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Simple Present

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Past Progressive

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Future Progressive

Past Perfect

Present Perfect

Future Perfect

Past Perfect Progressive

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She _____________ the chicken to a crisp, so we ended up ordering Indian.

My hand  _____________  constantly, but the doctor doesn't know what's wrong.

Don't touch that! You  _____________  your finger!

Nero famously played his violin while Rome _____________ .

What  _____________  over there? Should we call the fire department?

You won't need that extra blanket. The fire  _____________  hot all night.

We hated them. They _____________ our city to the ground.

Al _____________  bridges all over the county. It'll be tough for him to find work.

Let's get home. I imagine the kids _____________  the house down by now!

The fire at Nogi _____________ for a thousand years before we arrived.

I need coffee. I _____________ the candle at both ends all month.

Curtis is a monster. Come July, he _____________ people alive for 9 years.

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base form simple past past participleburn burned / burnt burned / burnt

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Simple Past

Simple Present

Simple Future

Past Progressive

Present Progressive

Future Progressive

Past Perfect

Present Perfect

Future Perfect

Past Perfect Progressive

Present Perfect Progressive

Future Perfect Progressive

She burnt the chicken to a crisp, so we ended up ordering Indian.

My hand burns constantly, but the doctor doesn't know what's wrong.

Don't touch that! You will burn your finger!

Nero famously played his violin while Rome was burning.

What is burning over there? Should we call the fire department?

You won't need that extra blanket. The fire will be burning hot all night.

We hated them. They had burned our city to the ground.

Al has burnt bridges all over the county. It'll be tough for him to find work.

Let's get home. I imagine the kids will have burned the house down by now!

The fire at Nogi had been burning for a thousand years before we arrived.

I need coffee. I have been burning the candle at both ends all month.

He's a monster. Come July, he will have been burning people alive for 9 years.

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base form simple past past participleburn burned / burnt burned / burnt

___ burn (your) bridges

___ burn something to a crisp

___ burn something to the ground

___ burn the candle at both ends

___ end up doing something

___ tough

(a) to burn a building, a city, etc. until it is completely destroyed

(b) difficult

(c) to find yourself doing something that you did not intend or expect

(d) to ruin your relationships, making it impossible for you to go back

(e) to work very hard for very long hours, so that you have no energy

(f) to badly burn something while you are cooking it

Match the vocabulary to the definition. Using the sentences from the verb cardas a reference, can you figure out which definition goes with which vocab? Howdo you say each word or idiom in your native language?

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Bonus Vocabulary from the Verb Card

Complete the sentences with the missing vocab.

(1) Turn down the heat, Sophie! You will burn those peppers ________________________ !

(2) That hike was ________________________ ! I'm sweating like a pig.

(3) You can't just quit and march out. You should give them notice so you don't ________________________ .

(4) Our picnic got rained out, so we ________________________ going to a movie instead.

(5) I have been ________________________ recently. Without caffeine, I'd be a zombie.

(6) If you do not surrender, we will burn every house in this village ________________________ .

___ burn (your) bridges

___ burn something to a crisp

___ burn something to the ground

___ burn the candle at both ends

___ end up doing something

___ tough

(a) to burn a building, a city, etc. until it is completely destroyed

(b) difficult

(c) to find yourself doing something that you did not intend or expect

(d) to ruin your relationships, making it impossible for you to go back

(e) to work very hard for very long hours, so that you have no energy

(f) to badly burn something while you are cooking it

Match the vocabulary to the definition. Using the sentences from the verb cardas a reference, can you figure out which definition goes with which vocab? Howdo you say each word or idiom in your native language?

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Bonus Vocabulary from the Verb Card

Complete the sentences with the missing vocab.

(1) Turn down the heat, Sophie! You will burn those peppers to a crisp!

(2) That hike was tough! I'm sweating like a pig.

(3) You can't just quit and march out. You should give them notice so you don't burn your bridges.

(4) Our picnic got rained out, so we ended up going to a movie instead.

(5) I have been burning the candle at both ends recently. Without caffeine, I'd be a zombie.

(6) If you do not surrender, we will burn every house in this village to the ground.

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b

c

d

e

f

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1. What happened? Why are you crying?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

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2. I couldn't catch the finale last night. What happened? Did any of the main characters die?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

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3. How was dinner last night? Is Roger a good cook?

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

4. You are a novelist, and you have just started a new book. Your story begins with this paragraph:

__________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

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Active Practice

It 's time to practice making your own sentences. Write your own creative responseto each of these questions using the focus verb. Feel free to be ridiculous.

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Here are a few more ways to use the verb card for extrapractice. Reinforce with one of these in a couple of days!

• Translate each sentence into your native language. Translating in your head isgreat for making sure you have a general understanding, but translating in writingwill help you focus on the details and get a deep learning experience.

•  On a separate page, scramble the words for each sentence. Then, set that pageaside. Come back in a couple of days and try to unscramble them.

•  Ask a friend to record a few of the sentences in separate audios. In WhatsApp,this is as simple as making a voice recording and texting it. Use the recordings asmini-dictations in a couple of days.

•  Choose one sentence, and use it as the first line in a short story. This is a greatway to grow your vocab!

•  Record your own voice reading the sentences. In doing that, do you become awareof any areas where you have uncertainty about pronunciation?

• Drill the mind and body! Print the verb card and find a set of stairs. Walk up anddown the stairs once, repeating one sentence over and over as quickly as you can.Then repeat the exercise for the next sentence, until you've done 12 sets of stairs.Not a fan of stairs? Set a kitchen timer to 30 seconds, and do the same exercise,then repeat 12 times. In this drill, don't think, just focus on reading out loud asquickly as you can. Without much mental effort, you are helping these structures feelmore natural and automatic.

• Channel your inner actor. Read each sentence as if you are a famous actor from400 years ago. Be overly dramatic, and read each sentence as if it were the climax ofa Shakespearean play!

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