Move the mouse over an example to see its meaning in Spanish at the bottom of the window. BE An island is surrounded by water on all sides. America was discovered by Christopher Columbus. This year has been very rainy. BECOME Water becomes ice in temperatures below zero. Rome became the capital of an empire. Poor countries have become poorer. BEGIN Spring begins in the March equinox. The Roman Empire began in 27 B.C. The twenty-first century has begun with a crisis. BLOW Monsoons blow from the Indian Ocean towards the continent. The wind blew from the north yesterday. The wind has blown very hard all day. BREAK Changes in temperature can break rocks. The iceberg broke in two pieces. My ruler has broken! BRING Monsoons bring abundant rain. That front brought a lot of rain yesterday. The north wind has brought a lot of cold and rain. BUY Presentation is necessary so that people buy our technological object. I bought a new notebook yesterday. We've bought some hard pencils for technical drawing. CAN We can draw infinite parallels and meridians over a globe. For example, we could say that the weather in London today is hot and dry. I haven't been able to draw the plans correctly. CATCH I usually catch the eight o'clock bus to school. She caught a fish in the river last week. I have caught a cold. CHOOSE Choose the correct answer. I chose this colour because it is my favourite. You have chosen very nice colours for your drawing. COME Come with me to the head of studies' office, please. He came to school half an hour late last week. He has come late three times this week. COST That computer costs a lof of money. This interactive board cost an arm and a leg. That projector has cost less than the other. CUT Use the scissors to cut the paper in two halves, please. I cut my finger with a tool in the technology workshop yesterday. You have cut too small pieces. DO What do you do at weekends? I did the exam in half an hour because it was very easy. We have done this exercise three times! DRAW A soft pencil draws thick lines. I drew a physical map of Spain last week. We have drawn some symbols in our maps. DRINK A camel doesn't often drink water because it is adapted to life in the desert. The camels drank some water at an oasis last week. This camel has drunk twenty liters of water in one go. DRIVE My father usually drives me to school. He drove too fast and he had an accident. They have driven to London and back in one hour. EAT Tigers are carnivores because they eat meat. I ate my sandwich in the park. Many people have never eaten meat. FALL These droplets form clouds, and fall to the Earth as rain. A lot of rain fell on the south of England yesterday. Economic activity has fallen because of the crisis. FEED Whales feed on plancton. I fed the fish this morning, they can't be hungry. Have you fed the cat? FEEL Some colours make us feel relaxed. I felt really stupid when I forgot my homework at home. I have often felt embarrassed when I talk in public. FIND Can you find three rivers in the map? I found my way back to the camp using a compass. Have you found the ruler that you lost yesterday? FLY Some birds can't fly. The plane flew west towards Portugal. Birds have flown south for the winter. FORGET I never forget to do my homework. The teacher forgot we had an excursion that day. He has forgotten his workbook today. GET We get wood from trees. I got this compass as a birthday present from my aunt. We have got tired of doing so many dictations. GIVE Physical maps give information on relief. I gave stability to my model using a triangular structure. Our teacher has given us a lot of homework today. GO Meridians go from one Pole to the other. Columbus went to America crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Many people from the country have gone to live in the cities. HAVE Temperate climates have four seasons. These mountains had some glaciers, but they have disappeared. We have had two exams this morning! HEAR Can you hear that noise? I heard that you were ill. I haven't heard anything about the exam date. KNOW With a plan we can know the dimensions of the object. Primitive men knew how to make fire. He has known his girlfriend since they were little children. LEARN We have to learn the irregular verbs. Men learnt to mix copper and tin to make bronze. We have learnt a lot of vocabulary this year. LEAVE Leave a space if you don't understand a word in the dictation. The train left on time. Your friend has left a message for you. LEND Can you lend me your compass, please? My friend lent me some money for a sandwich. My father has lent me his car. LET Let me help you with that exercise. My parents let me go to the party last week. Our teacher has let us see our exams. LOSE Don't lose that photocopy, please. Our teacher lost his patience yesterday. I have lost my pencil! Where is it? MAKE We use technical drawing to describe objects that we want to make. We made the plans for the funfair attraction last month. The crust of the earth is made of rock. MEAN What does "hinge" mean? Did I say on Thursday? Sorry, I meant on Tuesday. The Internet has meant universal access to information. MEET The poles are the two points where the axis meets the Earth’s surface. We met our new teacher yesterday. I have met some interesting people today. MUST You must answer all the questions in English. We had to do the exam in English. It must have rained, because the street is wet. PAY Pay attention, please. How much do you have to pay? I paid £20 for this CD. We have already paid the money for the school trip. PUT When we measure a line, we must put the ‘0’ at the beginning of the line. The teacher put the hot glue gun on the table. Have you put all the measures in the correct place? READ The DVD drive reads the information from optical disks. She read her classnotes to find the answer to the question. Have you read the instructions? RUN The Amazon River runs through the largest plain in South America. Carl Lewis ran 100 metres in less than 10 seconds. Have they run a marathon? SAY We can say that the CPU is the brain of a computer. The weather forecast said that it can be very cold tomorrow. Has the teacher said when we can do the exam? SEE In a medium shot we can see the person from the waist up to the head. We saw some beautiful images yesterday in the Art lesson. Have you seen that film? SELL Advertising is used to inform people about products or services and try to sell them. Russia sold Alaska to the USA. If I've bought a house for £20,000 and I've sold it for £28,000, how much have I earned? SEND When we send a postcard we act as emitters of a message. I sent an e-mail to my teacher yesterday. A computer company has sent me a catalogue. SIT Sit down, please. Is that where you usually sit? I sat in the front row last week. Someone has sat down on my chair! SLEEP Some animals sleep more than others. I slept very well last night. Have you slept enough? You look tired. SPEAK Can you speak English? My mother spoke to the teacher yesterday. Have you spoken about the European Section with your parents? SPEND A man spends half his salary on food and a quarter on other things. How much does he save? I spent three hours working on the English project yesterday. We have spent a lot of money on the digital board. STAND The Everest stands on the Himalayas. The student stood up and walked to the board. The pyramids of Egypt have stood in the Valley of Kings for 4,500 years. SWIM Polar bears can swim very well. I swam in the Mediterranean last summer. He has swum in the Pacific Ocean. TAKE The Earth takes a year to go round the Sun. Columbus took three ships to America. I have taken the book back to the library. TEACH That teacher teaches geography in English; She taught us the names of the continents in October. She has taught us a lot about climate. TELL A thermometer tells us the temperature. Our teacher told us the date of the exam. She hasn't told me her name. THINK Our teacher thinks we talk too much in class. Columbus thought he was in India. I haven't thought about what I want to study. THROW We throw glass into the recycling bin. I threw away last year's classnotes. They have thrown some papers to the floor. UNDERSTAND Do you understand the question? I understood the English text very well. You haven't understood anything! WAKE I use an alarm clock to wake up. A noise woke me up last night. Has your brother waken up? WEAR Many students wear jeans to school. I wore my best dress to the wedding. Have you ever worn a hat? WRITE Write the words in the gaps. I wrote a composition yesterday. I have written one hundred and eighty-six examples.