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hi everybody welcome back to know your

verbs my name is alicia and in this

episode we’re going to talk about the

verb

head let’s get started

okay let’s start with the basic

definition of the verb

head this verb means to move in a

particular direction

examples let’s head home

they headed for the airport

okay now let’s look at the conjugations

for this verb

present head heads

past headed past participle

headed progressive heading

now let’s talk about some additional

meanings for this verb

to be in charge of a group some examples

she heads the marketing department he’s

going to head the company next year

so these example sentences show us how

the verb

head can be used to refer to the leader

of something

or the top person or the top thing in a

particular department

in a group in an organization these

refer to the person

in charge so this usually refers to a

person when it’s used in this way

in the first example sentence she heads

the marketing department it means

she is the person in charge of the

marketing department she’s at the top

level of the marketing department

in the second example sentence he’s

going to head the company next year

it means he’s going to be the person in

charge of the company

next year so both of these show us how

head

here means like the person at the top

the person in charge

the second additional meaning is to be

at the beginning

the front or at the top of something

some examples

please head each page with your name the

group of children headed the parade

so these example sentences show us how

head

can be used to mean positioned at the

front of something the beginning of

something

in the first example sentence please

head each page with your name

it means on a piece of paper the

beginning

like the top of each page on your paper

on your document

everything should begin with your name

that should be the first thing on each

page so please head the paper with your

name

there’s even a part on your paper that’s

referred to as the header of your paper

it’s the top most section of the paper

so head each page with your name

means begin each page with your name in

the second example sentence a group of

children headed the parade

it means a group of children were the

beginning like the front

of the parade the very first thing in

the parade it was a group of children so

we can use

head to refer to this the top the

beginning the front of something

the third additional meaning is to hit

something and move it forward with the

head

okay examples the soccer player headed

the ball

into the goal heading the ball can be

dangerous

so this refers to a very specific motion

that we see

mostly in soccer we don’t see this so

much in other

situations it tends to be just sports

but we see this in soccer so this refers

to when a ball

impacts a player’s head but the player

does it on purpose the player

uses his or her body to contact the ball

and move it in a direction like it’s

propelled in another direction

so in the first example sentence the

player headed the ball

into the goal it means the player used

his or her head

to shoot the ball into the goal

in the second example sentence heading

the ball can be dangerous

it means this action if you don’t know

how to do it properly

can be dangerous to your head so to head

can refer to this action in sports

all right let’s move on to some

variations for this verb

the first variation is to head off for

something

you might also hear to head for

something this means

to leave a place and move in the

direction of

something so some examples let’s head

for that coffee shop over there

he says he’s heading for bangkok

tomorrow so both of these example

sentences show us

uh that we’re going to leave the place

we’re in now

and move in the direction of the thing

we mention

in the first example sentence let’s head

for that coffee shop over there

it means let’s leave this location and

move in the direction

of that coffee shop let’s head for that

coffee shop or

let’s head off for that coffee shop

sometimes you hear off

as well in the second example sentence

he says he’s heading for bangkok

tomorrow it means

he says according to him he’s leaving

this location

and going towards bangkok tomorrow or

he’s moving towards bangkok tomorrow so

this refers to leaving a place and going

somewhere else

also another point here we sometimes use

head

off to mean leave as in let’s head off

or let’s head out

as well both of those expressions mean

leave let’s just leave

okay let’s move on to the next variation

to head off someone or to head off

something

this expression means to force someone

or something

to change direction examples

the police headed off the thief on the

highway

head him off in the hall so he doesn’t

find the surprise party we’re planning

so these examples refer to someone’s

direction someone’s movement being

changed by an outside force in the first

example sentence

the police headed off the thief on the

highway

we can imagine for example the thief is

driving a car along the highway

and a police car or police car has come

around

to block so to head off to force the

thief to change direction maybe get off

the highway for example

so there’s some outside force causing

the initial item or the initial person

to

change their direction to change their

movement in the second example sentence

we see the same thing

head him off in the hallway so he

doesn’t see the surprise party

so one person’s motion is like this

someone else

changes their motion changes the

direction they’re moving

in so we use head someone off or to head

off someone or to head

off something to describe this kind of

forced

movement change okay so those are a few

new ways i hope to use the verb

head if you have any questions or

comments or you think you know another

way to use head

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