Miss Lose Carry Wear Take Give: Useful Verbs

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USEFUL VERBS

MISS LOSE
*TIME WHEN YOU ARE LATE. *SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO US (PATIENT)
*TRANSPORTATION (BUS, TRAIN) *IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF WIN (GAME, SPORT)
*OPPORTUNITIES , EVENTS *TIME
CARRY WEAR
*TO TAKE SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING FROM ONE PLACE *TO HAVE SOMETHING ON YOUR BODY (CLOTHES, GLASSES
TO ANOTHER

TAKE GIVE
*Washing: a bath, a shower... *Facial expressions: a smile, a laugh, a look...
*Breaks: a holiday, a rest, a break... *Making noises: a shout, a cry, a scream...
*Take care, take the trouble, take care of, take a *Hitting: a kick, a punch, a slap...
photograph. *Actions like: a hug, a kiss, a ride
*Take a walk, take a look, take somebody to a place *Communicating: some advice, an answer, a speech, a talk,
report...
HOPE WAIT
*when we do not know whether something will happen *Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we
or not but we want it to happen behave while we're waiting.
*to express good intentions and wishes for the future *when we refer to letting time pass because we are
expecting that something is going to happen.
EXPECT LOOK FORWARD TO
*to be pleased or excited that it is going to happen.
TO believe that something will happen. must follow it by a noun phrase or a verb in the -ing form:
I’m looking forward to the holidays.
*to see something as probable or reasonable I look forward to seeing you.

When you expect something it is like you are mentally


assuming that it will happen. You expect the sun to rise in
the morning because it has happened everyday of your
life so far.

You also expect to get paid for the work that you do


because it is reasonable.

LOOK LOOK LIKE


IT IS FOLLOWED BY AN ADJECTIVE IT IS FOLLOWED BY AN ADJECTIVE noun
SHE LOOKED EXHAUSTED WHEN SHE ARRIVED HOME. MY BROTHER LOOKS LIKE A BRITISH PERSON.
SAY TELL
You say something You tell someone something
Anthony says you have a new job. Anthony tells me you have a new job.
WIN EARN
COMPETITION / RECEIVE AN AWARD TO GET SOMETHING IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR WORK
REMEMBER REMIND
We keep a person or thing in our mind or we bring
that person or thing back to our mind. *If we remind someone to do something or about
I will always remember you something, we make them remember it or help
them not to forget it:
Not to forget to do something:
Remember to save your work
He’s probably forgotten he was supposed to be
here at 6. Shall I ring him and remind him?

Remember + the -ing form of a verb means


‘have a memory of something we did or of *causes someone to think of something/make someone
something that happened in the past’: remember something they have forgotten.
The smell of the sea reminds me of my childhood. I grew up
I remember meeting her once. It must have near the sea.
been about five years ago.

COME BACK GO BACK


TO RETURN “HERE” (TOWARDS THE SPEAKER)
TO RETURN “THERE” (MOVING AWAY FROM
*WITH “HOME” WE ALWAYS USE COME THE SPEAKER)

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