Common verbs (61-80): sentence prompts Flashcards
understand*: I thought it was difficult to understand the man because he had a thick accent. My sister, however,…
I thought it was difficult to understand the man because he had a thick accent. My sister, however, understood everything he said.
watch: I like to watch TV before I go to bed. Last night…
I like to watch TV before I go to bed. Last night, I watched it for three hours.
follow: Now, I really don’t follow sports, but when I was growing up, …
Now, I really don’t follow sports, but when I was growing up, I followed baseball and football.
stop: If you stop speaking a foreign language, you will forget it. I know because…
If you stop speaking a foreign language, you will forget it. I know because I stopped speaking German after high school.
create: The chef asked me to create some designs for the new menu. I …
The chef asked me to create some designs for the new menu. I created five options that he can choose from.
speak*: Now, I speak very confidently in front of people, but when I was in college,…
Now, I speak very confidently in front of people, but when I was in college, I spoke quietly in front of large groups.
read*: Do you plan to read the newspaper today? Actually, I…
Do you plan to read the newspaper today? Actually, I already read it. [Note: in the past tense, this is pronounced like “red”]
allow: Do you allow your children to watch YouTube? When they were younger, …
Do you allow your children to watch YouTube? When they were younger, I only allowed them to watch 15 minutes each day. Now, however, I allow them to watch for an hour.
add: Remember to add salt to the soup! Yes, I already…
Remember to add salt to the soup! Yes, I already added it.
spend*: Do you spend a lot of time fixing your hair? Not anymore, but when I was a teenager, I…
Do you spend a lot of time fixing your hair? Not anymore, but when I was a teenager, I spent an hour getting ready for school each day.
grow*: Jenny no longer grows her own food, but before she had kids…
Jenny no longer grows her own food, but before she had kids, she grew everything she ate.
open: I was cold so I didn’t want him to open the window. Unfortunately, he…
I was cold so I didn’t want him to open the window. Unfortunately, he opened it all the way.
walk: Sandra lives in New York and prefers to walk, instead of taking the train. In fact, yesterday…
Sandra lives in New York and prefers to walk, instead of taking the train. In fact, yesterday she walked 100 blocks!
win: I thought we would win the football match easily, but we…
I thought we would win the football match easily, but we only won by a point.
offer: Since I speak English really well, I usually offer to help people get ready for an exam. However, when I …
Since I speak English really well, I usually offer to help people get ready for an exam. However, when I offered to help John, he turned me down.
remember: I never remember things, so it was surprising that yesterday, …
…so it was surprising that yesterday, I remembered to go to the meeting.
love: Now I really love cats, but when I was growing up…
…but when I was growing up, I loved dogs.
consider: I try to consider all sides of an argument. Yesterday during the meeting, however, he…
Yesterday during the meeting, however, he only considered his needs.
appear: The sky appears completely normal right now, but an hour ago…
…but an hour ago, it appeared that it would storm.
buy*: I usually only buy organic milk, but when I went to the store last week, …
…but when I went to the store last week, I bought regular milk.
