AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
The above information about the three most commonly used tense forms and most commonly used verbs are mainly meant for beginners or pre-intermediate level learners, i.e. for those who still have to build up their grammar and verb foundation and who don´t have the most commonly used verbs in their competence yet.
If you´re already an intermediate learner at a passive language level trying to get to an active level, we advise you NOT TO focus on checking verbs or grammar at all. Though you may have an urge to do so, it´s well researched that focusing on expressing yourself and imitating the language and not focusing on grammar questions AT ALL will get you to the active language level much faster.
The reason is simple: you already have a grammar foundation in place, even if it seems to you that it´s insufficient. The feeling of having insufficient grammar knowledge often comes from psychological fears and they are usually unfounded.
So, just take a look at the list of the 50 most commonly used verbs and if you feel confident with them and you know them all, then it´s already sufficient!
As an intermediate learner you have to totally focus on reading the articles out loud on a daily basis, focusing as little as possible to grammar.
This is because at your level we see from studies that you will get to active language production quicker if you just focus solely on expressing yourself in the language.
That means that you will let the language come to you in its natural form, by imitating and expressing yourself in it.
It´s a wonderful process that will happen in your memory if you just take the time to produce the language the way we described at the beginning of this chapter.