Visit means go to see a person or place and spend time there.
The idea
Say visit a friend or visit a museum. The person or place follows the verb directly; the regular past is visited.
Examples
- We visited the museum on Saturday.
- She visits her grandmother every week.
- They visited a friend at the hospital.
- I would like to visit that city.
- He visited the library after school.
- Can we visit you tomorrow?
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Use visit the museum as a verb phrase; the noun phrase is a visit to the museum.
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Choose the past form. On Saturday we ___ the museum. (visited / visits)
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visited
The regular past of visit is visited.
Choose the direct-object phrase. Which uses visit as a verb directly before the person? (visit a friend / visit to a friend)
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visit a friend
The person follows the verb visit directly.
Choose the noun phrase. Which names the occasion as a noun phrase? (a visit to the museum / visit the museum)
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a visit to the museum
The noun phrase uses a visit to a place.
Practice round
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Choose the past form. On Saturday we ___ the museum. (visited / visits)
Choose the direct-object phrase. Which uses visit as a verb directly before the person? (visit a friend / visit to a friend)
Choose the noun phrase. Which names the occasion as a noun phrase? (a visit to the museum / visit the museum)
a visit to the museum
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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