USE (Examples: USE SCREWDRIVER, USE KEY, USE ROPE)
(You might need to be specific: USE WIRE WITH BATTERY)
PUT (May sometimes be used. Example: PUT SLIME IN BOTTLE. However, USE SLIME WITH BOTTLE will also work.)
SHOOT (Example: SHOOT LOCK, SHOOT WINDOW, SHOOT BRANCH. Use Weapons menu if you want to fight another character.)
GET or TAKE
GIVE or OFFER
HIT or BREAK
KNOCK (Knock on doors to meet other characters. Useful for finding people to talk to. Can be used at almost any closed door.)
OPEN (May require that you specify what you want to open.)
CLOSE (Ditto)
MOVE (May require specifics: MOVE BOARD LEFT, or use a specific word such as TURN.)
PUSH
PULL
TURN
STAND (Example: "stand on chair")
SIT
SLEEP
TALK (INFO or ASK may also work.)
FIX or REPAIR
LIFT or CARRY (May not always work. If not, try MOVE)
LOOK (Example: LOOK IN HOLE, LOOK UNDER BED, LOOK BEHIND DESK)
FILL CANTEEN
EAT
DRINK
READ (Example: READ MAP, READ MESSAGE)
CONNECT (Example: CONNECT WIRES)
BUY (Example: BUY FOOD)
DIG
Here are some other words that might be used, but are less common and usually not necessary:
RUB; SCRAPE; SCRATCH
POUR
REPLACE
ATTACH
INSERT
CONNECT
PICK or JIMMIE (Example: PICK LOCK, JIMMIE LOCK. These will usually require that you specify what object you want to use.)
Some things in the game will happen automatically. For instance, if you have a flashlight and its batteries still contain a charge, dark areas will automatically appear lit when you enter the scene. If your batteries are dead, when you USE the replacement batteries the scene will brighten again.
If you enter DIG in an area that requires a shovel, the game checks to see if you have it. If you do have the shovel, it will allow you to dig. You don't have to type out "use shovel."
In some cases this applies to the screwdriver as well. Wherever possible I have written the code so that simply entering TAKE followed by the name of the object that is secured by screws, will work if you have the screwdriver. However, due to limits on the amount of code in each scene, in some places you will be required to enter USE SCREWDRIVER.