S2 Verb Table 7 & 8 (Example Sentences)
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April 27, 2009, 10:53 am
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Please look up your dictionary and provide us with a grammatically correct example sentence for the following verbs:
| 1. read |
| 2. receive |
| 3. recommend |
| 4. respond |
| 5. return |
| 6. ride |
| 7. ring |
| 8. rise |
| 9. run |
| 10. satisfy |
| 11. seek |
| 12. sell |
| 13. send |
| 14. serve |
| 15. sit |
| 16. shake |
| 17. shave |
| 18. shine |
| 19. shoot |
| 20. show |
| 21. shrink |
| 22. shut |
| 23. sing |
| 24. sink |
| 25. sleep |
| 26. smell |
| 27. sow |
| 28. speak |
| 29. split |
| 30. spoil |
Follow this format:
e.g. play
The children spent the afternoon playing in the garden.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=60596&dict=CALD)
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Edutainment - Bouteiller's English Teaching in Hong Kong 
16. shake
I watched her hands as she prepared coffee and she definitely had the shakes.
17. shave
John has to shave twice a day.
18. shine
Wax polish gives a lovely shine to wood furniture.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=60596&dict=CALD)
Comment by 2A Wong Cho Ki April 27, 2009 @ 5:07 pmYour site is not correct……
Comment by Nikki Bouteiller April 27, 2009 @ 6:25 pm10. satisfy
That answer won’t satisfy her.
(YAHOO!Dictonary.Retrieved April 27,2009,from http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/search.html?q=1&s=satisfy&Submit=+%ACd%A6r+)
11. seek
He sought to speak to her.
(YAHOO!Dictonary.Retrieved April 27,2009,from http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/search.html?q=1&s=+seek&Submit=+%ACd%A6r+)
12. sell
He sold me his camera.
(YAHOO!Dictonary.Retrieved April 27,2009,from http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/search.html?q=1&s=sell&Submit=+%ACd%A6r+)
Comment by 2a40 April 27, 2009 @ 5:25 pm1. ring (verb)
Armed police ringed the hijacked plane.
2. rise(verb)
The balloon rose gently (up) into the air.
3. run( verb)
I can run a mile in 5 minutes.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=60596&dict=CALD)
Comment by 2A Becky April 27, 2009 @ 7:13 pme.g. read
They’re both reading history at Cambridge.
e.g. sleep
I must get some sleep
e.g. sing
The children sang two songs by Schubert at the school concert.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/)
Comment by 2a28 April 27, 2009 @ 7:14 pmMrs Bouteiller!!! I don’t know how to change the words to italic and underline them in your blog.
Comment by 2A Becky April 27, 2009 @ 7:25 pmringed
Comment by Becky April 27, 2009 @ 7:41 pmrose
run
1. ring (verb)
Armed police ringed the hijacked plane.
2. rise(verb)
The balloonrose gently (up) into the air.
3. run(verb)
I can run a mile in 5 minutes.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=60596&dict=CALD)
Comment by Becky April 27, 2009 @ 7:43 pm28. speak
He wanted to speak to me.
(Yahoo!Dictonary.Retrieved April 27,2009,from http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/search.html?q=1&s=speak)
29.splint
He split his pants when he squatted down
(Yahoo!Dictonary.Retrieved April 27,2009,from, http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/search.html?q=1&s=split)
30.spoil
Comment by 2A (22) Christine April 27, 2009 @ 7:50 pmThe rain spoiled our picnic.
(Yahoo!Dictonary.Retrieved April 27,2009,from http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/search.html?q=1&s=spoil)
***(I write the wrong number in the sheet, it should be 19-21, not 19-22)
19. shoot
He shot the arrow from the bow.
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http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/search.html?q=1&s=shoot)
20. show
She shows great interest in American drama.
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http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/search.html?q=1&s=show)
21. shrink
This dress material shrinks in the wash.
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Comment by Phoebe Tam ( 2A 32 ) April 27, 2009 @ 8:07 pmhttp://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/search.html?q=1&s=shrink+)
28. speak
Comment by Trini or 2A (27) April 27, 2009 @ 8:45 pmHe wanted to speak to me.
29. split
Who spilt ink on my notebook?
30. spoil
They spoiled their child.
28. speak
Comment by Trini or 2A (27) April 27, 2009 @ 8:46 pmHe wanted to speak to me.
29. split
Who spilt ink on my notebook?
30. spoil
They spoiled their child.
speak
Comment by Trini or 2A (27) April 27, 2009 @ 8:48 pm28. speak
Comment by Trini or 2A (27) April 27, 2009 @ 8:50 pmHe wanted to speak to me.
29. split
Who spilt ink on my notebook?
30. spoil
They spoiled their child.
(YAHOO!Dictonary.Retrieved April 27,2009,from http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/)
28. speak
Comment by Trini or 2A (27) April 27, 2009 @ 8:51 pmHe wanted to speak to me.
29. split
Who spilt ink on my notebook?
30. spoil
They spoiled their child.
(YAHOO!Dictonary.Retrieved April 27,2009,from http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/)
sorry ! Mrs Bouteiller!I try my best to make the words become italic ,but I don’t know how to do it.Sorry!’^’
Comment by Trini or 2A (27) April 27, 2009 @ 9:02 pm4. respond
I asked her what the time was, but she didn’t respond.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=67335&dict=CALD)
5. return
The new TV broke so they returned it to the shop.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=67589&dict=CALD)
6. ride
I ride my bicycle to work.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=67891&dict=CALD)
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Comment by Nikki Bouteiller April 28, 2009 @ 8:15 am13. send ( verb )
He came and sat (down) next to me.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=73960&dict=CALD)
14. serve ( verb )
Are you being served, madam?
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=71986&dict=CALD)
15. sit ( verb )
He came and sat (down) next to me.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=73960&dict=CALD)
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Comment by Nikki Bouteiller April 28, 2009 @ 8:27 am23. sing
The children sang two songs by Schubert at the school concert.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=73823&dict=CALD)
24. sink
The Titanic was a passenger ship which sank (to the bottom of the ocean) in 1912.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=73879&dict=CALD)
25. sleep
I couldn’t sleep because of all the noise next door.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=74402&dict=CALD)
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Comment by Nikki Bouteiller April 28, 2009 @ 8:28 am28. speak
He wanted to speak to me.
(Yahoo!Dictonary.Retrieved April 27,2009,from http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/search.html?q=1&s=speak)
29.splint
He split his pants when he squatted down
(Yahoo!Dictonary.Retrieved April 27,2009,from, http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/search.html?q=1&s=split)
30.spoil
The rain spoiled our picnic.
(Yahoo!Dictonary.Retrieved April 27,2009,from http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/search.html?q=1&s=spoil)
2A(22)Christine
Comment by Nikki Bouteiller April 28, 2009 @ 8:28 am