learners, they do not.
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Honestly, 11 years in the US, they do not.
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So today, we're gonna go through 100 most common verbs in English.
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We're gonna go through them in groups because your brain holds onto clusters much better than it holds onto lists.
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And for each one, you will hear a real sentence.
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something you could actually say to someone today
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if you feel like you like the sentence memorize it write
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it down keep repeating it make it part of your actual language
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if you're new here welcome to lingua marina i've been learning
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english for years now i moved to the us from russia 11 years ago
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and i make videos to help you speak english the way real people actually speak i'm learning with you subscribe
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so you do not miss the next video and before we start tell me in the comments when you found my channel?
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Was it today, last month, or last year?
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I'm always curious to know because I've been here for a while and a lot of you grew up with me.
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I am meeting a lot of you in my daily life here in San Francisco in the Bay Area
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and it's the best thing ever.
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And if you remember the first video you watched, write that too.
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All right, let's go.
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Group one.
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These are the verbs that describe states.
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What something is, what it looks like, what it turns into.
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They are the foundation of almost every sentence in English.
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A quick tip for this group.
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When you learn these verbs, do not just memorize the word.
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Attach a feeling or a situation to it.
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Your brain holds onto experiences much longer than it holds onto definitions.
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Verb number one, be.
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This is the most common verb in English by far.
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You use it to describe states, identities, feelings, to say what something is or how it feels.
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You use it more than any other word in the language.
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Repeat after me.
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I am not where I want to be yet, but I am getting there.
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Next is seem.
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Seem is how you describe something based on how it looks or feels to you, not as a hard fact.
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When you say something seems a certain way, you are giving your impression, not a guarantee.
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For example, it seemed like the right decision at the time.
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After that, appear.
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Similar to seem, but slightly more formal.
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You use it when something gives a certain impression from the outside, when it looks a particular way to the people around it.
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She appeared calm, but I could tell she was nervous.
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Now become.
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Become means to change into something, To go from one state to another.
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It is a verb of transformation and it is one of the most powerful ones in the language.
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You do not find the person you want to be.
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You become them.
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The next verb is stay.
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Stay means to remain in a place or a state, to not leave or change.
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It is the opposite of go or change and you will use it constantly, both for physical places and for feelings.
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For example, stay curious.
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The moment you stop asking questions, you stop growing.
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Then we have remain.
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Remain means the same thing as stay.
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To continue to be in a place or condition, but it is more formal.
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She remained calm even when everything around her was falling apart.
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And the last verb in this group, exist.
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Exist means to be real, to actually be present in the world.
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And when something exists, it is not imagined or invented.
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It is there.
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For example, some problems exist only because we keep thinking about them.
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Group two.
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These words are about movement, where you go, how you get there, and when you leave.
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A memory tip here.
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Picture yourself moving through a single day.
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You wake up, you go somewhere, you come back.
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Maybe it's in New York.
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Maybe it's in San Francisco.
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Maybe it's in Italy.
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Most of these verbs happen in that one sentence.
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You can tell the story of your morning in English.
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You already know this whole group.
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Go means to move away from where you currently are, toward another place.
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It is the most basic movement verb in English, and it is also one of the most irregular.
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Watch out for the past tense.
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It is not go'd, it is went, which is a completely different word.
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This is one of the most common mistakes, even at intermediate level.
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Let's look at an example.
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I went to bed late and I paid for it the next morning.
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Next is come.
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Come means to move toward the speaker, toward where you are.
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This is the key difference from go.
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Go moves away.
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Come moves closer.
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It is one of the most common confusions for English learners across all languages.
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She came back into my life exactly when I had stopped waiting.
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Now, leave.
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Leave means to go away from a place or a person, to depart.
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The past tense is left, which is also the opposite of right.
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Two completely different meanings, same word, and that catches people off guard.
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For example, I left my phone at home and I honestly did not miss it.
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The next one, arrive means to reach the place you were going to, to get somewhere after traveling.
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It follows the regular pattern, so the past form is simply arrived.
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One small thing to remember, you arrive at a specific place, like a building or an address, but you arrive in a city or a country.
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We arrived in the city with no plan and somehow that made it better.
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After that, return.
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Return means to go back to a place or a situation you were in before.
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It means the same thing as go back.
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Just a bit more formal and both are completely natural in conversation.
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He returned to the same cafe every morning for 15 years, moving on.
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Walk.
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Walk means to move on foot at a regular pace.
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Not running, not driving, just moving step by step.
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It is one of the first verbs English learners study.
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For example, walk like you know where you are going, even when you don't.
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Then run.
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Run means to move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
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It is irregular in a slightly unusual way.
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The past simple is ran, but the past participle goes back to run, the same form as the present.
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So if you hear someone say, I have run, that is the past participle, and I ran is the simple past.
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I used to run from hard conversations.
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Now I start them first.
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Next is move.
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Move means to change position or location, but it also means to affect someone emotionally, to make them feel something deeply.
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Both uses are extremely common, and knowing both will make your English much richer.
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For example, that film moved me more than I expected it to.
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Up next, travel.
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Travel means to go from one place to another, especially over a longer distance.
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One spelling note worth knowing.
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In American English, you write one L, traveled.
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And in British English, you write two, traveled.
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Both are correct, so just pick one and stay consistent with it.
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She has traveled to 40 countries, and she says she still feels like a beginner.
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And the last movement verb, drive.
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Drive means to operate a vehicle, to be the person in control of a car, a truck, or anything similar.
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This one is irregular and learners get the past tense wrong a lot.
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It is not drived.
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It is drove.
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And the past participle is driven.
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He drove three hours just to surprise her.
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That told me everything I needed to know about him.
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where things make sense when someone explains them but don't come out when you actually try to speak,
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The course covers everything that usually feels confusing.
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And students consistently say that Vini's lessons feel nothing like the dry grammar classes they remember from school.
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Vini gives real life examples.
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He lives in Los Angeles, but he also lives in South Korea.
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He has a lot of humor.
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He's also a singer.
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So he comes up with things that actually stick.
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Let's keep learning together.
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And now on to group number three, communication verbs.
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These are the ones you need every single time you open your mouth to talk to another person.
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Memory tip for this group.
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Notice the difference between verbs that need a person after them and verbs that do not.
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You speak English, but you tell someone something.
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When I use the verb tell, I actually have this movement in my head.
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Like I have to remember that you tell someone something.
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You ask someone a question.
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Getting this right is what makes you sound natural.
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Verb number 18.
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Say means to produce words, to express something out loud.
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It is the most basic communication verb and it does not require a person directly after it.
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You say something, not you say someone something.
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For example, she said yes before I even finished the question.
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Next is tell.
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Tell means to give information or a story to someone.
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And this is the key point.
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Tell always needs a person after it.
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You tell someone something and you cannot use it without that person.
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You cannot just tell something.
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Tell me something about yourself that is not on your resume.
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Then ask to request information or to make a request.
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You can ask a question.
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Ask someone to do something or ask for something you want
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and in all three of those patterns are very common in everyday conversation.
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I asked for help and it turned out to be the smartest thing I did that year.
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Moving on, speak.
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Speak means to use language, to communicate verbally.
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You speak a language and you speak to or with another person.
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It is a little more formal than talk, so you would use it in slightly more serious or professional contexts.
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The past tense is spoke and the past participle is spoken.
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For example, she spoke quietly, but everyone in the room stopped to listen.
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The next verb is talk.
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Talk means to communicate verbally, to have a conversation.
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It is more casual than speak and more common in everyday situations.
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You talk about something or you talk to or with someone.
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We talked for four hours and it still did not feel like enough.
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After that, call.
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Call has two main meanings.
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One is to phone someone, to reach them by telephone or video.
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The other is to name something or someone.
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When you call something a certain thing, you are giving it that name.
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Call me when you land.
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I will be awake.
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Now write.
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Write means to put words on paper or a screen, to create something with language in a written form.
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The past tense is wrote, which is one of the most commonly misspelled.
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A lot of learners write write-ed, but the correct form is wrote.
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The past participle is written, for example, she wrote him one letter.
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He kept it for 20 years.
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Next is read.
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Read means to look at written words and understand them.
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This verb has a tricky pronunciation.
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The present tense sounds like read, but the past tense, same spelling, same letters, Sounds like red.
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All three forms are spelled identically, but only the past sounds different, and this confuses almost everyone at first.
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I read somewhere that the people who read the most are also the best at listening.
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Then, listen.
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Listen means to pay active attention to a sound or a person.
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It is a deliberate choice, something you do on purpose.
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One pronunciation note.
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The T is completely silent.
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You say listen, not listen.
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Most people listen to respond.
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The best communicators listen to understand.
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And the last one in this group, hear.
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Hear means to receive sound through your ears without necessarily choosing to.
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This is the key difference from listen.
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Hear happens automatically.
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Listen is a choice.
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Getting this distinction right will make you sound much more natural in English.
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For example, I heard everything you said, but I am not sure I understood what you meant.
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Group four, thinking and knowing.
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These are the verbs that happen inside your head, and they are some of the most useful in the whole language.
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Memory tip, and this one matters a lot for how you actually practice.
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This group is where your inner voice lives.
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Every time you have a thought, form an opinion, or change your mind, you are using one of these verbs.
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Practice them with your own real thoughts, not invented sentences.
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They stick better that way.
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Verb number 28, think.
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Think means to form ideas, to have thoughts, to reason through something in your mind.
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The past tense is not thinked, it is thought.
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And that same form works for both the past simple and the past participle.
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I think the hardest part is starting after that.
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It gets easier.
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Next is know.
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Know means to have information or awareness about something.
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To already have it in your mind, not to be learning it.
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It is one of the most commonly mispronounced verbs in English because the K is completely silent.
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You say know.
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The past tense is new and the past participle is known.
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You already know more than you think you do.
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Then understand.
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Understand means to grasp the meaning of something, not just to hear the words, but to truly get what they mean.
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The past form is understood, which works for both past simple and past participle, So it is the same in both cases.
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I did not understand the grammar rule for years.
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Then one day it just clicked.
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Moving on, believe.
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Believe means to accept something as true.
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There are two slightly different ways to use it.
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Believe in something means you think it exists or has real value.
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Well, believe someone means you think that person is telling you the truth.
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Believe in what you are building.
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Especially on the days when no one else does yet.
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After that, remember.
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Remember means to have something come back to your mind.
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A fact, a person, a moment from the past.
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It is one of the most emotionally powerful verbs in the language.
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Because memory is so personal.
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I do not remember the words she said.
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I remember how I felt when she said them.
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The next one is forget.
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Forget is the opposite of remember.
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It means to lose something from your memory, to no longer have it available in your mind when you need it.
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The past simple is forgot.
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And the past participle is forgotten.
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A very common mistake is saying, I have forgot instead of I have forgotten.
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The past participle form is always forgotten.
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Do not forget where you started.
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It makes where you are going mean more.
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Now, wonder.
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Wonder.
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Wonder in this sense means to ask yourself a question silently inside your head when you are not sure about something.
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You wonder about things you are curious or uncertain about.
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This is different from the noun wonder, which means something amazing, two completely different meanings.
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I wonder sometimes what would have happened if I had said yes.
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Next is realize.
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Realize means to suddenly become aware of something.
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When something that was not clear to you suddenly becomes clear
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or when you understand something for the first time american spelling is realize with a z
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and british spelling is realized with an s
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but both are correct she realized halfway through the sentence that she was wrong and she said so then doubt
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doubt means to feel uncertain about something to not be fully sure whether it is true
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or whether it will happen there is an important pronunciation note
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here the b is completely silent doubt is not the enemy of confidence it is what makes confidence real
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and the last verb in this group learn learn means to gain knowledge
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or a skill through study experience
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or practice in american english the past form is learned
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and in british english you will also hear learned both are perfectly correct You do not learn a language.
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You build it, slowly, one conversation at a time.
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Group 5.
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Verbs about feelings.
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These are the ones people search for when they want to say something that actually means something.
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Here is how I want you to approach this group.
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For each verb, do not just repeat the example sentence.
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Think of a real moment in your life that goes with it.
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A specific memory.
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Your brain will hold on to a feeling much longer than it holds on to a definition.
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Verb number 38, feel.
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Feel means to experience an emotion or a physical sensation.
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It is how you talk about your inner state, how something affects you from the inside.
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The past form is felt, which works for both past simple and past participle.
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I felt completely out of place.
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And then I realized everyone else did too.
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Next is love.
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Love means to have a deep affection or a strong positive feeling for someone or something.
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What is interesting is that in English, it is used much more casually than in many other languages.
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Americans say, I love this coffee or I love that idea.
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Without it carrying a heavy emotional weight, it can just mean I really like this.
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I love a good conversation more than almost anything the kind where you lose track of time.
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Then like, like means to have a positive feeling towards something, to find it enjoyable or appealing.
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It is softer than love and more neutral.
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There is also a completely separate use in modern spoken English where like is used as a filler word.
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She was like, I can't believe it, but that is an informal spoken pattern, not the verb meaning.
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I did not like public speaking at first i liked what
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it did to my confidence after moving on want want means
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to have a desire for something to wish to have
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or do something it is one of the highest frequency verbs
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in the entire language you use it dozens of times a
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day often without even noticing the world is your oyster go after what you want after
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that need need means to require something to not be able
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to do without it this is the important difference from want
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um want is desire something you would like to have
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and need is necessity something you cannot function without learners sometimes use them interchangeably
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and the meaning changes completely i needed to fail
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that specific thing to understand what i actually wanted next is hope hope means to want something to happen
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and to believe there is a real chance it could it
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is always oriented toward the future you hope for something
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that has not happened yet but
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that you genuinely think is possible i hope you find the thing
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that makes monday feel like friday now wish wish also means to want something
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but it is used for things that are impossible or very unlikely
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or that are already in the past
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and cannot be changed I wish I could fly or I wish I had known sooner.
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This is why hope and wish feel so different.
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Hope is realistic.
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Wish is often about things that are out of reach.
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I wish I had started sooner, but I also know that I started exactly when I was ready.
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Then fear.
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Fear means to be afraid of something, to feel anxiety or dread about it.
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It is more formal than be afraid of, which is the more conversational version, but both are used in natural speech depending on the context.
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Do the thing you fear the most.
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That is usually the thing you need the most.
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The next verb is enjoy.
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Enjoy means to get pleasure from something, to experience it in a way that feels good.
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He enjoys cooking for other people more than eating the food himself.
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And the last feeling verb, miss.
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Miss has two meanings.
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The first, and the one that belongs in this group, is to feel the absence of someone or something you care about, to wish they were still there.
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The second meaning is to fail, to catch, hit, or experience something.
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In this group, we are talking about the emotional one, The one you feel when someone is gone.
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I miss the version of myself who had no idea what was coming.
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She was brave without knowing it.
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Group 6.
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Getting and giving.
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These are the transactional verbs and the ones that move things between people.
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Before we start, think about direction.
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Some verbs in this group move things toward you.
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Get, receive, take, keep.
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Some move things away from you.
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Give, send, pay, lose.
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If you can feel the direction of the verb, you will use it correctly almost every time.
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That is your tip for this whole group.
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Verb number 48.
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GET.
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It is one of the most versatile verbs in English.
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Depending on the sentence, it can mean to receive something, to become something, to obtain something, or even to understand something.
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The past tense is God
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and the past participle in american english is gotten get comfortable being uncomfortable
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that is where everything good happens next is give means to
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hand something over to someone else to let another person have it the past tense is gave
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and this is a common mistake a lot of learners say gived
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which does not exist in english the past participle is given
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give yourself the same advice you would give your best friend then take.
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Take means to move something toward yourself or to carry something with you.
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It is the opposite direction from give.
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You will hear it with a lot of common expressions.
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Take a risk, take a photo, take your time, take a step.
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The past tense is took and the past participle is taken.
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Take the first step even when you cannot see the whole staircase.
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After that bring.
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Bring means to carry something toward the speaker it is the
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same direction as come take moves things away bring moves them closer the past tense
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and the past participle are both brought
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so the two forms are the same she brought something to
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every room she walked into you could feel it moving on
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send send means to cause something to go from you to someone else a message a package information
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or anything else you are transmitting to another person.
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The past form is sent and it works for both the past simple and the past participle, so it never changes.
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Send the message.
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The worst they can say is no and you are already at no right now.
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The next verb is receive.
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Receive means to get something that someone has sent or given to you.
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It is the other end of send.
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It is more formal than get and And you will hear it a lot in professional writing, official communication, and more serious context.
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She received the news without showing anything on her face.
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I still do not know how.
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Now, by.
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By means to get something by paying money for it.
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The past tense is bought.
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And that same form is used for the past participle as well, so both are bought. By experiences.
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Not things.
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Things fill rooms. is fill you.
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Next is pay.
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Pay means to give money in exchange for something or more broadly to give what is owed or deserved.
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The past form is paid.
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Pay attention.
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It is the most valuable thing you can give another person.
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Then keep.
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Keep means to continue to have something or to continue doing something, not to lose it, not to stop.
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The past form is kept, which works for both past simple and past participle.
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Keep going on the days when you do not feel like it.
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Those are the days that matter.
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And the last one in this group, lose.
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Lose means to no longer have something or to fail to win.
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You have not lost until you have stopped trying.
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Group seven, doing and making.
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These are the action verbs, the ones that describe what you actually do in the world.
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Tip.
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Before we begin, and this one is probably the most useful grammar note in the whole video.
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Many languages use one word for both do and make, and that is exactly why English learners mix them up.
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Here is a rough rule that works most of the time.
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Make.
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Create something new. Do.
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Describes an activity or task.
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You make a plan.
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You do the work.
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You make a decision.
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You do your best.
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Keep that in your head as we go.
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Verb number 58, do.
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Do means to perform an action or complete a task.
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It is one of the most used verbs in the language and it also works as an auxiliary verb, the one that helps you form questions and negatives in English.
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The past tense is did and the past participle is done.
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Do the hard thing first.
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Everything else feels easier after.
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Next is make.
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Make means to create or produce something, to bring something into existence that was not there before.
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As the memory tip said, this is different from do.
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You make a plan, you make a mistake, you make food.
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The past tense and past participle are both made.
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Make decisions you can be proud of when you look back in 10 years.
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Then try.
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Try means to make an effort, to do something, to attempt it even
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when you are not sure you will succeed
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if the past form is tried and there is a spelling pattern here worth knowing
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when a verb ends in a consonant followed by the y
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changes to i before you add ed ending you see the same thing in study studied
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and carry carried try things before you decide they are not
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for you most opinions formed without experience are just fear after
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that work work has three common meanings in english it can describe your job
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or profession it can describe the effort you put into something
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and it can also mean
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that something is functioning properly as in this app does not
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work all three uses are extremely common in daily conversation work on things
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that scare you a little
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that fear is a signal not a warning moving on help help means to make it easier for someone to do something,
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to assist them.
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There is a small grammar note worth knowing.
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In American English, the most natural pattern is help someone do something.
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Without to before the second verb, you can say help someone to do something and it is not wrong,
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but dropping the to sounds more natural.
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Help someone today who cannot pay you back, do it anyway.
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The next verb is start.
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Start means to begin something, to take the first step in a process.
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It is almost interchangeable with begin, but start is more common in everyday spoken English.
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Start before you are ready.
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You will never be fully ready.
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Now, stop.
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Stop means to cease doing something, to bring an action to an end.
481
There is an important grammar note here.
482
Stop doing something is different from stop to do something.
483
That second pattern actually means you pause in order to do something else.
484
Two different meanings from the same word.
485
Stop waiting for permission to become who you already are.
486
Next is finish.
487
Finish means to complete something, to reach the end of it.
488
It follows the same grammar pattern as stop and enjoy.
489
Finish what you start.
490
Not because every project deserves to be finished, but because the habit of finishing is worth building.
491
Then build.
492
Build means to construct something, to put pieces together to create a larger whole.
493
It can be physical.
494
Building a house or more abstract like building a career or building a relationship.
495
The past tense and past participle are both built.
496
Build something you would be proud to show the person you were 10 years ago.
497
And the last verb in this group, create.
498
Create means to bring something into existence to make something that did not exist before.
499
It is similar to make, but create carries a stronger sense of originality and intentional effort.
500
When you create something, you are putting a real part of yourself into it.
501
Create the thing you wish existed.
502
Someone else is waiting for it.
503
Next group.
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These are the verbs of life itself.
505
Memory tip that doubles as a speaking challenge.
506
Try to tell the story of one full day using only the verbs in this group.
507
You wake up, you eat, you live, you grow, you change, you open things, you close them, and eventually you sleep.
508
If you can narrate your own day in English, these verbs will never leave you.
509
Verb number 68. To live.
510
Live means to be alive or to reside in a place one thing that catches people.
511
There are two pronunciations of the same word.
512
As a verb, I live here, she lives in Paris.
513
It sounds like live as an adjective, a live concert, a live broadcast.
514
It sounds like live.
515
Same spelling, different sound, different meaning.
516
Live like the person you want to become, not the person you have always been.
517
Next is grow.
518
Grow means to develop, to increase, to become bigger or more advanced over time, physically or in terms of skills, character or experience.
519
The past simple is grew and the past participle is grown.
520
You do not grow when things are easy.
521
You grow when you keep going when they are not.
522
Then change.
523
Change means to become different or to make something different.
524
It is one of the most emotionally significant verbs in any language because it sits at the center of so many decisions,
525
relationships, and moments in a person's life.
526
Change your mind when the facts change.
527
Moving on, eat.
528
Eat means to put food into your mouth and consume it.
529
The past simple is ate and the past participle is eaten.
530
A lot of learners try eated as the past form, but that does not exist in English.
531
Eat like you respect your body.
532
It is the only one you have.
533
After that, drink.
534
Drink means to swallow liquid.
535
What makes this verb interesting is that all three forms are completely different from each other.
536
The present is drink, the past simple is drank, and the past participle is drunk.
537
It is one of those verbs where you really do need to learn all three separately.
538
She drank her coffee slowly and looked out the window for a long time before she spoke.
539
The next verb is sleep.
540
Sleep means to rest in a state of unconsciousness when your body and mind recover from the day.
541
The past form is slept, which works for both past simple and past participle.
542
So you say I slept and I have slept.
543
Sleep is not laziness.
544
Sleep is when your brain files everything you learned today.
545
Now, wake.
546
Wake means to stop sleeping, to return to consciousness.
547
You almost always hear it with up, wake up.
548
The past simple is woke and the past participle is woken.
549
You have probably also heard woke used as an adjective in modern English with a completely different political meaning.
550
But as a verb, I woke up late is what you need here.
551
Woke up this morning and decided today was going to be different.
552
Next is die.
553
Die means to stop living, to reach the end of life.
554
It is worth including here because learners often avoid this word and reach for softer phrases instead.
555
In natural English speech, die and died are used directly and that is actually the more natural and honest choice.
556
Some dreams die, but usually they transform into something you needed more.
557
Then open.
558
Open means to move something so that it is no longer closed or blocked.
559
A door, a window, a package.
560
But it is also used in a more abstract sense.
561
You can open a conversation, open your mind, Open an opportunity.
562
Both uses are completely natural.
563
Open the conversation you have been avoiding.
564
It is usually not as hard as the silence.
565
And the final verb, close.
566
Close means to move something so that it is no longer open or to bring something to an end.
567
Close the day by writing down one thing that went well.
568
Even on the hard days, there is always one thing.
569
Moving on, group number nine.
570
Verbs related to decisions and relationships.
571
Memory tip before we start.
572
Think about the last time you had to make a difficult decision or navigate a tricky conversation with someone.
573
Almost every verb in this group was somewhere in that moment.
574
These are not abstract words.
575
They are the ones you reach for every single time you deal with other people.
576
Verb number 78, decide.
577
Decide means to make a choice between options.
578
To come to a conclusion about what you are going to do.
579
One grammar note worth knowing.
580
When decide is followed by a verb, you use to.
581
I decided to leave.
582
When it is followed by a question, you use that or a question word.
583
I decided that I was done or I decided where to go.
584
I decided to stop waiting for the right moment and to make the moment right.
585
After that, choose.
586
Choose.
587
Choose means to select one thing from among several options.
588
The past simple is chose and the past participle is chosen.
589
People often mix this up with decide.
590
The difference is subtle, but decide is about reaching a conclusion and choose is specifically about selecting from available options.
591
You are always choosing even when you think you are not.
592
Not deciding is also a choice.
593
Now agree.
594
Agree means to have the same opinion as someone else or to say yes to something that is proposed.
595
It is followed by with when you share someone's view.
596
I agree with you.
597
And by to when you consent to a plan.
598
She agreed to help.
599
We did not agree on everything.
600
We agreed on the things that mattered.
601
Then disagree.
602
Disagree means to have a different opinion, to not see things the same way as someone else.
603
It is one of the most useful verbs for a conversation because it lets you push back politely.
604
You disagree with a person or an idea.
605
I disagree with you, but I understand why you see it that way.
606
Moving on, promise.
607
Promise means to give your word that something will happen, to make a commitment to another person.
608
It carries real weight in English.
609
When you promise something, you are staking your credibility on it it is followed by to
610
when a verb comes after it i promise to be there
611
promise less than you can deliver then deliver more than you
612
promised next is offer offer means to present something to someone to make it available for them to take
613
or use without forcing them you offer help you offer a seat you offer an idea the key is
614
that the other person can say yes or no she offered to take over
615
and i let her asking for help is not the same as giving up after
616
that refuse refuse means to say no to something that is offered
617
or requested to decline it it is followed by two
618
when a verb comes next she refused to answer it is stronger than decline
619
which is the more polite version refuse usually implies a firm clear no refuse the version of yourself, that place small.
620
You have done that long enough.
621
Now, accept.
622
Accept means to take something that is offered or to acknowledge something as true or real.
623
It can be physical, accepting a gift or emotional, accepting a situation you cannot change.
624
Accept where you are, not as a permanent address, but as a starting point.
625
Next is admit.
626
Admit means to acknowledge something that is difficult or uncomfortable to say, to own up to a mistake, a feeling, or a truth you have been avoiding.
627
It is followed by a noun or a verb with ing.
628
I admitted making a mistake, not I admitted to make a mistake.
629
Admit when you are wrong.
630
It costs you almost nothing and earns you almost everything.
631
Then deny.
632
Deny means to say that something is not true or to refuse to give someone something they want or need.
633
It is the opposite of admit in the first sense.
634
You deny an accusation, you deny access, you deny yourself something you want.
635
All three uses are common.
636
She denied it even when everyone could see the truth.
637
That is when I stopped arguing.
638
Moving on, suggest.
639
Suggest means to put forward an idea for someone to consider to propose something without demanding it.
640
She suggested we meet somewhere quiet.
641
That told me she had something important to say.
642
And the last verb in this group, explain.
643
Explain means to make something clear, to give the information someone needs to understand something.
644
One important grammar note, explain, does not take a person directly after it.
645
You do not explain someone something.
646
You explain something to someone.
647
This is a mistake that is very common across many language backgrounds.
648
You do not need to explain every decision you make.
649
Some choices are yours alone.
650
Last group.
651
These are the result verbs, the ones that describe what happens at the end when everything comes together or falls apart.
652
Last tip.
653
Think of everything in this group as the final chapter of a story.
654
The story of effort.
655
You worked, you tried, you struggled, and now something happens as a result, whether it goes well or it does not.
656
These verbs are where the story ends and also where the next one begins.
657
Verb number 90, achieve.
658
Achieve means to successfully reach a goal or complete something through effort and skill.
659
It always implies that it was not easy.
660
You achieved things that required something from you
661
if something came effortlessly you would not use achieve you achieve
662
what you are willing to be uncomfortable for next is fail
663
fail means to not succeed at something to fall short of what you were trying to do it sounds harsh
664
but it is a completely neutral verb in english it just
665
describes an outcome you fail a test you fail to notice something.
666
You fail at a task.
667
Learning to use it directly is actually a sign of confidence.
668
I failed more times than I can count.
669
I also kept going more times than I can count.
670
Those two things are connected.
671
Then succeed.
672
Succeed means to achieve what you set out to do, to reach a goal.
673
It is followed by in when a verb comes after it.
674
She succeeded in convincing them, not she succeeded to convince them.
675
This is a preposition that many learners get wrong.
676
You succeed at the thing you refuse to give up on.
677
Moving on, earn.
678
Earn means to receive something, usually money, but also respect, trust, or reputation.
679
As a result of your work or actions, the key idea is that you earned it, meaning it came from what you did, not from luck or a gift.
680
Earn the right to be trusted by being trustworthy before anyone is watching.
681
After that, spend.
682
Spend means to use money or time on something.
683
Both uses are extremely common and both are equally important.
684
You spend $20, but you also spend an afternoon.
685
Spend your energy.
686
Spend your attention.
687
Anything that get used up can be spent.
688
Spend your time like it is the thing you have the least of, because it is now share.
689
Share means to give part of something to others or to use something together or to tell someone something personal.
690
All three uses are common.
691
You share food, you share a workspace, and you share a story.
692
The emotional use, sharing something personal, is one of the most important in conversation.
693
Share what you know.
694
The more you give away, the more room there is for something new.
695
Next is support.
696
Support means to help someone or something in a sustained way.
697
Not just a one-time assist, but ongoing backing.
698
You support a person emotionally.
699
You support a cause.
700
You support a project.
701
It implies commitment, not just a moment of help.
702
Support the people around you on their hardest days.
703
That is when it actually means something.
704
Then allow.
705
Allow means to let something happen to give permission for something or to make space for it.
706
It is more formal than let, but both are used in conversation.
707
You allow someone to do something or you allow yourself something you usually would not.
708
Allow yourself to change your mind when you get better information.
709
After that, prevent.
710
Prevent means to stop something from happening before it occurs, to block it in advance.
711
It is followed by from and then a verb with ing.
712
She prevented me from making a mistake.
713
You cannot say prevent me to make.
714
The from and the ing are both required.
715
You cannot prevent.
716
Every mistake you can prevent the ones you have already made once.
717
Moving on, check.
718
Check means to look at something carefully to make sure it is correct, safe, or working as it should.
719
It is one of those simple verbs that does a lot of work in everyday English.
720
You check a message, check the time, check whether something is true.
721
It is also used in the expression check-in to update someone on how you were doing.
722
Check your assumptions as often as you check your phone.
723
Most of what you think you know is worth questioning.
724
And the final verb, number 100, Depend.
725
Depend means to rely on something or someone.
726
To need them in order to function or succeed.
727
It is always followed by on.
728
It depends on the situation.
729
You cannot just say it depends the situation.
730
The on is not optional.
731
And it depends by itself is also a complete, very common answer when something is uncertain.
732
It depends on what you are willing to do.
733
Everything does in the end.
734
One hundred verbs.
735
That is the engine of the English language.
736
Every story you want to tell, every opinion you want to share, every conversation you want to have, it runs on these words.
737
The sentences you just practiced are not examples.
738
They are real, real, real things you can say starting today.
739
So start saying them.
740
Start practicing.
741
If this video helped you, you know what to do.
742
Subscribe to this channel and share this video with a friend who's also learning English.
743
I am building a full series of videos like this, each one targeting the part of English that actually stops people from speaking.
744
And in the comments, write one sentence using any word from today's video.
745
Your own sentence, your own life.
746
I want to read them all and see you in the next video.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “100 Verbs Every English Learner Needs”. This video has 746 sentences and 7518 words to shadow. The speech runs for 48:04. The speaker talks at a natural 156 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| verb noun | /vɝb/ | A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. |
| participle noun | /ˈpɑɹtɪˌsɪpəl/ | A form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In… |
| tense noun | /tɛns/ | The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists. |
| learner noun | /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/ | One who is learning; one receiving instruction. |
| grammar noun | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general. |
| succeed verb | /səkˈsiːd/ | To follow something in sequence or time. |
| spelling noun | /ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/ | The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography. |
| pronunciation noun | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken. |
| emotionally adverb | /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/ | In an emotional manner; displaying emotion. |
| disagree verb | /dɪsəˈɡɹi/ | To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief. |
| irregular adjective | /ɪˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ/ | Nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations. |
| imply verb | /ɪmˈplaɪ/ | To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence. |
| uncertain adjective | /ʌnˈsɜɹ.tən/ | Not certain; unsure. |
| abstract noun | /ˈæbˌstɹækt/ | An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. |
| uncomfortable adjective | /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ | Not comfortable; causing discomfort. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| fall apart verb | To disintegrate, to break into pieces. | |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. | |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| come out in verb | to be afflicted by (a visible disruption of the body) | |
| come together verb | /ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/ | To assemble; to congregate; to combine. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- They are the ones you've studied multiple times.
- Let's look at an example.
- I'm there to motivate you.
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| הווה מושלם ממושך (Present perfect continuous) have/has been + -ing — פעולה שהתחילה בעבר ועדיין נמשכת עכשיו | i've been learning · have been avoiding |
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | you've studied · I've been · have run |
| סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה | is not imagined · is left · is simply arrived |
| משפטי זיקה (Relative clauses) who / which + clause — מידע נוסף על אדם או דבר | went, which is · left, which is · wrote, which is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 16 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, sensation /sɛnˈseɪʃən/, optional /ˈɑp.ʃə.nəl/, affection /əˈfɛk.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: participle /ˈpɑɹtɪˌsɪpəl/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, irregular /ɪˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like verb, participle, tense.
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