Verbs
الجمعة، 24 أبريل 2009
Verbs
The Verb (infinitive form) | The Meaning | An example ( Simple Past Tense) | Regular /Irregular |
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To bake | To cook by dry heat in an oven or similar. | He baked the pie. | Regular |
To boil | To cook something in very hot water. | She boiled the rice. | Regular |
To chop | To cut something into pieces. | She chopped an onion. | Regular |
To cook | To prepare food for eating by the use of heat. | He cooked her dinner. | Regular |
To cut | To divide food with a sharp instrument. | He cut into the roast. | Irregular |
To dice | To cut something into cubes. | He diced the potato. | Regular |
To eat | The complete action of putting food in the mouth and then biting, chewing and swallowing it. | She ate her dinner. | Irregular |
To farm | To carry out agricultural work (growing crops/rearing animals) as a way of life. | Rarely used in conversation. | Regular |
To feed | To provide food for eating. | She fed the cat. | Irregular |
To fry | To cook food in fat/oil over a direct heat. | He fried the bacon. | Regular |
To grow | To produce plants by controlling or encouraging their growth. | She grew all her own vegetables. | Irregular |
To peel | To remove the skin/rind/outer covering of fruit/vegetables etc. | She peeled the grapes for the fruit salad. | Regular |
To prepare | To make food ready in advance of eating or cooking it. | He prepared all the ingredients. | Regular |
To skin | To remove the outer covering from fruit/meat/fish etc. | She skinned the fish. | Regular |
To slice | To divide or cut something into slivers. | He sliced the apple. | Regular |
Phrasal Verbs
The Phrasal Verb | The Meaning | An example ( Simple Past Tense) | Separable/ Inseparable |
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bake off | To finish baking partly baked food. For example bread. | She baked off the bread in the oven. | S |
boil away | To cause liquid to evaporate completely by boiling. | She forgot to switch off the cooker and all the water boiled away. | S |
boil down | To boil a liquid down to a thick sauce. | The sauce was too thin and needed to be boiled down. | S |
boil over | To cause liquid to overflow whilst boiling. | She forgot to turn down the heat and all the water boiled over the pan. | S |
chop up | To cut into pieces, usually with several sharp blows. | She chopped the onion up into small cubes. | S |
cut off | To remove by cutting. | He cut all the fat off. | S |
cut out | To shape or form by cutting. | He cut several pieces of pastry out. | S |
cut up | To cut into pieces using a sharp knife. | He cut the pie up into equal slices. | S |
eat out | To eat away from home, usually in a restaurant. | They ate out twice last week. | I |
eat up | To eat until everything is finished. | She ate everything up. | S |
fry up | The act of frying a meal, especially breakfast. | He always fried up a good breakfast in the morning.. | I |
peel off | To remove the skin/rind/outer covering of fruit/vegetables etc. | She peeled the skin off the apples for the fruit salad. | S |
slice off | To divide or cut something from a larger piece. | He sliced the meat off the bone. | S |
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