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hi everybody my name is Alisha welcome

back to know your verbs in this episode

we’re going to talk about the verb send

let’s go

let’s begin with the basic definition of

the verb send the basic definition is to

cause something to move from one place

to another especially by post or by

email so post meaning by mail so sending

something by mail to send to cause

something to move from one place to

another place by mail or by email

digital okay examples of this send me

the files I sent my friend a postcard

let’s look at the conjugations for this

verb present send sends past

sent past participle sent progressive

sending now let’s look at some

additional meanings for this verb first

additional meaning for this lesson is to

cause someone to go and do something so

it’s like you make a request for someone

to go away from you and take care of an

action to do something for you examples

we sent the interns to the store to buy

office supplies the prime minister sent

his team to a room to prepare a speech

so in both of these examples someone or

some group of people is being sent to a

different location for a purpose in the

first example sentence we sent the

interns to the store so that’s the place

the interns were sent to the store to

buy office supplies so in that case the

interns were sent for the purpose of

buying office supplies in the second

example sentence the Prime Minister sent

his team to a room so the place is a

room the purpose is to prepare a speech

so we can use send to describe that

asking someone or a group of people to

go somewhere and do something that’s one

meaning of sent let’s go on to the

second additional meaning of this verb

for this lesson

the second additional meaning for this

lesson is to cause someone to do

something or to cause something to

happen so this is quite an open meaning

so let’s look at this with some examples

the turbulence sent the airplane past

into a panic I listen to music at night

it sends me to sleep right away so in

the first example sentence I said the

turbulence sent the airplane passengers

into a panic turbulence is that bumpy

motion you feel when you’re in an

airplane so like that bumpy kind of

uneasy feeling of like air or things

that the the airplane is not steady

that’s called turbulence so the

turbulence sent the passengers into a

panic so the turbulence caused the

passengers to be in a panic we use send

in that way sent the passengers into a

panic to send someone into a panic so

it’s like to cause someone to enter a

state of panic that’s how we can

understand this expression but we use

sent instead it’s much shorter than

cause someone to become in a state of so

we use sent instead in the second

example sentence I said I listen to

music at night it sends me to sleep

right away I’m using the present tense

there it sends me to sleep so it sends

me means it causes me to be in a state

of sleep so it sends me to sleep right

away it causes me to sleep in other

words so we use send to mean causing

something to happen or causing someone

to do something panic in this case or

sleep okay

let’s move along now to some variations

of how to use this verb there are quite

a few let’s look at the first one the

first variation is to send four to send

four so we can use this as to send for

someone or to send for something this

actually means to request someone or

something to come and it’s often through

a written request this sounds kind of

old-fashioned actually but let’s look at

some examples send for the doctor he

sent for his mother so in the first

example send for the doctor it means

like ask the doctor to come here please

or I would like to request that the

doctor come here please

send for someone so that means I want

that person to come here in the second

example sentence he sent for his mother

it means he the subject here he wanted

his mother to come to where he was so he

sent for his mother so when we use sent

in this way as I said it’s rather

old-fashioned you might hear this if you

watch movies that are set in older time

periods but like I don’t know like maybe

old literature movies for example this

is used for people who are not in the

same place at that time there may be

across the house or they are in a city

or they’re in like a different town

they’re far away from the person making

the request usually so in the same like

room is probably not true it could mean

in the same house if it’s a big house so

this is kind of giving the image that

it’s like a big request to send for that

person the next variation is to send

back to send back this means to cause

something to go back to an earlier

location or an earlier status let’s look

at some examples

he sent the steak back to the kitchen it

was horribly overcooked I’ll send the

file back to you with my comments

attached so in the first example

sentence it’s about sending a steak back

to a kitchen so in other words there was

a problem with the steak and the diner

sent back the steak so we will actually

divide this phrasal

to send back we say to send the steak

back in this case so the steak falls

between send and back here so it was

returned to the kitchen it was it was

given back to an earlier location here

sent back to the kitchen so to

presumably

to fix it or to improve somehow or to

make the situation better in some way so

maybe he’ll get a new stick we can

imagine so to send something back refers

to moving something to an earlier

location or as we see in the second

sentence I’ll send the file back to you

with my comments attached so that means

I’m going to return the file to you who

maybe you originally had it so I’m going

to give it back to you I’m going to

return it to its earlier location with

you but my comments will be attached so

please look at that so there will be

some update in other words so to send

back means to send something to an

earlier location an earlier status so

let’s move along to the next variation

the next variation is to send packing to

send someone packing this means to

dismiss someone like quickly are very

roughly it has a negative image about it

so examples he sent her packing when he

found out she had three other boyfriends

when the company discovered the thief

they sent him packing right away so this

means quick dismissal like quickly

saying like go away or no you’re out

you’re finished you’re done you’ve been

dismissed you’re fired for whatever

reason so in the first example he sent

her packing because he found out she had

three other boyfriends that means he

broke up with her like he sent her away

he ended their relationship quickly so

like there was nothing graceful about it

it was over it was finished it was done

the same thing in the second example

sentence the company discovered a thief

they sent him packing means like they

sent him away they fired him quickly so

the image here is like to send someone

packing is I guess you could imagine

like you you dismiss them so quickly

like they’re still carrying their there

things like that maybe they’re trying to

pack their things in like a backpack and

carry it away with them it’s so fast so

you send them away to send them packing

so

thing quickly ending quickly dismissing

someone quickly all right so those are a

few variations and a few maybe

additional meaning some new meanings

maybe of the verb send so I hope that

that was helpful for you and I hope you

picked up something new that you can use

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