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By Peter
These are popular English words. Let’s go through this list. Think what verbs do I know? What verbs are new? Learn the new verbs first. Learn action words.
Most English sentences have one of these verbs.
​50 top verbs:
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ask, be, become, begin, call, can, come, could, do, feel, find, get, give, go, have, hear, help, keep, know, leave, let, like, live, look, mean, might, move, need, play, put, run, say, see, seem, should, show, start, take, talk, tell, think, try, turn, use, want, will, work, would
You can make mistakes. It is okay. Communication is more than grammar. Sometimes people make mistakes and we can still understand them.
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There are about 12 different verb tenses in English. Many students find it difficult to learn the 12 verb tenses.
​When you start learning English, at the beginning, these 3 verb tenses are the tenses you should learn first.
Simple present
On Mondays, I work.
Simple past
Yesterday, I worked.
Simple future
Tomorrow, I will work.
Simple present
The verb ‘work’ is in the simple present tense. ‘Work’ is the verb.
So right now on Mondays, I work.
Simple past
The past is before. Yesterday is the past. Last week is in the past. The year 2000 is the past. It is important to talk about the past in English. We use the simple past tense for this.
Here is an example:
Yesterday, I worked.
The verb is the same. The verb ‘work’ has ‘ed’. As such, it is ‘worked’.
These are the first two tenses to learn.
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Simple future
The third verb tense you need to learn is the future. Tomorrow is the future. Next year is the future. In 5 years is the future. It is important to be able to talk about the future in English.
Here is an example:
Tomorrow, I will work.
When we talk about the future, we can use the word ‘will’ before the verb ‘work’.
These are the first 3 verb tenses to learn. Then you can learn the other verb tenses in English.
Start: amount of listening
Movie – 2 hours 10 seconds – 1 minute
When you start learning English, it is difficult to listen. I suggest that you listen for a short amount of time.
Movies in English are about 2 hours. If you watch a movie in English, this is not short. This is long. It is difficult to listen to a movie in English for 2 hours.
I don't think you should do this. Instead go for short listening for maybe 10 seconds to one minute of English. This is better for you to learn how to listen in English.
English for your life
Family words
Work words
Routine words
Weather words
​ Think about your family. What family words do you need? Do you need words for children? Maybe for father, mother, sister, brother. Learn words about family that are meaningful to you.
​Think about work. What words are important for your work? Learn these words first.
Think about your life every day (routine work).
What do you do every day? Do you brush your teeth? Do you clean your house? Do you watch TV? Learn the vocabulary for the words for your own life for the routine you do.
Weather words are very common words.
We talk about the weather a lot in English. I recommend learning weather words like
‘It’s cold’, ‘It’s hot’. These are very important words.
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Learn the English that is meaningful to your life!
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Practice English. A little practice every day is important. Ten minutes of English every day will help you a lot in your learning. Practice makes perfect. Review new words often. If you learn a family word on Monday, study it again on Tuesday. Study it again on Wednesday. To remember a word, you need to see the word many times. Go for it. Review it many times.
This is a good way to help you learn new words. When you learn a new word, wait a minute and then think "What is the word I have just learned?" Test yourself and that will help you to remember new words.
