Making Changes Vocab
Give something up
To stop doing something
something that break into smaller pieces
smash
Narrative tenses are used in this point in time
the past
verbs that talk about what people/things do
action verb
The name for people who wanted to demolish slavery
abolitionist
Make a resolution
to decide to make a postive change
asking desperately or pleading
beg
to talk about an action finished in the past
past simple
verbs that relate to feelings, perception, emotions, thoughts, opinions.
stative verb
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take something up
to start a new hobby
destroy
demolish
to talk about actions before a certain time in the past
past perfect
When I was kid we _____ message each other on something called AIM or myspace. Now, most people use facebook.
both used to and would
People in medieval times thought doing this during the summer would make you fat.
taking a bath
Change your ways
To do things differently (for the better)
to make someone do something against their will
past perfect continous
used with action verbs only
would
This animal went extinct due to excessive hunting
passenger pigeons
to find something difficult
Someone might describe you as this word if you are furious.
enraged
to set the scene or talk about longer actions in the past that were stopped by shorter actions
past continuous
Summer never _______ be this long, but the climate crisis is making the Summer go on forever!
used to
frozen fountain of water in the Himalayan desert
Ice Stupa