Lesson 10.1.3 · Verbos en acción
🏃 Action Verbs
A working stack of everyday infinitives. Master these and you can build sentences about almost anything you do in a day.
Sub-lessons
Break this lesson into focused chunks. Each sub-lesson has its own Memory Lab — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaved review, and shadowing — scoped to just those words.
Movement & doing
Notice the -ar, -er, -ir endings. Reflexive verbs end in -se: 'sentarse' (to sit), 'quedarse' (to stay).
to change
to go out / leave
to close
to open
to finish
to start
to stop
to run
to walk
to sit
to stay
to wake somebody up
Example sentences
Yo cambio todos los días.
I change every day.
¿Quieres salir conmigo?
Do you want to go out / leave with me?
Me gusta cerrar en la tarde.
I like to close in the afternoon.
Mini-diálogo
¿Quieres cambiar conmigo?
Do you want to change with me?
Me gusta salir en la tarde.
I like to go out / leave in the afternoon.
Sense, thought & speech
'Oír' is to hear (passive); 'escuchar' is to listen (active). 'Recordar' = remember, 'pensar' = think.
to hear
to listen
to look
to show
to remember
to think
to understand
to write
Example sentences
Hoy estoy oír.
Today I feel hear.
¿Quieres escuchar conmigo?
Do you want to listen with me?
Me gusta mirar en la tarde.
I like to look in the afternoon.
Mini-diálogo
Mi amigo es muy oír.
My friend is very hear.
Me gusta escuchar en la tarde.
I like to listen in the afternoon.
Helping, having, handling
Useful all day: 'ayudar' (help), 'necesitar' (need), 'usar' (use), 'tomar' (take/drink), 'llevar' (carry).
to help
to need
to get / obtain
to leave / let
to carry
to take / drink
to use
to make / do
to clean
to wash
to send
to invite
to wait / hope
to enjoy
to smoke
to kick
to die
Example sentences
Yo ayudo todos los días.
I help every day.
¿Quieres necesitar conmigo?
Do you want to need with me?
Me gusta conseguir en la tarde.
I like to get / obtain in the afternoon.
Mini-diálogo
¿Quieres ayudar conmigo?
Do you want to help with me?
Me gusta necesitar en la tarde.
I like to need in the afternoon.
Memory lab
Five research-backed techniques — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaving, and production — applied to this lesson's vocabulary. Your progress trains a spaced-repetition schedule under the hood.
Force the answer from memory before peeking. The struggle is the workout — that's the testing effect.
Recall from English
to finish
Practice exercises
Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.
empezar
llevar
to walk
patear
to run
to use
Fill the blank
Me gusta _____ en la tarde.
I like to close in the afternoon.
Fill the blank
Me gusta _____ en la tarde.
I like to look in the afternoon.
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