Collins Easy Learning English Verbs is an accessible guide to English verbs. With simple explanations of English verbs and the way they work, this book will prove indispensable for anyone who wants to improve their knowledge of English verbs.
Using clear explanations and examples, all the essential grammar of verbs, such as tense and aspect, is covered. This book also provides a detailed look at verbs which are especially important or difficult to learn, such as phrasal verbs, irregular verbs, and primary and modal auxiliary verbs. Each point is described in a user-friendly format, with corpus examples that show how English is really used today.
Add the cheese to the sauce. 2 to say something more
‘He’s very angry,’ Mr Smith added.
PHRASAL VERB
add something up
to find the total of various numbers or amounts
Add up the number of hours you spent on the task.
add up to something
to form a total
Altogether, the three bills add up to £2,456.
arise
[ә′raɪz]
arises
3rd person present
arising
present participle
arose
past tense
arisen
past participle
INTRANSITIVE to begin to exist
When the opportunity finally arose, thousands of workers left.
I phoned him at home because a problem had arisen at work.
awake
[ә′weɪk]
awakes
3rd person present
awaking
present participle
awoke
past tense
awoken
past participle
TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE to stop sleeping or to make someone stop sleeping (literary)
I was awoken by the sound of many voices.
At midnight he awoke and listened to the radio for a few minutes.
back [bæk]
backs
3rd person present
backing
present participle
backed
past tense & past participle
1TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE to move backwards or to move a vehicle backwards
He backed his car out of the driveway.
The car backed out of the garage.
2TRANSITIVE to support someone
We told them what we wanted to do, and they agreed to back us.
PHRASAL VERB
back away
to mo...
Table of contents
Contents
Introduction
Guide to entries
Pronunciation guide
The verb phrase
Types of verb
Tense
Voice
Infinitives and the-ing form
Word order
Clauses
A–Z of important verbs Key Verbs
Irregular verbs
Index
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