MISS or LOSE or MISSING Differences and Collocations English Grammar Lesson
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grammar slash vocabulary lesson for you
it’s all about the difference between to
miss and to lose and also to be missing
which can be very confusing before we
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let’s get started with the lesson know
in your language you might have separate
words for two myths and to lose however
in lots of languages across the globe to
miss and to lose are the same word which
makes it incredibly confusing for those
who are trying to learn English there
are so many words in the English
language that are like this there are
makin do miss and lose earn and win so
many words where we have two or three or
four words for this but in other
languages there’s just one word but I’m
going to clarify exactly when you should
use miss when you should use lose and
when you can use to be missing as well
so I’m going to start by going through
all of the situations in which you
should use miss and then I’m going to
give you some extra little collocations
and miscellaneous phrases as well and
then I’ll go through all of the
situations in which
you would use to lose and of course some
extra collocations and phrases using
lose finally we’ll go through to be
missing and compare it to lose because
sometimes it can be used in a really
really similar way so yes this lesson
should be very clear it should help you
if you do have any questions put it down
in the comments below and I would love
to hear about what you use for Miss and
lose in your languages as well so please
put that in the comments section do you
have just one word or do you have
separate words let’s get started with
the lesson so there are three situations
in which you would use miss the first
one is to miss an event or an
opportunity this means you might arrive
too late to attend an event or
opportunity or you might just not attend
the event or opportunity so it can mean
to arrive too late or to just totally
not attend so you could miss a class or
a lesson you could miss a deadline you
could miss an appointment or a meeting
you could miss a party or you could miss
a sports match or a show or concert
you could arrive too late to watch that
sports match or you could just totally
not attend the sports match so if
someone asks me did you watch the
football last night I could say no I
missed it so it could mean that I got
home too late to watch it on TV or I
just didn’t watch it oh I didn’t watch
it but I had intended to watch it and
bear that sports match one in your mind
because we’re going to talk about it a
little bit later on it can also refer to
not hearing or not seeing something as
well so if I missed the game I didn’t
see the game or if I missed what you
were saying I didn’t hear what you were
saying the next situation in which we
use miss is for transport and this means
to arrive too late for transport I used
to work a lot with Spanish students who
were learning English in London and they
would arrive late to my lessons and say
sorry I lost the bus and it should be
miss because Miss is used when you
arrive
too late for transport so you could miss
a bus a flight a plane you could miss a
train for example the final situation is
to miss somebody or something and this
means to feel sad when someone or
something isn’t near you anymore or you
don’t do something anymore so you could
miss your friends you could miss your
family you could miss the way things
used to be you could miss a dress that
you don’t have anymore
you could miss going to the cinema with
your grandma for example now a couple
more collocations with miss you could
miss the point if I say to you you’ve
totally missed the point it means you
haven’t understood the point of this
conversation or the reason why we’re
doing this
you can miss a target which means
literally a bull’s eye target you can
either hit the target or you can miss it
if you miss a target or an objective it
means you don’t achieve what you were
hoping to achieve you can miss your
chance and this means that you lose out
on you don’t take the opportunity for
something and to miss your chance it
relates to what we were saying about
opportunities and events if you miss
your chance to enter a competition for
example you have missed the opportunity
to enter that competition right let’s
move on to lose one thing I just want to
remind you before we get started on lose
is spelling when I used to mark students
exam papers they would lose out on marks
because they would spell to lose with
two O’s now listen to this lose loose
loose means something is not tight it’s
an adjective lose is the verb that we’re
going to be talking about today so be
wary of the pronunciation and be very
wary of this spelling lose not loose
okay we’ve got slightly more situations
with lose we’ve got five and the first
one is to lose something which means to
not be able to find
think you could lose your keys you could
lose your credit card you could lose
your wallet oh I really hope that
doesn’t happen to me
the next meaning for lose is to have
less of something it doesn’t mean you
can’t find it it just means you have
less of it so you could lose weight you
are carrying less weight if I am losing
weight I am reducing the amount of
weight that I have we talked about this
in the video I did on appearances and we
spoke about losing your hair and going
bald and this means that gradually you
have less and less hair you could also
lose interest in something or somebody
there are lots of examples for this one
now the third situation in which you can
use to lose is when you don’t have
something that you did have before
actually I guess you can lose a person
as well so when you don’t have something
or someone that you did have before so
this means to not have something or
someone that you did have before so you
can lose money
you can lose a job you can lose a
partner you can lose hope before you
didn’t have these things you did have
them though you have lost them now the
fourth meaning of to lose is to not win
so you can lose a game you can lose a
sports match you can lose a competition
it means you haven’t won them but you
remember I said keep sports much in your
head because it’s very important to use
the correct verb if I say I missed the
game and I lost the game they mean two
very different things
I missed the game that means I didn’t
arrive on time to see the game or I just
completely did not see the game if I say
I lost the game it means I did not win
the game so it’s important to
distinguish between miss and lose
especially in that context the final
situation in which we can use to lose is
when a family member or somebody close
to you passes away or dies to lose
somebody is
nice and respectful way of saying that
somebody near to you has died so if I
say Jenny lost her mum last year
it means Jenny’s mum passed away last
year now let’s look at a couple more
collocations using lose you can lose
track of time which means that you don’t
realize how much time has passed or is
passing
I failed my exam because I lost track of
time
and I didn’t realize that I didn’t have
enough time left to answer the final
question you can also lose consciousness
which means you become unconscious you
can lose your head or lose your temper
which means that you get very very angry
if you’d like to see more ways on how to
say that you are angry or annoyed in
English you can check out the video up
here you can also lose the plot or lose
your mind as well which means that
you’ve gone crazy have you lost your
mind are you crazy
I’ve completely lost the plot I’m just
being so silly
you can lose sleep over something which
means you worry about something if I say
don’t lose sleep over it it means don’t
worry about it you can lose heart which
means you lose enthusiasm and you can
lose your voice
which means you when you get a cold and
you can’t speak anymore is be like this
you’ve lost your voice so we’ve covered
to lose and to miss but what about to be
missing because this one can be used in
a similar way as to lose to be missing
is all about expectation and what you
expect or what is expected there are
three ways in which we can use it the
first one they’re all very similar the
first one if something is missing for
example my keys are missing it doesn’t
mean that I’ve lost my keys it means
that my keys are not where I expected to
find them so I look at my handbag where
I expect to find my keys they’re missing
they’re not there but there are many
possibilities they might be lost they
might be stolen somebody might have
moved them all I know is that
not where I expected them to be so to be
missing is all about expectation the
next situation refers to people if
somebody is missing from a meeting or a
dinner party or a get-together or some
sort of event it means that they are not
present when they are expected to be
present we expected them to be at the
meeting but they’re not there they are
missing the third meaning however is a
bit more serious if somebody is missing
not from an event or meeting it just
missing . their whereabouts their
location is unknown and people are
trying to find them this can also be
called to be reported as missing or to
go missing as well so that’s more
serious it’s on the news you might see a
12 year old girl has been missing for
four days for example right who’s been
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I what you said number two he got in
Soho London he got in Soho London 3 my
friend lives in Australia and I heard a
lot my friend lives in Australia and I
heard a lot for he the bus to work he
the bus to work number five
she all her money on Bitcoin she all her
money on Bitcoin
number six she’s been reported as in the
news
she’s been reported as in the news
number seven
I dropped my computer and all my data
I dropped my computer and all my data
eight
my credit card is from my wallet my
credit card is from my wallet number
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temper when she said she wasn’t coming I
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