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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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