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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