This verb describes an upright position.
The idea
Use stand for the present and stood for the past. Add a place with beside or near.
Examples
- I stand beside the gate.
- She stands near the counter.
- We stood outside the shop.
- The children stand in a line.
- He stood by the lake yesterday.
- Please stand behind the chair.
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The past is irregular: say stood, not standed.
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Choose the correct form. Please ___ near the door. (stand / stands)
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stand
stand: A request takes the base form.
Choose the correct form. The guard ___ at the entrance every day. (stand / stands)
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stands
stands: The singular subject takes the present ending.
Choose the correct form. Yesterday we ___ under the roof. (stood / stand)
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stood
stood: Yesterday signals a finished past situation.
Practice round
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Choose the correct form. Please ___ near the door. (stand / stands)
Choose the correct form. The guard ___ at the entrance every day. (stand / stands)
Choose the correct form. Yesterday we ___ under the roof. (stood / stand)
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe where you stand and where you stood yesterday.