English in a Minute: Verbs to use with 'method'
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You're listening to bbclearningenglish.com. So, you want a way to learn words? You probably need a method. Let's learn verbs to use with method. A method is how you do something. Why not spend some time to devise a method, develop a method or work out a method? Paola's working out a method to learn new words. She wants to develop a method that works for her.

It takes a lot of thought to devise an effective method. If you already have one, you can follow that method or employ that method. That means use that method. Adopt a method means to start using one. Paola's going to adopt a new study method. She was following a method that her teacher suggested, but now she wants to employ her own one. Success is when a method works.

To help other people adopt it, describe it. Say what your method involves. Paola's method involves revising new words many times. She knows this method works.