Speakout Unit 1 - vocabulary and state verbs

vocabulary

100

go off something

geen trek meer hebben iets

200

take after someone

lijken op iemand

300

go together

bij elkaar passen

400

go with

samen gaan met

500

firmly

ferm

state verbs

100

The roses _________ lovely. (smell)

smell (smell = the state of the roses, not something they actively do)

200

Wait, I ________________the roses! (smell)

am smelling (= an action, I have put my nose in the roses and inhaled)

300

​I always ____________uncomfortable when I walk alone in the street late in the evening. (feel)​

feel

400

He ___________ a bit better today.(feel)

is feeling

500

From her window, she ___________at me right now.(look)

is looking

state verbs

100

That little girl ______ happy with her new baby doll.(look)

looks

200

This soup ________ great! (taste)

(has a certain taste)

300

The chef _________ the soup

is tasting (the action of tasting)

400

I ____ she should work harder on her maths.(think)

(think = an opinion or state)

500

They _______about buying a new house. (think)

are thinking (considering which is an action)

state verbs

100

I _____ the boat over there. (see)

see (a sense)

200

I _____ her tomorrow. (see)

am seeing (= meeting, which is an action)

300

What did you saw at the cinema?

What did you see at the cinema?

400

When I was ten, I broke/was breaking my leg in an

accident.

broke

500

We have/’re having lunch at the moment. Can

I call you back?

are having