50 Important Verbs in English for Daily Conversation
Vanessa:
Hi, I’m Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.
Are you ready to describe the world around
you in amazing English? Let’s do it.
To become a fluent, confident English speaker.
You need to be able to use daily life English
to talk about the world around you and to talk
about your daily tasks. So today I’m going to
help you learn 50 action verbs for daily life
around the house. We’re going to talk about
10 verbs in the living room, 10 in the kitchen,
10 in the office, 10 in the bedroom and 10 in the
car. Are you ready to get started? Let’s do it. To
help you never forget what you learned today. You
can download the free PDF worksheet that I’ve
created for today’s lesson, with all 50 verbs,
all of the sample sentences and tips that I
talk about today. You can click on the link
in the description to download that free PDF
and also answer Vanessa’s challenge question
at the bottom of the PDF. Let’s get started with
the first 10 action verbs in the living room.
I chill on the couch at the end of the day.
I chill on the couch at the end of the day. I
look for the remote. I look for the remote. I give
up and read a book. I give up and read a book. I
doze while I read. I doze while I read. I bonk my
head on the couch. I bonk my head on the couch.
I greet my husband.
Dan:
Hi.
Vanessa:
I greet my husband. Hi. We chat
about the day. We chat about the day.
Dan:
So what did you do today?
Vanessa:
Well, today. I convince my husband to rub my back.
I convince my husband to rub my back.
Dan:
Okay.
Vanessa:
I thank him for helping me. I
thank him for helping me. Thanks.
Dan:
You’re welcome.
Vanessa:
What’s that sound?
Dan:
I think it’s the washer.
Vanessa:
Could you fix it?
Dan:
Okay.
Vanessa:
He’s going to
fix the annoying squeaking sound. He’s going to
fix the annoying squeaking sound. Thanks, hun.
So let’s get started with 10 common verbs
in the kitchen. I turn on the hot water.
I turn on the hot water. I pour the hot water into
my mug. I pour the hot water into my mug. Then I
add some cream to my tea. I add some cream to my
tea. Then I squeeze in some honey, just a dot.
I squeeze in some honey. And the last
step is, I stir my tea. I stir my tea.
I want to make sure that the cream and
the honey are all mixed in. I stir my tea.
Next I toast my bread to make toast.
Actually, I don’t have any bread in the
house. I only have pitas, but you know what?
It’ll work. Notice how we can use to toast
as a verb and a noun. I’m going to toast my
bread, and it will make toast. Now I have toast.
So I’m going to spread the butter on the toast.
I’m going to spread the butter on the toast. Well,
I didn’t have any bread and I don’t have much
jam. So I’m going to scrape the jam from the jar.
Scrape the jam from the jar. And look, I found
some, so I’m going to put it on the toast.
I’d like to eat some scrambled
eggs. So I need to crack
the egg into the bowl. Crack the egg into
the bowl. Uh oh. Now I need to fish out
a piece of the shell. Fish out a piece
of the shell. Oh, okay. Now we’re fine.
And now I scramble the eggs. I scramble
the eggs. As some of you know, I have
eight chickens that live in my backyard. But
unfortunately we are only getting one egg a day
because they’re too young to lay eggs. Hopefully
they will start laying more eggs soon. So we still
need to buy eggs from the store. But I’m going
to scramble the eggs from the store and eat them.
Now my eggs are finished and the final touch is
I grate some cheese onto the eggs. I grate some
cheese. Notice that this is spelled different
than great. This is spelled G-R-A-T-E. I grate
some cheese onto the eggs. And that will make a
wonderful breakfast, tea, toast, and eggs. What
about you? What do you like to eat for breakfast?
Are you ready for 10 verbs in the office?
Let’s do it. I check my email. I check my email.
I send a message to a student. I send a message
to a student. I reply to an email. I reply to
an email. I plan my lessons. I plan my lessons
for you. I schedule a meeting. I schedule a
meeting. Notice that the beginning of this
word sounds like S-K. Sk, schedule a meeting. I
schedule a meeting. I scroll through the web page.
I scroll through the web page and I click on a
link. I click on a link. I download the free PDF.
I download the free PDF. I upload a new video.
I upload a new video. Before I close the file, I
save the file. I save the file.
Next, let’s talk about 10 verbs in
the bedroom. I stretch my arms. Ugh. I stretch
my arms in the morning. I yawn when I’m sleepy.
I yawn when I’m sleepy. In the US, it’s polite
to cover your mouth when you yawn. Is this
the same in your country? I go to bed around
10:00 PM. I go to bed around 10:00 PM. I lie
down in bed. I lie down in bed. I don’t snore when
I sleep. I don’t snore when I sleep. Do you snore?
I toss and turn when I can’t sleep well. I
toss and turn. Notice that this expression
uses two of pretty much the same words, to toss
and to turn. They both have the same meaning,
but we use them together in this verb.
I toss and turn when I can’t sleep.
Oh, I over sleep when I
forget to set my alarm clock.
I over sleep when I forget to set my alarm
clock. I have to rush now so that I’m not late.
Ah, it feels so good to sleep in on the weekends.
It feels so good to sleep in on the weekends. But
I have kids, so the reality is that I never sleep
in. Do you sleep in? Notice the difference between
over sleep and sleep in. Over sleep is always
negative. Maybe you’re going to be late for work.
You probably forgot to set an alarm clock.
Something bad is going to happen because you
slept for too long. But when you sleep
in, it could be positive or negative.
I slept in and then I was late for
work. But it could be positive too,
I love to sleep in on the weekends. Not a
negative thing, it just means that you can
relax and you don’t have anywhere to be. I
hope you get a chance to sleep in sometime.
I lean against the pillows to read.
I lean against the pillows to read.
To read a good book. If you would like any of my
book recommendations. Children’s books, books for
beginners, books for non-fiction readers.
There’s a link in the description of this video
to my Amazon shop, where I have different pages
where you can see my top book recommendations,
including this book for kids, Brown Bear Brown
Bear, what do you see? Oh, I fling off the
covers because I’m late for work. I fling off the
covers because I’m late for work. I got to go.
Now let’s talk about 10 verbs in the car. First
of all, I open the car door. I open the car door.
Come on inside. Now that I’m in
the car, I buckle my seatbelt.
I buckle my seatbelt. And because I’m the driver,
I need to adjust my seat and the mirror. I need to
adjust the seat and the mirror. And now I start
the car. Or we can say, I start the engine. I
start the car, I start the engine, before I start
to drive. I back out of the driveway. I back out
of the driveway. To go faster I accelerate. That
means that I push the acceleration. That is the
pedal that helps me to accelerate. I accelerate.
And when I get to a stoplight or a stop sign, I
need to push the brake. Or we can use the verb to
brake. I brake the car. This doesn’t mean that I
break the car. Notice the difference in spelling.
I break, or I brake the car. I am not the Hulk,
I cannot break the car, but I can brake the car.
When I want to turn, you must use your turn
signal. But we use a great verb for this, which
is to signal. We can use it as a verb or a noun.
I signal with my turn signal so that other drivers
know where I’m going and it’s much safer that way.
I signal with my turn signal. And if someone is
an awful driver, I honk the horn. I honk the horn.
When I see my friend, I roll down the window to
say hi, hi! I roll down the window. Now a while
ago, cars used to have something where you really
rolled down the window, a handle that you turned.
Now that there’s just a button, we still
use the same verb, to roll down the window.
So there you have it, 50 verbs that you can
add to your daily life vocabulary and be able
to express yourself completely. Don’t forget to
download the free PDF worksheet for today’s lesson
so that you can review everything that you’ve
learned. Never forget it. You can download it,
print it, put it under your pillow when you sleep,
use it as much as you want. I hope that the free
PDF will be useful for you. You can click on the
link in the description to download that free PDF.
And now I have a question for you. Were any of
these action verbs in this lesson, new for you?
If there was something that was new for you, try
to use it in the comments. This is a great way
to be able to remember what you’ve learned.
I can’t wait to see what you have to say and
think you so much for learning English with
me. I’ll see you again. Next Friday for a new
lesson here on my YouTube channel. Bye.
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