Announce - anunciar

They announce their weeding

I can’t wait to announce my new job
You should have announced me where you were

Annoy - molestar
I didn’t mean to annoy them, I just wanted to say what I think
They were doing that noise to annoy me

Appear – parecer/aparecer
He appears to be a nice person
She appears suddenly in the office
The first symptoms of flu have been appearing in my body

Assume -asumir
You have to ask me first, don’t assume my position
They are assuming many misguided things

Attack - atacar
I didn’t like the way he attacked you
One man is attacking another in the street

Attend - atender
I prefer to attend my guests personally
He was so rude, he invited us, but he doesn’t even attended when we arrived
Sorry, I have to attend this call

Avoid - evitar
I’m avoiding to start a nonsense discussion
They avoided a big problem in the company

Burn – burnt/burned – burnt/burned - quemar

Something is burning in the kitchen
He burnt my favorite skirt, again

Care - cuidar
I try to care my words, I don’t want to make a mistake
Thank you for care my dogs

Carry - llevar
I did my luggage light, I don’t want to carry many things
Don’t worry, I’ll carry the phone to your house

Cause - causar
The flood is causing many deaths
That friend of you is causing many problems around
Commit - cometer
They are committing a crime right now
Don't commit any mistake with him, he has been a good friend

Compare - comparar
Don’t compare your ex boyfriends, that’s rude
After comparing all the universities, I finally made a decision

Connect - conectar
Does this street connect with the subway?
I will be connected at this meeting all the day

Consider - considerar
I’ll consider your offer
Have you considered all the options yet?

Contain - contener
What does this dish contain?
Sorry, for what I said, but I just couldn’t contain me when I saw that terrible scene

Control - controlar
She likes having the control of everything
I don’t have to control anyone

Create - crear
She creates beautiful paintings
A new poem have been created

Dare - atreverse
He can’t dare to do that to us
Do you dare to go into that dark street?
How dare you do that to me?
I dare you to call me at 2 am

Dial - marcar
To make a call, you have to dial first
Who are you dialing to?

Drop - soltar
Don’t let me drop it is slippery
The phone dropped and broke

Enjoy -disfrutar
I’ve never enjoyed going to the circus
Did you enjoy your trip?

Enter - entrar
Please, enter to the car, I'll drop you in your house
Someone was trying to enter without permission

Express - expresar
What I want you to do is to express your feelings
He express pretty well the characters of the character

Fail - fallar
I fail my last opportunity with him
He failed the exam, again

Fill - llenar
You need to fill the contract
Don’t fill the glass until the top

Force - forzar
He forced me to kiss him
I couldn’t force the door

Fry - freír
I don’t like fried food
Fry chips are my favorite food

Guess - adivinar
Could you guess which one is my mother and my sister?
I guess you didn’t do what I asked

Handle – encargarse
Could you handle the food?
Why did he handle it this way?

Hug - abrazar
They were hugging each other
He always hugs me as soon as he see me

Increase - incrementar
I want to increase my muscles
The food prices have been increasing a lot

Knock – golpear/tocar
Who’s knocking on the door?
He knocked my head

Lay – laid – laid – poner, colocar

He spent all the weekend lying on the bed
Lay de crystal on the floor
Light - alumbrar
The bulb wasn’t lighting enough

Mark - marcar
Make sure you don't mark the walls while you're moving the furniture around

Measure - medir
What is your trousers measure?
I never knew what was the measure of my shoes

Observe - observar
What were they observing?
I want to observe how they present the program

Obtain - obtener
I’ll obtain what I want
How did they obtain extra money?

Offer - ofrecer
I’ll offer an amount they couldn’t reject
They are offering something we never asked for
Can I offer you something to eat?

Operate - operar
They are operating with half the staff
He will operate someone for the first time

Order - ordenar
He never orders his room
I’ll order a salad

Pass - pasar
I’ll pass for the office this afternoon
Could you pass me the salt, please?

Pat - acariciar
I like patting dogs
I never liked the way they patted themselves

Permit - permitir
I won’t permit disturbs in my store
My boss never should permit that treat

Place - poner
Place the book on the table

Plan - planear
I’m planning a trip for next week
I have never planned my schedule

Plug – enchufar, conectar

I need to find where to plug my phone

Point - señalar
She pointed toward her house, so we could identify which one was hers

Prepare - preparar
I’ll prepare her favorite food
I wasn’t prepare to answer that question

Prevent - prevenir
No one was prevent for this event
I want to prevent you about my boss

Proceed - proceder
I must proceed with my resign
Right now, I’ll proceed with my assignments

Produce - producir
This table was produced in Asia
What do they produce in that factory?

Program - programar
I’ll program the event for next week
They were programming a new software

Prove - probar
I’ll prove everyone I can win the run
He always is trying to prove his abilities

Push - empujar
Push the door to open
Stop pushing me, I can do it by myself

Pull - halar
Never pull though this rope
Help me pull this box, it’s so big

Raise - aumentar
Raise the box by the top
His answer raised doubts in my mind

Reach - alcanzar
We’ll reach the monthly objectives
I reached late because I couldn’t catch the bus

React - reaccionar
Everything happened so fast that I just couldn’t react on time

Receive - recibir
I’ll receive you in my house
He received so many good comments

Recognize - reconocer
I couldn’t recognize him because I wasn’t wearing my glasses
I’ll have to recognize my mistakes

Reduce - reducir
The food was reduced to nothing
The sponge was reduced after getting dry

Rent - rentar
I am going to rent a small cabin in the suburbs

Report -reportar
I have to report all the changes to my boss

Represent - representar
She doesn’t represent the local values
He’ll represent the main character

Rescue - rescatar
Six children were rescued

Return - regresar
They’re returning home at 3 pm

Rob - robbed – robbed - robar

They discovered a stranger robbing money

Rub -rubbed – rubbed – sobar, frotar, rozar

She was rubbing her arm because she was hit by a ball

Scare - asustar
I scared when I heard the scream
That drawing was made for scaring people

Seem - parecer
The square seems to be crowded
He often seems younger
Serve - servir
He was serving the dinner when I arrived
Nothing serves to explain the violent fighting we have seen recently.

Shape – moldear, dar forma

I’ve spent all the day trying to shape this sculpture
Our table is oval in shape
I'm opposed to war in any shape or form

Shave – depilar, rasurar

I’m going to shave my legs before going to the party
I’ve never shaped myself, it may hurt

Shop – ir de compras
I’ll go shopping tomorrow
I shop my perfume at Victoria’s Secret

Shut - cerrar
Shut the door after you, please
Shut up, I want to hear her

Slip – deslizar, resbalar

The floor was wet, so when he stepped, he slips
That shoes made me slipped

Spill – Spilled/Spilt - Spilled/Spilt – derramar, escupir

He stopped suddenly and made me spill water in my clothes
He dropped a bag of sugar and it spilled all over the floor

Stare – mirar fijamente

He stared at me and made me feel uncomfortable

Step - pisar
He stepped and fell down
Please, don’t step in this area

Stroke - acariciar
He was stroking a ball
She doesn’t like when an stranger strokes her dog

Support- apoyar
Thank you for always supporting me
Their parents supported him until he finished his studies

Surprise - sorprender
That notice surprised me
Sweat/sewat/sweat-sudar
It’s boiling in here, I’m sweating
The dancers were dripping with/pouring with sweat after a morning's rehearsal

Tie-amarar
Could you tie this piece of string for me?
I tie my hair back when it's hot

Treat-tratar
My parents treated us all the same when we were kids
He is being treated for a rare skin disease

Turn-turned-turned-girar
Turn right at the traffic lights.
The earth turns on its axis once every 24 hours.
She turned the vase over to look for the price.

Wound-wounded-wounden-herir/lesionar
He was deeply wounded by her fierce criticism
Flying glass wounded her in the face and neck

Wrap-wraped-wraped-envolver
He wrapped softly the baby
She wrapped the present and tied it with ribbon.

Appeal-appealed-appealed – apelar/pedir
His appealing was denied

Arrange-arranged-arranged – organizer/arreglar
I'm trying to arrange my work so that I can have a couple of days off next week
The meeting has been arranged for Wednesday
His books are neatly arranged in alphabetical order

Balance-balanced-balanced – equilibrar/balacear
I struggle to balance work and family commitments
The flamingos balanced gracefully on one leg

Bark-barked-barked - Ladrar
That dog never stops barking
The sergeant barked orders at his troops

Beg-begged-begged – rogar/suplicar
I’m begging you
He begged her to stay, but she simply laughed and put her bags in the car

Boil-bolied-boiled - hervir
You have to boil the water first
Dine-dined-dined - cenar
I hate dining alone
We dined by candlelight

Dry-dried-dried - secar
This cake's a little dry - I think I left it in the oven for too long
It should be a nice, sunny, dry day

Manage-managed-managed - gestionar/administrar
Did you manage to get any bread?
I just managed to finish on time
Can't you manage any earlier?

Beat – beat – beaten -golpear

She has beaten her own record of three minutes ten seconds
The Nationalists were narrowly beaten in the election
Taking the bus sure beats walking
They saw him beating his dog with a stick

Bend – bent – bent – doblar/inclinar

The road bends to the left after the traffic lights
I bent down and picked up the coins lying on the road

Bite – bit – bitten-morder

He bit into the apple
He bites his fingernails

Bleed - bled – bled -sangrar

Your arm is bleeding
He was bleeding heavily

Blow – blew – blown – soplar/explotar

The wind was blowing harder every minute
The letter blew away and I had to run after it
I blew the dust off the books

Burst – burst – burst - estallar

If I eat any more cake I'll burst 
Suddenly the door burst open and police officers rushed in.
I knew they were bursting with curiosity but I said nothing.

Catch – caught – caught – atrapar/capturar

I managed to catch the glass before it hit the ground
Great pressure was put on the police to catch the terrorists as soon as possible

Cost-costed-costed – costar/valer
My boss asked me to cost the materials for the new fence and gate
How much does this book cost?

Dig – dug – dug – cavar/excavar

Digging (in) the garden is good exercise
The tunnel was dug with the aid of heavy machinery

Grow – grew – grown – crecer/cultivar

Soccer's popularity continues to grow.
The labor force is expected to grow by two percent next year

Hang – hung/hanged – Hung/hanged - colgar

The curtains hung in thick folds.
Hang your coat and hat (up) on the rack over there

Hit – hit – hit – golpear/pegar

They were going about 60 miles an hour when their car hit the tree.
That's when it hit me that my life would never be the same again.
Production has been badly hit by the strike.

Mean – meant – meant - significar

These figures mean that almost six percent of the working population is unemployed.
What do you mean by that remark?

Note
In the article, she notes several cases of medical incompetence.
They noted the consumers' growing demand for quicker service.

Overtake – overtook - overtaken

We'd planned to hold a meeting tomorrow, but events have overtaken us
The family was overtaken by tragedy several years ago, and they still haven't recovered.
Always check your rearview mirror before you overtake (another car)

Replay
The police replayed the video of the robbery in court

Ride – rode - ridden

He doesn't have a car, so he rides to work on the bus
The hunters came riding by/past on their horses

Ring – rang – rung

I ring home once a week to tell my parents I'm okay
There's been an accident - can you ring for an ambulance?
The boss rang (in) to say he'll be back at 4:30
Armed police ringed the hijacked plane

Rise – rose - risen

At 6 a.m. we watched the sunrise
He rose to his feet to deliver his speech.
My grandfather rises at five every morning to do his exercises

Shake – shook - shaken

A young boy climbed into the apple tree and shook the branches so that the fruit fell down.
Babies like toys that make a noise when they are shaken
I was shaking like a leaf before the test
Her voice shook as she talked about the person who attacked her

Shine - shone/shined – shone/shined

He polished the brass till it shone
She's terrible at languages, but she shines at/in science

Shoot – shot - shot

If he's not armed, don't shoot
The kids were shooting arrows at a target
She shot past me several meters before the finish line

Shrink – shrank - shrunk

Your sweater will shrink if you wash it at too high a temperature
The child shrunk behind the couch as his father shouted at him

Split – split - split

Split the eggplants in half and cover with breadcrumbs
The teacher split the children (up) into three groups

Steal – stole - stolen

She admitted to stealing the money from her employers.
She stole a glance at her watch.

Stick - stuck - stuck

I tried to stick the pieces together with some glue/tape
He stuck up an announcement on the board with pins
"Where should I put these books?" "Oh, just stick them on the table for now"
A thorn stuck in her finger

Sting – stung - stung

Do all types of bee sting?
I got stung by a wasp yesterday
The soap/smoke/sweat sting my eyes

Stink – stank - stunk

Your feet stink!
The morning after the party the whole house stank of beer and cigarettes
His acting stinks but he looks good, so he's offered lots of movie roles
Strike – struck - struck
Democratization has brought workers the right to strike and join a labor union.
We're striking for better pay and improved safety standards.
The disease has struck the whole community, sometimes wiping out whole families
Her car went out of control and struck an oncoming vehicle.

Swear – swore - sworn

It was a real shock, the first time I heard my mother swear
When the cab driver started to swear at him, he walked away
I don't know anything about what happened, I swear

Sweep – swept - swept

Everyone looked up as she swept into the room
She swept the pile of papers and books into her bag

Swing – swung - swung

He walked briskly along swinging his rolled-up umbrella.
The door swung open
I swung (the bat) and missed

Tear – tore - torn

You have to be very careful with books this old because the paper tears very easily
I tore my skirt on the chair as I stood up

Throw – threw - thrown

My friend threw the ball back over the fence
The coat was thrown over the back of the chair

Arise – arose - arisen

Should the opportunity arise, I'd love to go to China.
Could you work on Saturday, should the need arise
Problems arise when kids leave school

Bear – bore – borne/born

The strain must have been enormous but she bore it well
Tell me now! I can't bear the suspense!
I don't bear them any ill feeling

Bet – bet/betted – bet/betted

He regularly goes to the races and bets heavily
I bet you (that) she's missed the bus

Bid – bid/bade – bid/bidden

She knew she couldn't afford it, so she didn't bid.
The communications group has shown an interest in bidding for the company
Paris is bidding to host the next Olympics
Breed – bred - bred
Terriers are bred for their fighting instincts.
His main income comes from breeding cattle
Favoritism breeds resentment

Cast - cast - cast

He was often cast as the villain.
The moon cast a white light into the room

Cling – clung - clung

We got so wet that our clothes clung to us
They clung together in terror as the screams grew louder

Creep – crept - crept

She turned off the light and crept through the door.
Someone was creeping around outside my window.

Flee – fled - fled

She fled (from) the room in tears.
In order to escape capture, he fled to the mountains.

Freeze – froze - frozen

I'll freeze any food that's left over

She saw someone outside the window and froze
Water freezes to ice at a temperature of 32° F

Grind – ground - ground

To grind coffee
Would you like me to grind a little black pepper over your salad?

Kneel – knelt/kneeled – knelt/kneeled

He knelt in front of the altar and prayed
Gibbons kneels next to the plant and started digging

Lead – led - led

I think we've chosen the right person to lead the expedition
After 30 minutes the challengers were leading by two goals

Overcome – overcame - overcome

Eventually she managed to overcome her shyness in class
They were overcome by fumes from the fire and had to be carried out of their houses

Seek – sought - sought

"Are you actively seeking jobs?" she asked
Legal advice should be sought before you take any further action.
Sew – sewed – sewn/sewed
My grandmother taught me to sew.
I made this skirt just by sewing two pieces of material together.

Undergo – underwent - undergone

She underwent an operation on a tumor in her left lung last year.
Playing board games is undergoing a revival in popularity

Mop – mopped - mopped

He mopped the bathroom floor
He kept pausing to mop his brow