Run (verb) meaning in English
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Definition
to run: to move quickly (on foot) (as in a race, for example)
This is an irregular verb:
I run / I ran / I have run
Examples
- "Joan Wayne attempted to scare the shark by firing at its dorsal fin, then challenged the shark to a duel, running into the water with pistols drawn."
- "Hannah : Why have you been running?"
- "Find Bruno! Run! Run as fast as your little legs will take you! Get back to the balloon!"
- "At 3.32pm Horatio Oléré was seen running into his laboratory."
- "You run to the nearest drugstore and buy a bottle of TigerLily perfume."
- "Incidentally, you might want to RUN!"
- "Park Ranger : Yes, quite. I've been running."
- "Horatio grabbed me and started running, but then... something terrible happened to him.."
- "Brian : Well, when the ladies discovered we were escaping, Horatio and I ran as fast as we could."
- "I can't run, let alone swim in the ocean!"
- "Brian : Horatio grabbed me and started running, but then something terrible happened to him. He ran into a tree!"
- "Rupert : Well, if the fox hasn't had a heart attack from running, then it is usually eaten alive by the dogs."
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate form of each verb!
Luna was on her way to see Bruno last Thursday when she a cigarette butt on the floor. She as fast as she to inform Polly. 'This is an outrage!' she , as soon as she had entered Polly's office.
'What's wrong?' Polly.
'I to see Bruno when I saw this on the floor!' Luna replied.
'Is that all?' Polly responded.
'How can you be so blasé?' cried Luna. 'What to this place?'
Luna was on her way to see Bruno last Thursday when she a cigarette butt on the floor. She as fast as she to inform Polly. 'This is an outrage!' she , as soon as she had entered Polly's office.
'What's wrong?' Polly.
'I to see Bruno when I saw this on the floor!' Luna replied.
'Is that all?' Polly responded.
'How can you be so blasé?' cried Luna. 'What to this place?'
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate form of each verb!
Luna was on her way to see Bruno last Thursday when she [not done] noticed 1 a cigarette butt on the floor. She [not done] ran 2 as fast as she [not done] could 3 to inform Polly. 'This is an outrage!' she [not done] said 4, as soon as she had entered Polly's office.
'What's wrong?' [not done] asked 5 Polly.
'I [not done] was going 6 to see Bruno when I saw this on the floor!' Luna replied.
'Is that all?' Polly responded.
'How can you be so blasé?' cried Luna. 'What [not done] is happening 7 to this place?'
Luna was on her way to see Bruno last Thursday when she [not done] noticed 1 a cigarette butt on the floor. She [not done] ran 2 as fast as she [not done] could 3 to inform Polly. 'This is an outrage!' she [not done] said 4, as soon as she had entered Polly's office.
'What's wrong?' [not done] asked 5 Polly.
'I [not done] was going 6 to see Bruno when I saw this on the floor!' Luna replied.
'Is that all?' Polly responded.
'How can you be so blasé?' cried Luna. 'What [not done] is happening 7 to this place?'
1 noticed: This is the correct answer. The phrase 'last Thursday' makes it clear that the story took place in the past. Therefore, the simple past tense of the verb 'to notice' ('noticed') is needed here.
2 ran: This is the right choice. The past tense was established in the first sentence ('last Thursday'), so the simple past tense is needed. The verb 'to run' is irregular: run/ran/run.
3 could: This is correct. The story takes place in the past (last Thursday), so the auxiliary 'can' (meaning 'to be able to' here) is conjugated in the past simple tense as 'could'.
4 said: This is the correct choice. The story happened in the past ('last Thursday'), so the past tense is appropriate here.
5 asked: Polly spoke in the past, so the past tense of the regular verb 'to ask' is required.
6 was going: This is the correct answer. We must use the past progressive tense to indicate an action in progress (in the past) which was interrupted by a second action. In this case, Luna was going to see Bruno, before she found the cigarette on the floor. The past progressive is formed by conjugating the auxiliary 'to be' in the past tense ('was'), and then adding the 'ING' form of the verb.
7 is happening: The idiom Luna uses, 'What is happening to this place?', indicates that the offices are becoming a less pleasant place in which to work. This change is ongoing, so the present progressive tense is used. Note: 'What has happened' would also have been correct here, although the meaning is slightly different. 'What has happened' suggests that the change happened in the past instead of it being current (ongoing).
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