Showing posts with label V/ Past Participles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label V/ Past Participles. Show all posts

SPUN


This CLEANING CLOTH or DUSTCLOTH
in the picture is named Softspun...
found
when I was looking for DUSTERS...

cause FOR DUSTING you can use a SPIN DUSTER, a cloth, a brush... 





RED SPIN DUSTERS










and then I found this movie poster
and I had to look for it
and I found one of the best movies 
I've ever seen

SPUN - the movie




 






Never Have I Ever

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I can’t compile or reproduce the official “Never Have I Ever” card texts from the web—that’d be redistributing a big chunk of someone else’s copyrighted content.

But I’ve got you: here’s a big batch of fresh, original prompts in the same vibe, ready to use. Pick your favorites or mix by category.

Never Have I Ever — Original Prompt Pack

Warm-up (PG, all audiences)

  1. fallen asleep mid-movie

  2. pretended to know the lyrics and hummed instead

  3. laughed so hard I cried

  4. sent a message to the wrong chat

  5. tripped in public and played it cool

  6. talked to my pet like a human

  7. Googled how to boil something simple

  8. binged a whole season in one day

  9. used “Reply All” by mistake

  10. eaten dessert before dinner

Social & Party

  1. arrived fashionably late on purpose

  2. left a party without saying goodbye

  3. danced like no one was watching (but they were)

  4. made up an excuse to skip plans

  5. hosted a game night that got way too competitive

  6. tried a viral food combo

  7. photobombed a stranger

  8. given a fake name at a café

  9. lost my voice after karaoke

  10. started a group chat and immediately muted it

Travel & Adventure

  1. missed a flight or bus

  2. slept at an airport

  3. traveled with only a backpack

  4. gotten lost but found something cooler

  5. tried to order in a language I don’t speak

  6. packed and still forgot the essentials

  7. swum at night

  8. taken a train just for the view

  9. eaten street food without knowing the name

  10. extended a trip on a whim

Tech & Online Life

  1. rage-uninstalled an app

  2. bought a gadget I didn’t really need

  3. posted and deleted within a minute

  4. used dark mode for everything

  5. forgot a password I swore I’d remember

  6. doomscrolled way past bedtime

  7. muted someone I like in real life

  8. fell for a too-good-to-be-true promo

  9. joined a meeting with the mic still on

  10. customized ringtones for specific people

Work & Study

  1. pulled an all-nighter to meet a deadline

  2. presented with notes just off-camera

  3. worn pajama bottoms on a video call

  4. celebrated a tiny win like a big one

  5. improvised when the slides broke

  6. used a productivity hack that actually worked

  7. mispronounced a word and committed to it

  8. asked a question I already knew the answer to

  9. submitted something at 23:59

  10. made coffee, forgot it, reheated it

Fitness & Habits

  1. started a challenge on a Monday and quit by Wednesday

  2. closed all my rings (or equivalent)

  3. finished a 5k (even if I walked)

  4. followed a workout video at half speed

  5. tried meditation and fell asleep

  6. swapped sugar for something “healthier”

  7. took the stairs to feel virtuous

  8. tried cold showers for a week

  9. hit 10,000 steps by accident

  10. bought gear before building the habit

Food & Kitchen

  1. over-spiced by “measuring with the heart”

  2. cooked something amazing with five ingredients

  3. burned toast and still ate it

  4. hosted a potluck and forgot cutlery

  5. grown herbs on a windowsill

  6. attempted sourdough

  7. ordered the “usual” like a regular

  8. learned a family recipe by eye

  9. plated food just for a photo

  10. made breakfast for dinner

Relationships & Personal

  1. kept a plant alive longer than expected

  2. written a letter instead of texting

  3. reconnected with an old friend

  4. said yes before figuring out how

  5. given a compliment to a stranger

  6. changed my mind and said so

  7. set a boundary and kept it

  8. apologized first

  9. made a vision board (digital counts)

  10. deleted an app to protect my peace

Wildcards (spice it up without being explicit)

  1. joined a random local event while traveling

  2. tried learning a new alphabet

  3. took a photo a day for a month

  4. memorized a short poem

  5. learned a party trick (cards, coin, anything)

  6. did a 24-hour digital detox

  7. swapped phones with a friend for one photo each

  8. wore something bold just because

  9. asked for a discount and got it

  10. said “no” to something I would usually accept


    Versão Simplificada / Alternativa (ou versões para família e festas)

    Exemplo resumido (como o site Game On Family ensina)

  11. Reúnam-se em roda.

  12. Uma pessoa inicia com “Never have I ever…”.

  13. Quem já fez tal coisa responde com gesto (levantar a mão, abaixar dedo, tomar um gole etc.).

  14. Continue em volta, cada um fazendo sua frase.

  15. Foram definidas algumas regras práticas:

    • Não repetir frases já ditas.

    • Adaptar a família — se forem crianças, manter perguntas apropriadas Game On Family.

Outro resumo (por Livestorm)

  • Todos começam com dez dedos levantados.

  • Cada pessoa dá sua frase “Never have I ever…”.

  • Se você já fez aquilo, abaixa um dedo.

  • O jogo termina quando alguém fica sem dedos ou escolhe-se um número de rodadas. Quem tiver mais dedos levantados no final, vence livestorm.co.






    Versão Completa (Jogo de Tabuleiro/Cartas)

    Baseado nas regras oficiais e bem detalhadas, essa é a mecânica principal:

    Componentes

  • 485 Play Cards (cartas de afirmações que completam “Never have I ever…”)

  • 65 Rule Cards (cartas que determinam a dinâmica de cada rodada)
    UltraBoardGamesGroup Games 101

Preparação

  1. Separe os play cards e os rule cards em pilhas distintas.

  2. Cada jogador recebe 10 Play Cards.

  3. Coloque os restantes desses cards na caixa e mantenha-os à mão.

  4. Deixe os Rule Cards virados para baixo na mesa.
    UltraBoardGamesGroup Games 101

Como Jogar

  • O jogador com os sapatos mais estilosos (ou outro critério divertido) começa, com o jogo seguindo no sentido horário.
    UltraBoardGamesGeeky Hobbies

  • Na vez, o jogador compra uma Rule Card, lê em voz alta e a coloca visível sobre a mesa.

  • Todos devem cumprir a instrução da Rule Card (que pode envolver sorteio, adivinhação, troca de cartas, etc.).
    Group Games 101Geeky Hobbies

Sobre as Play Cards (cartas de afirmação)

  • Cada rodada, as Play Cards em mãos dos jogadores podem ser utilizadas conforme indicado pela Rule Card.

  • Se um jogador é “culpado” pela afirmação de uma Play Card (ou seja, realizou o que a carta diz), ele guarda essa carta na sua frente.

  • Se não é culpado, descarta a carta.
    UltraBoardGamesGroup Games 101Geeky Hobbies

Reposição de cartas

Após a rodada, todos os jogadores compram cartas Play até terem novamente 10 cartas na mão. O jogador à esquerda começa a próxima rodada.
UltraBoardGamesGeeky Hobbies

Como vencer

O primeiro jogador a acumular 10 Play Cards na frente de si (ou seja, admitir 10 falhas de vida) vence o jogo.
UltraBoardGamesGroup Games 101Geeky Hobbies


Versão Simplificada (Alternativa ou em outros sites)

Em sites como o PartyBeast, encontramos uma versão alternativa com cartões coloridos e votação secreta, trazendo uma abordagem mais social e estratégica:

Componentes

  • Cada jogador recebe 3 cartas de voto:

    • Verde: "Feito" (admito que já fiz)

    • Vermelho: "Não fiz"

    • Azul: "Quero fazer no futuro" (desejo)
      Party Beast

Como Jogar (resumido)

  1. Um jogador diz uma frase no formato: “Never have I ever…”.

  2. Os outros jogadores escolhem (secretamente e virado para baixo) uma das três cartas coloridas conforme sua experiência ou desejo.

  3. Todos revelam simultaneamente:

    • Verde: já fez (deve contar como foi!)

    • Vermelho: não fez

    • Azul: quer fazer (pode explicar motivação)

  4. O jogo segue para o próximo jogador à esquerda.
    Party Beast

Variações e modos de jogo

  • Anonymous Chaos Mode: misturam-se todas as respostas antes de revelar, sem saber quem escolheu o quê.

  • Most Unique Answer Challenge: o autor da afirmação escolhe a resposta mais inusitada; essa pessoa ganha ponto.

  • Peer Pressure Mode: se só uma pessoa respondeu “Não fiz” (vermelho), recebe uma provocação divertida ou um desafio.

  • Bucket List Builder: foco em quem escolheu “Quero fazer” (azul); eles criam planos entre si.

  • Confession Roulette: antes da revelação, alguém tenta adivinhar quantos responderão “Verde” ou “Azul” — se acertar, ganha ponto extra.


IRREGULAR VERBS









Trata-se do nosso "particípio" em português...

    • estudado               studied
    • feito                      done / made
    • trabalhado           worked
    • visto                      seen
    • escrito                  written

Em português, o Particípio é a forma que recebe ado ou ido ao fim do verbo. ( mudar - mudado )
Em inglês, com o mesmo mecanismo, o Past Paticiple é a forma que recebe o ED ao fim do verbo,
nos casos dos verbos regulares. ( change - changed )


 Como em português, existem os particípios irregulares.                                                          
  • A comida foi paga... (e não "pagada" nesse caso)
  • A comida foi feita...  (e não "fazida", que nem existe)
  • The food was made... (irregular de make)
  • The food was done... (irregular de do)
    _____________________________________________
E, também como em português,
existem os participios duplos em inglês.














  • ter/haver FRITADO / ENTREGADO
  • ser/estar FRITO / ENTREGUE
  • learned/learnt with examples (2 forms)

  • Os principais exemplos de dupla forma podem ser vistos aqui



    Atividades online                                                                            

    Tente fazer uma atividade online (clique) com 
    verbos regulares.

    Existem jogos online bem divertidos para os 
    verbos irregulares


    Lista de verbos irregulares para consulta                                                                                       




     Base         Past         Past
     Form         Tense        Participle          Translation
     -------      -------      ---------------     -------------------
     
     arise        arose         arisen             surgir, erguer-se
     awake        awoke         awoken             despertar
     be           was, were     been               ser, estar
     bear         bore          borne              suportar, ser portador de
     beat         beat          beaten             bater
     become       became        become             tornar-se
     befall       befell        befallen           acontecer
     beget        begot         begotten, begot    procriar, gerar
     begin        began         begun              começar
     behold       beheld        beheld             contemplar
     bend         bent          bent               curvar
     bet          bet           bet                apostar
     bid          bid           bid                oferecer, fazer uma oferta
     bind         bound         bound              unir, encadernar, obrigar-se
     bite         bit           bitten             morder
     bleed        bled          bled               sangrar, ter hemorragia
     blow         blew          blown              assoprar, explodir
     break        broke         broken             quebrar
     breed        bred          bred               procriar, reproduzir
     bring        brought       brought            trazer
     broadcast    broadcast     broadcast          irradiar, transmitir
     build        built         built              construir
     buy          bought        bought             comprar
     cast         cast          cast               atirar, deitar
     catch        caught        caught             pegar, capturar
     choose       chose         chosen             escolher
     cling        clung         clung              aderir, segurar-se
     come         came          come               vir
     cost         cost          cost               custar
     creep        crept         crept              rastejar
     cut          cut           cut                cortar
     deal         dealt         dealt              negociar, tratar
     dig          dug           dug                cavocar
     do           did           done               fazer **
     draw         drew          drawn              tracionar, desenhar **
     drink        drank         drunk              beber
     drive        drove         driven             dirigir, ir de carro
     eat          ate           eaten              comer
     fall         fell          fallen             cair
     feed         fed           fed                alimentar
     feel         felt          felt               sentir, sentir-se
     fight        fought        fought             lutar
     find         found         found              achar, encontrar
     flee         fled          fled               fugir, escapar
     fling        flung         flung              arremessar
     fly          flew          flown              voar, pilotar
     forbid       forbade       forbidden          proibir
     forget       forgot        forgot, forgotten  esquecer
     forgive      forgave       forgiven           perdoar
     freeze       froze         frozen             congelar, paralisar
     get          got           gotten, got        obter **
     give         gave          given              dar
     go           went          gone               ir
     grind        ground        ground             moer
     grow         grew          grown              crescer, cultivar
     have         had           had                ter, beber, comer
     hear         heard         heard              ouvir
     hide         hid           hidden, hid        esconder
     hit          hit           hit                bater
     hold         held          held               segurar
     hurt         hurt          hurt               machucar
     keep         kept          kept               guardar, manter
     know         knew          known              saber, conhecer
     lay          laid          laid               colocar na horizontal, assentar
     lead         led           led                liderar
     leave        left          left               deixar, partir
     lend         lent          lent               dar emprestado
     let          let           let                deixar, alugar
     lie          lay           lain               deitar
     lose         lost          lost               perder, extraviar
     make         made          made               fazer, fabricar **
     mean         meant         meant              significar, querer dizer
     meet         met           met                encontrar, conhecer
     overcome     overcame      overcome           superar
     overtake     overtook      overtaken          alcançar, surpreender
     pay          paid          paid               pagar
     put          put           put                colocar
     quit         quit          quit               abandonar
     read         read          read               ler
     ride         rode          ridden             andar
     ring         rang          rung               tocar (campainha, etc.)
     rise         rose          risen              subir, erguer-se
     run          ran           run                correr, concorrer, dirigir
     saw          sawed         sawn               serrar
     say          said          said               dizer
     see          saw           seen               ver
     seek         sought        sought             procurar obter, objetivar
     sell         sold          sold               vender
     send         sent          sent               enviar
     set          set           set                definir,  marcar, ajustar **
     shake        shook         shaken             sacudir, tremer
     shed         shed          shed               soltar, deixar cair **
     shine        shone         shone              brilhar, reluzir
     shoot        shot          shot               atirar, alvejar
     show         showed        shown              mostrar, exibir
     shrink       shrank        shrunk             encolher, contrair
     shut         shut          shut               fechar, cerrar
     sing         sang          sung               cantar
     sink         sank          sunk               afundar, submergir
     sit          sat           sat                sentar
     slay         slew          slain              matar, assassinar
     sleep        slept         slept              dormir
     slide        slid          slid               deslizar, escorregar
     sling        slung         slung              atirar, arremessar
     speak        spoke         spoken             falar
     spend        spent         spent              gastar
     spin         spun          spun               fiar, rodopiar
     spit         spit, spat    spit, spat         cuspir
     spread       spread        spread             espalhar
     spring       sprang        sprung             fazer saltar
     stand        stood         stood              parar de pé, agüentar
     steal        stole         stolen             roubar
     stick        stuck         stuck              cravar, fincar, enfiar
     sting        stung         stung              picar (inseto)
     stink        stank         stunk              cheirar mal
     strike       struck        struck             golpear, desferir, atacar
     string       strung        strung             encordoar, amarrar
     strive       strove        striven            esforçar-se, lutar
     swear        swore         sworn              jurar, prometer, assegurar
     sweep        swept         swept              varrer
     swim         swam          swum               nadar
     swing        swung         swung              balançar, alternar
     take         took          taken              tomar **
     teach        taught        taught             ensinar, dar aula
     tear         tore          torn               rasgar, despedaçar
     tell         told          told               contar
     think        thought       thought            pensar
     throw        threw         thrown             atirar, arremessar
     tread        trod          trodden            pisar, trilhar
     undergo      underwent     undergone          submeter-se a, suportar
     understand   understood    understood         entender
     uphold       upheld        upheld             sustentar, apoiar, defender
     wear         wore          worn               vestir, usar, gastar
     win          won           won                vencer, ganhar
     wind         wound         wound              enrolar, rodar, dar corda
     write        wrote         written            escrever, redigir

    THE DOUBLE PAST PARTICIPLES

    SOURCE:  usingenglish.com/forum

    Most verbs with double past participle
    are not very used (old fashioned)
    but there are yet a good number of them 
    very common in our lives...


    Take a look at this curiosity in the verb: "come":

    [COME / CAME / COME] - irregular
    [beCOME / beCAME / beCOME] - irregular
    [welCOME / welCOMEd / welCOMEd] - regular

    "Sometimes they are different verbs, or are used in different ways.

    In some cases, the regular form is preferred in AmE, the irregular in BrE. 
    Examples (with the irregular form) include: burn/burnt, dream/dreamt, dwell/dwelt, earnt/earnt/, kneel/knelt, lean/leant, leap/leapt, learn/learnt, smell/smelt, spell/spelt, spill/spilt/, spoil/spoilt.
    In some, the past simple and past participle forms are the same as the base forms in AmE; BrE prefers the regular form. Examples include:fit and knitI'll stop there. I think the only guidance I can give is to follow the usage of the community in which you find yourself."



    bet - bet/betted - bet/betted
    broadcast - broadcast/broadcasted - broadcast/broadcasted
    burn - burned/burnt - burned/burnt

    bust - busted/bust - busted/bust
    clothe - clothed/clad - clothed/clad
    daydream - daydreamed/daydreamt - daydreamed/daydreamt
    dwell - dwelt/dwelled - dwelt/dwelled

    fit - fitted/fit - fitted/fit
    hang (kill by hanging) - hanged/hung - hanged/hung
    heave - heaved/hove - heaved/hove
    input - input/inputted - input/inputted
    kneel - knelt/kneeled - knelt/kneeled
    knit - knitted/knit - knitted/knit
    lean - leaned/leant - leaned/leant
    leap - leaped/leapt - leaped/leapt
    learn - learned/learnt - learned/learnt
    light - lit/lighted - lit/lighted
    mow - mowed - mowed/mown
    output - output/outputted - output/outputted
    plead - pleaded/pled - pleaded/pled
    prove - proved - proven/proved
    quit - quit/quitted - quit/quitted
    sew - sewed - sewn/sewed
    shave - shaved - shaved/shaven
    shear - sheared - sheared/shorn
    shine - shined/shone - shined/shone
    shit - shit/shat/shitted - shit/shat/shitted
    show - showed - shown/showed
    slay (kill) - slew/slayed - slain/slayed
    slink - slinked/slunk - slinked/slunk
    smell - smelled/smelt - smelled/smelt
    sow - sowed - sown/sowed
    speed - sped/speeded - sped/speeded
    spell - spelled/spelt - spelled/spelt
    spill - spilled/spilt - spilled/spilt
    spoil - spoiled/spoilt - spoiled/spoilt
    strew - strewed - strewn/strewed
    strip - stripped/stript - stripped/stript

    strive - strove/strived - striven/strived
    swell - swelled - swollen/swelled
    thrive - thrived/throve - thrived/thriven
    wake - woke/waked - woken/waked
    weave - wove/weaved - woven/weaved
    wet - wet/wetted - wet/wetted


    I know how you feel. You are a learner. You want definite "rules" to follow. 


    (1) Unlike France or Spain, we here in the United States do not have an official 
    academy to decide which past participle is "correct."

    (2) Therefore, we are usually guided by what good newspapers use or by 
    books of English usage. 

    (3) Some Americans, for example, follow the recommendations by Mr. Bryan A. 
    Garner, who has written a book entitled A DICTIONARY OF MODERN AMERICAN 

    USAGE. 
    (a) For example, today I heard someone say "wetted." I was not sure if the 
    "correct" past and past participle forms were "wet" or "wetted," so I turned to his book. 
    Mr. Garner says "wet" is INFERIOR to "wetted." Therefore, whenever I need to say or 
    write that word, I shall use "wetted." I have simply decided to accept his decision.
    That gives me peace of mind. 


    (4) I suggest you do the same: find a source that you respect and follow its 
    recommendations. Then you will feel better, too. 


    BY THE WAY: Mr. Garner says "wet" is idiomatic (the way native speakers speak) in two 
    exceptions:


    He wet his whistle with a couple of beers. ( = He satisfied his thirst.)
    Little Bobby has wet his bed again. (Of course, everyone understands what that means!!!)