Tips on memorizing verbs

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Are you wondering what Maria's doing? Stay tuned to find out.
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Hello, hello, everyone.
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Welcome to another year with Learn English with Cambridge.
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As we start the year off, let me give you some help with
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studying English by sharing five tips for memorising verbs.
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But before we begin, don’t forget to subscribe
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to the channel.
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Create a mimic for a verb and use it while learning.
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This is a great way of memorising verbs or vocabulary,
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especially for any person that learns
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or understands easily by moving or using their body.
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You assign a mimic to a verb and try to use it
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as much as you can when you are learning or practising.
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Use verbs in a meaningful sentence and/or read as much as you can.
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The best way of internalising verbs or vocabulary is by using
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words in context.
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For this, you can either choose to read aloud.
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This way you will start understanding and recognising more and more actions.
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Or create fun or special sentences that make sense to you.
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Those sentences can include the name of your friends, your
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favourite TV show character or something meaningful to you.
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Group verbs in different categories.
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Grouping verbs into different occasions or
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situations can help you remember when to use them.
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For example, routines, kitchen.
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Even associating the opposite verbs can result in a meaningful exercise.
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Test yourself to know how much you have learnt.
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One important habit that we must develop is to get used to testing
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yourselves from time to time to check how much we have learnt.
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We can do this by looking for games in Kahoot!,
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Quizziz or use Google to search for different grammar exercises.
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You can simply search for English verbs exercises,
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English verbs games online, English verbs Kahoot
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to find resources.
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Associate verbs with objects.
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Finally, a good tip for visual learners is to associate objects with verbs.
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You can have a look at the objects around you
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and write as many verbs as you can that remind you of those objects.
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That’s everything for this video. Thank you for watching.
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And please share in the comments if you
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have any other ideas for memorising verbs.
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See you next time. Bye.
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