Common Verbs: Give, Find, Tell and More (A2 Vocabulary)
You give a thing to a person. You find a thing you are looking for. You lose a thing when you do not know where it is.
Things in your hands
Try it: Hiroshi: Look at that girl and her sandwich. Camila: The boy has no lunch, so she wants to ___ him half. Look at the picture. Choose what Camila says. (find / give / lose) Answer: give — The boy has no lunch and she holds out half of her sandwich, so she wants to give it to him.
Word
Pronunciation
Example
give
We give flowers on birthdays.
find
I always find money in my old jeans.
lose
Don't lose your ticket.
Sounds and your body
You hear a sound when it comes to your ears. You feel things with your hands and your body, like cold or soft, and you feel happy, sad or sick.
Try it: Camila: Shh! Somebody is at the door. Hiroshi: Yes, I can ___ them too. Choose what Hiroshi says. (hear / tell / forget) Answer: hear — Somebody is at the door, and the sound reaches Hiroshi too, so he can hear them.
Word
Pronunciation
Example
hear
Can you hear the birds?
feel
Feel this sweater. It's so soft.
Words and memory
You tell a person something: tell me, tell her. You say the words: say hello, say it again. You forget a thing when it is not in your head.
Try it: Camila: What's the new student's name? Hiroshi: I don't know. Let's ask her to ___ us. Choose what Hiroshi says. (say / forget / tell) Answer: tell — A person, us, comes right after the verb, so Hiroshi says tell us.