Verb video brainstorm
From CSWiki
Verb | Jordan's Great Idea | Xiaojuan's Brilliant Idea | Everybody Else's Mediocre Ideas |
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Know | Cell 2 | A student knowing the answer raising his hand | For all verbs: Do we know anyone that does pantomime? Mimes are supposed to be perfect at acting out the meaning of a word succinctly. |
Get | Cell 2 | Cell 3 | Bad guy's order to deputies when hero breaks free and runs for life |
Think | Cell 2 | Someone touching his chin/crouched against a wall/biting a pen/with fingers on his forehead | Cell 4 |
Go | Cell 2 | Going out of a room | Cell 4 |
See | Cell 2 | Pointing to something with eyes wide opened | Cell 4 |
Come | Cell 2 | Coming into a room; coming up to a friend waving his hands | Cell 4 |
Want | Cell 2 | Trying to reach something across the table; pointing at a gift behind the shopping window; | Cell 4 |
Say | Cell 2 | Introducing something; talking | Cell 4 |
Put | Cell 2 | Putting something on the table; putting on a coat | Cell 4 |
Look | Cell 2 | Looking out of the window; looking throught microscope/magnifying glasses/binoculars | Cell 4 |
Like | Cell 2 | Pointing to two similar thinks; someone showing he is fond of something | Cell 4 |
Take | Cell 2 | Taking pictures; taking off clothes; taking something out of a bag | Cell 4 |
Make | Cell 2 | Making faces; making a snowman/sand castle; making a cake/dish; doing make-up | Cell 4 |
Give | Cell 2 | Handing someone something; giving a present | Cell 4 |
Thank | Cell 2 | Hugging someone/grasping someone's hands for a gift; making a bow to the audience after the show | Cell 4 |
Need | Cell 2 | Reaching out hands | Cell 4 |
Remember | Cell 2 | Cell 3 | Blank stare in exam hall loses some of its blankness |
Find | Cell 2 | Bending down and picking up a pen under the chair; searching the draw; getting under the table and coming out with something in hand | Cell 4 |
Buy | Cell 2 | Buy some product from a snack vendor | Cell 4 |
Mind | Cell 2 | Cell 3 | Lucy telling Linus it is bedtime |
Pay | Cell 2 | Paying a meal/coffee with cash/by credit card | Cell 4 |
Work | Cell 2 | Someone busy reading and writing with tons of papers piled up on his desk | Cell 4 |
Let | Cell 2 | Someone stopped and let another person go first | Cell 4 |
Keep | Cell 2 | Cell 3 | Waving the cab-driver's Washingtons away |
Hear | Cell 2 | Someone with headphones listening to music; whispering in the ear; Someone with his ear against the door/wall | Cell 4 |
Eat | Cell 2 | Putting a hotdog into the mouth; sitting at the table with knife and fork in hands; holding a salad plate | Cell 4 |
Use | Cell 2 | Cell 3 | Absent-minded dining philosopher admonished with chopsticks |
Try | Cell 2 | Jumping over and over again to reach something high; trying to lift a heavy box; trying on some shoes; have a taste of some food | Cell 4 |
Ask | Cell 2 | Student raising his hand and asks a question; asking about a product in a store/the menu in a restaurant | Cell 4 |
Leave | Cell 2 | Waving goodbye and leaving the room; watching a car driving away | Cell 4 |
Play | Cell 2 | Playing chess/swingset/piano/baseball | Cell 4 |
Bet | Cell 2 | Playing poker | Roulette wheel |
Start | Cell 2 | Runners in the starting blocks; starting a timer | Cell 4 |
Sit | Cell 2 | Sitting in a chair/on the ground | Cell 4 |
Feel | Cell 2 | Touching the surface of something; quickly dipping a finger into hot water; feeling cold and then holding arms trembling; putting hands on the chest, feeling moved | Cell 4 |
Shut | Cell 2 | Closing the door/window; shut the mouth/eyes | Cell 4 |
Stop | Cell 2 | Making a stop gesture; stop the traffic; showing a stop sign; stop a rolling ball | Cell 4 |
Hope | Cell 2 | Someone praying/making a wish with eyes closed; keeping finger crossed; with arms outstretched | Cell 4 |
Love | Cell 2 | A heart-shaped box of candy; man giving woman a flower; couple holding hands/hugging | Cell 4 |
Wait | Cell 2 | People waiting in a line; someone walking back and forth waiting for elevator/redlight/bus; looking at watch/playing with fingers from time to time | Cell 4 |
Help | Cell 2 | Giving a hand to pull someone up from the ground; Reaching something on top of a shelf for a short person; Helping to unfasten a knot on the back; Helping to lift a heavy box | Cell 4 |
Bring | Cell 2 | Bring some dishes onto the table | Cell 4 |
Stay | Cell 2 | Holding a leaving man's arm to make him stay | Cell 4 |
Pick | Cell 2 | Someone bending down and picking something up; picking a pen/an apple out of several | Cell 4 |
Worry | Cell 2 | Someone with hands on face/head in hands; standing up and sitting down from time to time; pulling hair | Cell 4 |
Wonder | Cell 2 | Someone standing and thinking; holding his glasses and touching his chin | Cell 4 |
Call | Cell 2 | Making a phone call; yelling | Cell 4 |
Write | Cell 2 | Writing with a pen | Cell 4 |
Turn | Cell 2 | A hand turning dial; Someone turning around/turning his head; spinning something | Cell 4 |
Read | Cell 2 | Someone reading a book/newspaper | Cell 4 |