{"id":72046,"date":"2019-09-13T08:18:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T08:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72046"},"modified":"2019-09-13T08:33:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T08:33:25","slug":"verbs-easily-confused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/verbs-easily-confused\/","title":{"rendered":"Verbs Easily Confused"},"content":{"rendered":"

Verbs that are easily confused<\/strong><\/p>\n

Infinitive \/ Simple Past \/ Past Participle<\/strong><\/p>\n

fall \/ fell \/ fallen
\nfeel \/ felt \/ felt
\nfill \/ filled \/ filled
\nfind \/ found \/ found
\nfound \/ founded \/ founded
\nflow \/ flowed \/ flowed
\nfly \/ flew \/ flown
\nlay \/ laid \/ laid
\nlie \/ lay \/ lain
\nlie \/ lied \/ lied
\nleave \/ left \/ left
\nlive \/ lived \/ lived
\nraise \/ raised \/ raised
\nrise \/ rose \/ risen
\nstrike \/ struck \/ struck
\nstroke \/ stroked \/ stroked
\nwind \/ wound \/ wound
\nwound \/ wounded \/ wounded<\/p>\n

Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n

find \u2013 get back something
\nfound \u2013 start up an organization or institution
\nflow (of a liquid) \u2013 move
\nfly \u2013 move in the air
\nlay \u2013 put down flat
\nlie \u2013 be down
\nlie \u2013 say things that are not true
\nraise \u2013 put up
\nrise \u2013 go\/get up
\nstrike \u2013 hit
\nstroke \u2013 pass the hand gently over
\nwind \u2013 turn, tighten a spring etc.
\nwound \u2013 injure in a battle<\/p>\n

Verbs easily confused<\/h3>\n

Fall and fell<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fall is an irregular intransitive verb. Its past tense and past participle forms are: fell and fallen.<\/p>\n

Fall \/ fell \/ fallen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Be careful; otherwise you will fall off the ladder.<\/p>\n

    \n
  • He fell off the ladder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Fell is a regular transitive verb. It means \u2018chop down a tree\u2019. The past and past participle forms of fell are: felled and felled.<\/p>\n

    Fell \/ felled \/ felled<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    • The woodcutter felled the tree.<\/li>\n
    • He was felled by an assassin\u2019s bullet. (= He was killed by an assassin\u2019s bullet.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Find and found<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Find means \u2018get back something lost\u2019. Find is an irregular verb. Its past and past participle forms are: found and found.<\/p>\n

      Find \/ found \/ found<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \n
      • I searched everywhere but couldn\u2019t find my keys.<\/li>\n
      • His body was found several miles from his home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Found means \u2018start up an organization or institution\u2019. It is a regular verb and forms its past and past participle forms by adding \u2013ed to the base form.<\/p>\n

        Found \/ founded \/ founded<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \n
        • The college was founded in 1916.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Flow and fly<\/strong><\/p>\n

          Flow (of a liquid) = move
          \nFlow is a regular verb and forms its past and past participle forms by adding \u2013ed to the base form.<\/p>\n

          Flow \/ flowed \/ flowed<\/strong><\/p>\n

            \n
          • Blood flowed from the wound.<\/li>\n
          • Sap flowed from the gash in the tree.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Fly means \u2018move in the air\u2019. Its past and past participle forms are flew and flown.<\/p>\n

            Fly \/ flew \/ flown<\/strong><\/p>\n

              \n
            • Birds fly in the sky.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Raise and rise<\/strong><\/p>\n

              Raise means \u2018put up\u2019, \u2018make something larger or greater\u2019 and similar ideas.<\/p>\n

              Raise is regular. Its past and past participle forms are: raised and raised.<\/p>\n

              Raise \/ raised \/ raised<\/strong><\/p>\n

                \n
              • She raised her hand.<\/li>\n
              • They have raised the fuel prices again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Raise can also mean \u2018bring up\u2019. With this meaning it is usually used in the passive.<\/p>\n

                  \n
                • He was raised by his grandmother. (= He was brought up by his grandmother.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Rise means \u2018get up\u2019 or \u2018stand up\u2019.<\/p>\n

                  Past and past participle forms of rise are: rose and risen.<\/p>\n

                  Rise \/ rose \/ risen<\/strong><\/p>\n

                    \n
                  • He rose from his seat.<\/li>\n
                  • The sun rises in the east.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    Strike and stroke<\/strong><\/p>\n

                    Strike means \u2018hit\u2019.
                    \nPast and past participle forms of strike are: struck and struck.<\/p>\n

                    Strike \/ struck \/ struck<\/strong><\/p>\n

                      \n
                    • The car struck a tree.<\/li>\n
                    • The illness can strike at any age.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      Stroke means \u2018pass the hand gently over\u2019.<\/p>\n

                      Stroke is a regular verb and form the past and past participle forms by adding \u2013ed to the base form.<\/p>\n

                      Wind and wound<\/strong><\/p>\n

                      Wind means \u2018turn, tighten a spring etc’.<\/p>\n

                      Past and participle forms are: wound and wound<\/p>\n

                        \n
                      • The river winds through the valley.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                        Wound means \u2018injure in a battle\u2019. Wound is a regular verb and forms its past and past participle forms by adding \u2013ed to the base form.<\/p>\n

                        Wound \/ wounded \/ wounded<\/strong><\/p>\n

                          \n
                        • He was wounded in the battle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                          Verbs that are easily confused Infinitive \/ Simple Past \/ Past Participle fall \/ fell \/ fallen feel \/ felt \/ felt fill \/ filled \/ filled find \/ found \/ found found \/...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1194,1193,1195],"class_list":["post-72046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-confused-verbs","tag-confusing-verbs","tag-verbs-confused"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72046"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72049,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72046\/revisions\/72049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}