One of my students asked me:
"What's the difference between 'I took a walk in the park' and 'I walked in the park?'"
(公園で散歩しました VS 公園に歩きました)
These sentences mean the same thing but I can see the confusion. Some words have a noun and a verb form.
How we can we tell which form the word is in?
If we use 1 of the articles A, or An then the word that follows will be a countable noun (remember A/An = 1 thing) "A banana." "An orange." Or a noun phrase "An old, brown banana." "A tasty, Naval orange."
So when walk is a noun it will come after an article
"I took a walk in the park." - took is the verb in this sentence
BUT a verb comes after the subject of a sentence
"I walked in the park this morning." - No article = verb
This is true for all words that have a verb and a noun form.
“I want to give you a hug!” - give is the verb in this sentence
“I want to hug you!” - No article = verb
English practice exercise!
Think of 3 more words with a noun and a verb form and write a practice sentence for each word!
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| "Let Tony take the free kick. He kicks very well." |
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