Verbs

The Verb
An example Regular
(infinitive The Meaning
( Simple Past Tense) /Irregular
form)
To cook by dry heat in an oven or
To bake He baked the pie. Regular
similar.
To boil To cook something in very hot water. She boiled the rice. Regular
She chopped an
To chop To cut something into pieces. Regular
onion.
To prepare food for eating by the use of
To cook He cooked her dinner. Regular
heat.
To cut To divide food with a sharp instrument. He cut into the roast. Irregular
To dice To cut something into cubes. He diced the potato. Regular
The complete action of putting food in
To eat the mouth and then biting, chewing and She ate her dinner. Irregular
swallowing it.
To carry out agricultural work (growing Rarely used in
To farm Regular
crops/rearing animals) as a way of life. conversation.
To feed To provide food for eating. She fed the cat. Irregular
To fry To cook food in fat/oil over a direct heat. He fried the bacon. Regular
To produce plants by controlling or She grew all her own
To grow Irregular
encouraging their growth. vegetables.
To remove the skin/rind/outer covering She peeled the grapes
To peel Regular
of fruit/vegetables etc. for the fruit salad.
To make food ready in advance of eating He prepared all the
To prepare Regular
or cooking it. ingredients.
To remove the outer covering from
To skin She skinned the fish. Regular
fruit/meat/fish etc.
To slice To divide or cut something into slivers. He sliced the apple. Regular

Phrasal Verbs

The
An example Separable/
Phrasal The Meaning
( Simple Past Tense) Inseparable
Verb
To finish baking partly baked
She baked off the bread in the
bake off food. S
oven.
For example bread.
She forgot to switch off the
To cause liquid to evaporate
boil away cooker and all the water boiled S
completely by boiling.
away.
To boil a liquid down to a thick The sauce was too thin and
boil down S
sauce. needed to be boiled down.
 She forgot to turn down the heat
To cause liquid to overflow
boil over and all the water boiled over the S
whilst boiling.
pan.
To cut into pieces, usually with She chopped the onion up into
chop up S
several sharp blows. small cubes.
cut off To remove by cutting. He cut all the fat off. S
He cut several pieces of pastry
cut out To shape or form by cutting. S
out.
To cut into pieces using a sharp He cut the pie up into equal
cut up S
knife. slices.
To eat away from home, usually
eat out They ate out twice last week. I
in a restaurant.
To eat until everything is
eat up She ate everything up. S
finished.
The act of frying a meal, He always fried up a good
fry up I
especially breakfast. breakfast in the morning..
To remove the skin/rind/outer She peeled the skin off the
peel off S
covering of fruit/vegetables etc. apples for the fruit salad.
To divide or cut something from
slice off He sliced the meat off the bone. S
a larger piece.