live
part of speech
verb (live, lives, lived, living) [rhymes with give]; adjective (live) [rhymes with five]; adverb (live)
meaning for a pupil
1) To live is to be alive. tree →
2) To live somewhere is to have your home there. tree →
3) To live a certain way is to spend your life like that: live happily. tree →
4) Live (adjective) means alive, not dead: live animals. tree →
5) Live means happening now, not recorded: a live show. tree →
6) A live wire carries electricity and is dangerous. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths problems it is mostly a word of the story; sometimes people or animals living in a place are counted (4 people live in the house). It tells where things are, not what to do. In science: living things grow, need food and water, and reproduce. In safety: never touch a live wire. In stories: «they lived happily ever after».
examples
- 4 people live in the house. tree →
- 120 fish live in the pond. tree →
- They live 3 km from the school. tree →
- How many animals live on the farm? tree →
- My grandma lives in Canada. tree →
- Penguins live in cold places. tree →
- Plants need water and light to live. tree →
- We watched the match live on TV. tree →
- Never touch a live electric wire. tree →
- And they lived happily ever after. tree →
note
Two sounds: «to live» (liv) and «a live show» (lyve). Trap: «lives» can be the verb (she lives here) or the plural of «life» (a cat has 9 lives, said with a long i). «Alive» comes after a verb (the fish is alive); «live» comes before a noun (live fish). Maths: no operation on its own.
In the corpora
- Retiring means stopping paid work for good, usually in your sixties, and living on a pension and savings.
- Some families pay children for extra jobs, like washing the car, but tidying your own room is just part of living together.
- Living in a home costs money every single month, even when nobody buys anything new.
- Both are normal ways to live.
- A tidy house helps buyers imagine living there and can sell faster or for more money.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «live» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.