Mastering Common English Verb Pairs

📋 Course Outline

1. Abide, alight and arise
2. Awake, be and bear
3. Beat and become
4. Befall and beget
5. Begin, behold and bend
6. Beseech, bet and bid

📖 1. Abide, alight and arise

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Abide : A verb meaning to remain in a place or state, or to comply with a decision or rule.
• Alight : A verb meaning to come down from a vehicle or to land gently on something.
• Arise : A verb meaning to happen or to rise from sleep or a sitting position.

📝 Essential Points

• Abide can mean to stay in a location, as in staying in the wilderness for forty days.
• Abide can also mean to follow a decision, as in complying with judges’ decisions.
• Alight is used for stepping off a train, as in alighting from the train at Euston.
• Alight can describe a butterfly landing gently on a flower.
• Arise is used for opportunities, as in “If the opportunity arises,” and for waking up early, as in arising early in the morning.

💡 Memory Hook

Abide = stay; alight = land/step down; arise = happen or rise.

📖 2. Awake, be and bear

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Awake : A verb meaning to wake up from sleep.
• Be : A verb meaning to exist or to describe a state or identity.
• Bear : A verb meaning to carry or support, and also to tolerate or endure.

📝 Essential Points