Carry means move someone or something while holding or supporting them.
The idea
Name the object directly: carry a bag. Use she carries in the present, carried in the past and carrying for an action in progress.
Examples
- I carry my books in a bag.
- She carries the child to the car.
- We carried the boxes upstairs yesterday.
- He is carrying a heavy suitcase.
- Can you carry this cup to the table?
- They will carry the chairs into the garden.
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Carry focuses on holding or supporting the load during movement; it does not by itself specify the direction.
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Choose the present form after she. She ___ a bag to work every day. (carries / carry)
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carries
Carries is the present form after she.
Choose the past form for yesterday. Yesterday we ___ the boxes upstairs. (carried / carry)
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carried
Carried is the past form, with y changed to i.
Choose the verb for moving while holding. She holds the bag and moves it to the car: she ___ the bag. (carries / leaves)
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carries
Carries describes moving the bag while holding it.
Practice round
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Choose the present form after she. She ___ a bag to work every day. (carries / carry)
Choose the past form for yesterday. Yesterday we ___ the boxes upstairs. (carried / carry)
Choose the verb for moving while holding. She holds the bag and moves it to the car: she ___ the bag. (carries / leaves)
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Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe what you carry and where you carry it.