LEARN 50 English Action Verbs Through Real Actions | Comprehensible Input

Welcome back to a new video guys That is a sneeze and that is one of the 50 action verbs We will be learning today to hit to study to arrive to carry to spit to press paint to travel to spin to propose to propose to ask to touch to Exercise to balance to count I to lick to steam to learn It's to exit to sleep to bake to punch to enter to bend I'm Mr. Teach to sneeze. I'm going to sneeze I'm sneezing and I just sneezed to sneeze To like that next action verb. The next action verb is to spit. I Didn't actually spit but you get that idea to spit Don't spit. It's kind of gross and a little rude, but that is another action to spit. I'm going to spit I'm spitting. I just spit. Let's continue. The third action verb is to ask. Hey, what time is it? It is 159 159 okay So to ask means to say a question because you want information or you want to know something to ask I'm going to ask him a question. I'm asking a question He raised his hand to ask a question or past tense He asked a question if you ask a question to someone what do they do? They answer the question. So the next action verb is to answer. Is it hot today? Yes, it is very hot to answer. I'm going to answer the question. I'm answering the question. I Answered the question to answer so it's to give a reply to a question someone asks you What's a question that you ask that has no answer or that you don't expect an answer for? So if you ask a question, but you're not expecting an answer that is called a rhetorical question It's just a question you pose, but you don't really expect an answer at all. You're just asking the question a rhetorical question Next action verb so now you can start with the 3,000 word PDF continue with the next 2,000 word PDF or get both together as the full 5,000 most common English words PDF. The next action verb is to Explain so right now I'm standing on the stone path in this park It's quite shady and it is pretty hot because it is the middle of summer right now So the temperature is very high and that's just due to the part of the world. We're in to explain I just explained my situation and a little bit about the weather so to explain means to make something clear by giving an explanation or Details to explain a lot of the time in class and in school or even at your work Someone will ask you to explain this explain this problem explain your solution For example, I explained the rules of the game slowly and everyone understood I'm going to explain I'm explaining I explained next action verb The next action verb is to teach so I'm going to teach you how to take a nice photo You never want to use the default one time setting you always want to use the 2x or 4x setting that way the image is much closer and it provides a much nicer picture and then from there We can take a picture. So I just taught you how to take a picture so to teach means to help someone learn a skill or understand something by giving a lesson or Guidance to teach I'm going to teach him how to swim. I'm teaching him how to swim I just taught him how to swim next verb if teachers teach what do students do they? learn So the next verb is to learn so to learn means to get new knowledge or a new skill through study practice or experience To learn I'm learning Spanish. So I practice speaking every day. I'm learning English. So I always watch comprehensible input videos on YouTube she learned how to cook simple recipes online. I will learn how to swim to learn so What is this? Action that I'm doing right now. You're kneeling correct. So it's to kneel. I'm going to kneel. I'm kneeling I Kneeled and what do you call it when you kneel and you'll go like this You propose to propose you propose to someone so I'm going to propose to my girlfriend on Saturday Can you help me? I'm proposing next weekend. I proposed three years ago and she said no L in the chat spam that What did I just do? What is this action? Or this action or this action What is this action? To touch to touch means to put your hand or another part of your body on something or someone To touch example sentences, please don't touch the wet paint on the wall She touched his shoulder gently to get his attention. I'm going to touch I'm touching and I touched to touch Touch now, what is this action? to squeeze To squeeze I'm going to squeeze my hand I'm squeezing my hand. I just Squeezed my hand some example sentences are I squeezed the lemon over the fish to add a fresh Sour taste or she squeezed the toothpaste carefully so she wouldn't use too much to squeeze The next action verb is to improve to improve means to become better at something You can improve your English with easy speak AI easy speak AI gives you real speaking practice anytime Anywhere it helps you practice based on your levels your goals and the real situations where you actually need English with 12 plus AI tutors you can choose the style you want friendly professional Casual or more serious depending on how you learn easy speak Personalizes lessons based on your current level your learning purpose and the specific situations where you'll learn English like travel work school daily life or Conversations with friends each topic has different difficulty levels So you can practice phrases that match your level and learn how to speak more naturally in real life Hey Ava, can you help me practice travel action verbs like order ask explain and choose? I'd love to help Volker should we practice how to order food or how to ask for directions first? Let's practice how to ask for directions first if you were lost in a new city How would you ask a local to explain the way to the nearest train station? I would ask them Hello, do you know where the nearest train station is? Excellent to sound even more natural you could say excuse me Could you tell me where the nearest train station is? We now practice how to order food at a restaurant while I'm traveling if you were at a busy Bistro How would you ask the waiter to explain the ingredients in a dish before you order? I would just ask the waiter. Excuse me Can you please tell me what ingredients are in this dish perfect and very clear this feels like a real Conversation the tutor responds naturally Corrects you and helps turn simple vocabulary into real sentences You can actually use after you practice the review section saves useful phrases shows Corrections and helps you see how you're improving over time If you want to practice real English speaking download easy speak AI using the link in my description Thank you easy speak AI for sponsoring this video What action was that to carry? To carry so to carry means to hold something or to take it from one place to another To carry I am going to carry my bag. I am carrying my bag I carried my bag across the bridge to carry Some example sentences are she carried her laptop in her backpack to avoid getting robbed on the train Another one is the dad carried his son to the car Because he was sleeping and didn't want to wake him up Next word is to balance. So I'm going to balance on this bridge to balance Some example sentences are he balanced the tray in one hand while he opened the door with the other I'm going to balance on this bridge. I'm balancing on this bridge Balanced myself on this bridge to balance to balance. I'm balancing on one Foot, what am I doing now? I'm hitting this tree to hit To hit means to strike something with your hand or an object to hit. I'm going to hit this tree I'm hitting this tree. I just hit this tree some example sentences are He hit the ball hard and it went over the fence another one is she hit her elbow hard on the table and winced from the pain to hit a very similar action verb is To punch to punch is to hit something with a closed fist to punch I'm going to punch this tree I'm punching This tree. I just punched this tree to punch Some example sentences are he punched through the drywall She punched the air in joy when she heard the good news Yeah She punched Can you guys guess the next action verb? To exercise to exercise I'm going to exercise I'm Exercising I Just exercised some example sentences are he exercises a lot to get into shape He started to exercise regularly after his doctor told him he needs to take care of his health But my favorite exercise is over here. Let me show you This is the most important exercise What muscle are you working out? every muscle Dude that hurts my butt dude that has no grip. Let me sit closer I'm kidding. My favorite exercise is over here. I don't think you're gonna fit in that one That was just a joke. This is this is my favorite one. Oh Here I'll give you a push this is an exercise this is exercising the mind this is exercising me we're exercising right now Yeah hard work. You can see I'm sweating. I am Exercising we could actually add some more action verbs right now. I'm swinging my feet forward and backward Forward and backward I'm swinging my feet that just keeps the momentum going So I'm swinging my feet That's why they call this a swing. The swing is also Swinging I am swinging. I'm going to swing. I'm swinging I swung You know the last swing I was on was the one in Ecuador in banyos. Oh, yeah off the end of the world. That was really cool We took a full video of that and everything but everything got stolen Loki I could fall asleep here next action verb to sleep and since it's comprehensible input I actually have to do it. So I'll go to sleep right now I'm going to sleep. I'm sleeping. I slept for five hours last night a Loki can fall asleep. Let's get out of this Back to the action rooms Can you guys tell me the next action verb? Here is a hint It doesn't have anything to do with working out or exercising. What is this action verb? to press to press I'm going to press I'm pressing I Pressed some example sentences are I pressed the button in the elevator to go up and another one is he pressed his hand against his cut to stop the bleeding to press to press Usually with your finger or your hand press another action verb is to spin. Oh Wow, I'm getting dizzy actually you're not even going that fast. Let me help you. Oh, no. No, we're chill chill We can learn two action verbs here. The first is to spin. I am spinning. I'm going to spin I Spun. Oh, wow I'm getting dizzy. I'm dizzy. Oh I didn't get that. We have to redo all that whole clip. Oh, yes. I'm about a puke How about this story you try this? You know Dude, you have no idea how dizzy I am right now Yeah, it doesn't look like you're going fast but makes you feel so dizzy I am dizzy all that those two energy hydration drinks are gonna come out. I am going to puke You know timeout timeout ref. I was dazed a very common phrases Dazed and confused. Okay, let me lock in for a second here. I Feel so dizzy right now to you and I wasn't even there for two seconds 3,000 that is the amount of words you need to understand up to 95% of spoken English But if you want to keep improving after that, I've now added the next 2,000 most common English words so now you can start with the 3,000 word PDF continue with the next 2,000 word PDF or get both together as the full 5,000 most common English words PDF that will allow you to understand up to 98% of spoken English each PDF includes clear definitions real examples and simple organization to help you stop studying random words and focus on the Vocabulary that actually matters you can get them from the link in the description or at Volker English calm next action verb Also What action is this? Bending bending to bend. I'm going to bend this leaf. I'm bending this leaf I bent this leaf. Another example sentence is I'm bending over to pick something up He bent over the railing because he dropped his phone to bend What is this next action verb? to smell I'm smelling these flowers to smell. I'm going to smell the flowers. I'm smelling the flowers. I Smelt the flowers. What if you smelt it you dealt it you smelt it you dealt it That's all also but like a common thing people say in English It just means if someone's like, oh who farted if someone says that then they are probably the ones that farted So you say oh you smelt it you dealt it So if you smelt it they smelt it because they said it first then you dealt it You're the one that did it the fart you smelt it you dealt it Smell flowers when you're talking about past tense. You can say I smelt or I smelled I just smelled the flowers I smelled the flowers some example sentences are when I walked past a bakery I smelled the scent of fresh bread She smelled the milk before pouring it into her coffee to make sure it was still good to Smell the next action verb is to leave. I am going to leave the playground. I am leaving I Just left the playground some other example sentences are I left the house quietly because everyone was still Sleeping she left her phone at the restaurant. So she went back to go get it to leave What action is this? one two three, four Five what action is that? I am counting one two Three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven to count. I am going to count. I am counting I counted how many apartment buildings there are here some example sentences are I counted how much cash I had in my wallet Another example sentence is she counted the number of students twice to make sure everyone was there to count the next action verb is To enter I just entered the mall to enter. I'm going to enter the mall I'm entering the mall and I entered the mall and the opposite of to enter is to exit now I'm going to exit the mall I'm exiting the mall I'm going to exit the mall I'm exiting the mall and I exited the mall an example sentences are he exited the ride early because he was scared and She exited the app because it wasn't working to exit after we entered the mall. We found a skating rink. I Love skating you guys like skating Can you skate and if you were given the opportunity would you try skating look at that guy like a figure skater on ice Aren't they all? Yeah, no helmets is kind of crazy though Normally, they make you wear helmets because if you fall you can really hurt yourself, but here I guess that's just like not even mandatory Yeah, just wear whatever. Trust me if you hit your head on that ice, it's Cracking open and that ice is white. So you're gonna see the blood stain on there forever. Oh, I know next action verb is paint to paint This is a painting and you paint a painting paint a painting so I'm going to paint I'm painting I painted this some example sentences are I Painted the living room wall. I painted the living room wall I painted my friend's room bright pink as a prank To paint next is to stir I'm stirring the water in this pot. I'm going to stir this pot I'm stirring. I just stirred the water in this pot. Isn't stirring the pot also an idiom? Yes. Yes It is stirring the pot means like literally stirring a pot But it also means to like cause trouble or create unnecessary conflict You're stirring the pot. You're kind of instigating saying. Oh, he said this she said that Uh-huh, trying to make people fight when really they wouldn't fight unless you said something. So you're stirring their pot You're causing drama. You're you like it It's like you enjoy that stirring the pot don't be friends with people that stir the pot unless it's for your benefit Because it's your mortal enemy Yeah, the next action verb is to steam. I'm going to steam these vegetables to cook them to steam So to steam means to cook food using hot steam from boiling water So I'm boiling this water and then I'll steam these vegetables And here you can see when I open the lid, there'll be a lot of steam You can kind of see steam coming up. So I'm going to steam these vegetables I'm steaming these vegetables and I steamed the vegetables to steam don't just watch this lesson and Forget it get the workbook for this video on my website and practice everything from the lesson more Deeply inside you'll review the grammar vocabulary tenses sentence patterns comprehension questions and real English from this video with clear explanations and Exercises watching helps you understand but practicing helps you remember and when you buy five or more workbooks You automatically get 30% off at checkout. The link is in the description or at VolcaEnglish.com Yo, what are you working on? Yo, I'm working on my channel right now. I just started I'm gonna be posting once a week if you guys want to check it out I'll be posting my shadowing stories on my second channel Volca And I've also started posting these videos as podcasts Unfortunately, our kitchen doesn't have an oven but usually the oven is right below the stove So usually there's an oven here and you use an oven to bake to bake To bake means to cook food in an oven using dry heat. I'm going to bake a loaf of bread I'm baking banana bread. I just baked a cake To bake The next action verb is to lick to lick means to touch something with your tongue either to taste it or to clean it Dogs lick their paws people usually lick spoons to try the food They lick try it to see if the flavor is good Maybe it needs more salt some example sentences are the chef dipped his finger in the sauce and licked his finger I'm going to lick the spoon The chef is licking his finger the dog licked his paw to lick The next verb is to study. I am studying Spanish on my laptop To study to study means to spend time learning about a subject by reading Practicing or taking notes to study. I'm going to study. I'm Studying I Studied a lot. I want you guys to make a sentence using the verb to study and leave it in the comments Make a sentence in the comments to work. I Am going to work. I am working. I Worked to work means to do a job or task that needs effort to achieve a result or earn money To work I'm going traveling to travel I'm going to travel I'm traveling I Traveled to many countries this year To arrive. I just arrived home after many months of travel I'm going to arrive tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. I'm arriving now I arrived last night to arrive. I arrived at my hotel very late to stretch I'm Stretching to the top shelf. I'm going to stretch. I'm stretching I Stretched my arm out as far as I could to stretch. I am unpacking my suitcase I'm unpacking Unpacking my suitcase. I'm going to unpack my suitcase. I'm unpacking my suitcase. I Unpacked my suitcase to unpack that means to take my stuff out and put it somewhere else Usually back where I got it from the opposite of that is to pack. I'm packing my suitcase Packing my suitcase putting stuff in my suitcase like clothes Toiletries chargers and anything you might need when you're traveling or even when you're just going to work I'm packing my laptop some pens paper and other accessories before I go to work to pack I'm going to pack I'm packing I packed to lock to lock to unlock To lock I just locked my door to lock. I'm going to lock. I'm locking I locked my door. Hey, can I borrow your tripod? Yes, you can Perfect. Thanks. I'll return it in a few hours So tomorrow means to use something or take something from someone for a few hours and then give it back Obviously in the same condition to borrow Temporary I'm going to borrow. I'm borrowing. I borrowed if I'm borrowing this from Leon Leon is Lending it to me. So he's lending it to me So he's letting me use this for a short amount of time and then I need to return it So I am borrowing and he is lending. He's lending and I'm borrowing I'm going to lend my car to my friend tomorrow. I'm lending my car to my neighbor. I lent him $500. Hey, what are you doing? I'm just sending a message to my friend To send you can send an email send a text message Send a video send a reel and a tick-tock send to send I will send you a message tomorrow I'm sending him a postcard from Thailand He sent me many photos after his trip to send I just received a message from my friend to receive you can also receive things like gifts or Objects so to receive means you get something that someone sends you or gives you I will receive an email tomorrow From my company. I'm receiving many spam calls. I received a card yesterday Where is it? I'm Searching for my leftovers. Maybe someone ate them to search. It means to look carefully for someone or something Usually because you cannot find it to search. I'm going to search my fridge. I'm searching my fridge I searched my fridge. Oh, I found I found my leftovers to find to find I found my Leftovers, I'm going to try to find it tomorrow. I found my leftovers container of rice mmm yummy in my tummy bro to gather I Think I'll use this To gather I'm gathering the ingredients I need to cook dinner to gather to gather means to bring things or people together To gather I'm going to gather all my ingredients tomorrow I'm gathering my ingredients for dinner. We gather together outside the forest to gather to decorate I'm decorating my wall with this painting. Oh I just hung up this painting to decorate my living room to decorate I'm going to decorate my whole house with paintings. I'm Decorating my room right now. 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