PUT Basic Verbs Learn English Grammar

hi everybody my name is Alicia welcome

back to know your verbs in this episode

we’re going to talk about the verb put

so let’s get started

let’s begin with the basic definition of

this verb the basic definition of the

verb to put is to place something in a

location examples put your bag over

there don’t put your feet on the sofa

let’s look at some conjugations for this

verb now present put puts past put past

participle put progressive pudding

let’s talk about some additional

meanings for the verb to put the first

one is to write to write examples put

your name on this line

she put her name on the list so when we

say put in this way we refer to writing

so you’re adding some information to a

written document or a typed document as

well so can mean to write or like to

type information so put your name on

this line means like write your name or

type your name on this line in the

second example sentence she put her name

on the list it means the same thing she

wrote her name on the list or she added

her name to a list in some way it means

writing information ok let’s go on to

the second additional meaning the second

additional meaning is to use words to

express something to use words to

express something examples how should I

put this you’re putting it quite simply

so we can replace the word put with

express like how should i express this

in the first example sentence but we use

put because put sounds much less formal

than Express how should i express this

it sounds way too formal way too polite

instead we say how should I put this we

use that expression when we’re not quite

sure how to say something like we’re

maybe talking about a sensitive topic

and we don’t know the correct words to

use or it’s difficult to explain you can

say how should I put this in the second

example sentence you’re putting it quite

simply it means you’re expressing things

quite simply so maybe it’s a complex

situation but the listener is explaining

things or expressing things maybe too

simply so the speaker in this case could

say it you’re putting it quite simply ok

let’s go on to the third meaning the

third meaning is rather open and kind of

vague which is to cause to be in a

situation to cause to be in a situation

let’s look at some examples this change

puts the whole company at risk you’re

terrible driving puts us all in danger

so in these examples we see put is used

to refer to a situation that some group

of people or some person is caused to be

in

so in the first example sentence this

change puts the whole company at risk

this change causes the whole company to

be at risk in a situation of risk in a

condition of risk we use put to refer to

that to refer to being caused to be in

the situation of risk

the second example sentence is the same

you’re terrible driving this is the

reason why the people are in danger in

this example sentence you’re terrible

driving puts us all in danger you’re

terrible driving causes us all to be in

a condition of danger it’s very clumsy

but we use the verb put to make this

quite short and easy to say you’re

terrible driving puts us all in danger

okay

there are so many variations so many

phrasal verbs to use with put yeah so

check a dictionary for more these are

just a few I’m going to introduce but

check a dictionary for this the first

variation for the verb put is put aside

to put aside so to put aside means to

stop thinking about something to seize

or to pause and activity while you do

something else

examples put aside your worries and

relax for a day I put my phone aside and

tried to focus on my work so in both of

these examples sentences we see that one

thing is kind of being moved away from

the focus so for example in the first

example sentence put aside your worries

it means like stop thinking about your

worries like put those to the side in

your mind like like don’t think about

those things for a while so in the

second example sentence I’m talking

about my phone where I’m saying I can

literally put my phone aside put my

phone to the side of the thing I’m doing

and focus on my work I put my phone

aside so we can use this to talk about a

concept in our minds or to talk about a

physical object as well ok let’s go on

to the next variation so the next

variation is to put someone down it

means to disrespect someone or to make

fun of someone to make them feel bad

about themselves some examples don’t put

down your classmates it’s rude his boss

keeps putting him down in front of his

co-workers so in both of these examples

we see situations where one person is

being disrespected by another person so

don’t put down your classmates it’s rude

so this in this case the listener is

maybe a kid in school who is

disrespectful to his or her classmates

so a parent or a teacher might say don’t

put down meaning don’t disrespect your

classmates don’t be mean to your

classmates don’t make fun of your

classmates so you know be kind to them

in other words don’t put down your

classmates

you could also say don’t put your

classmates down if you like that’s fine

too in the second example sentence we

see a work situation like his boss

always puts him down in front of his

coworkers means the boss disrespects

this person in front

his co-workers so it’s a disrespectful

situation again but one point about this

the expression to put someone down

refers to disrespect with regard to

humans however when talking about

animals like we had to put the cat down

we had to put the dog down

it means usually due to some serious

sickness or some serious injury or

illness the owners of the pet usually a

pet or the animal decide that the pet

should have doctor-assisted death so to

put down an animal means to choose to

allow the animal to die peacefully

instead of suffering so we used that

expression I had to put my cat down this

is a much more soft expression than the

doctor killed my cat which is

essentially what happens but it’s

because of some kind of suffering or

some kind of illness or injury the owner

wants to prevent we use the expression

to put an animal down in those cases we

do not use this for people we don’t say

I had to put my brother down though we

do actually have an expression for

babies which which we use when we put

babies to bed like I’m going to put down

the baby for bed we do have that but

please be cautious of the differences

between animals and humans with this

expression to put someone down has very

different meanings okay let’s go on to

the next variation which is to put up

with to put up with means to tolerate

something examples I don’t want to put

up with this crazy schedule anymore

don’t put up with their bad behavior in

these examples put up with refers to

tolerating or being able to stand

something or continuing to live with

something in the first example sentence

I can’t put up with this crazy schedule

anymore means I don’t want to live with

this crazy schedule anymore I can’t

stand it I don’t want to do it anymore

in the second example sentence don’t put

up with their bad behavior it means

don’t tolerate their bad behavior so put

up with something means like to continue

living with something and we often see

it in the negative form as in don’t put

up with something ok so those are a few

new ways I hope to

use the verb put I hope that you found

something new and as I said there are a

lot of phrasal verbs that can be used

with put so please check a dictionary if

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