LOOK WATCH or SEE English Grammar and Vocabulary Lesson
hello everyone and welcome back to
english with lucy today I’ve got a
grammar lesson for you well it’s sort of
a grammar and vocabulary lesson it’s all
about watch look and see three words
that seem to be very very similar they
are similar they’re really similar words
but we use them in different situations
and they cause a lot of my darling
students a lot of difficulty and a lot
of confusion so let’s get started I’m
first going to break down word by word
and then we’re going to compare them to
make sure that you’ve really got it in
your head
I swear down if people I don’t know
don’t stop the enemy Skype requests I’m
going to go bananas okay firstly to look
look can be an exclamation in a sentence
we use it with the preposition at to
look at something when we look at
something we don’t our eyes to the
object so I’m looking at you so you’ve
got that movement and then we pay
attention to it so we direct our eyes or
something and pay attention to it so
when look has an object we use a look at
that dog for example as opposed to look
over there so I can’t say look the dog
it’s look at that dog to see means to
notice something using our eyes so this
one’s more by chance maybe remember this
verb is irregular see saw seen I’ve got
a video about common irregular verbs
that you can watch here if you want more
information they’re irregular verbs
they’re conjugations and their
pronunciation so to see something is to
notice something using our eyes so I saw
your mum at the coffee shop I noticed
her with my eyes now what
watch is very similar to to look however
the way we use them slightly different
to what means we look at something for a
longer period of time normally and
normally the object is moving or
changing so I watch TV because the TV
screen moves I don’t I wouldn’t look at
the TV the TV if I looked at the TV it
would just be a brief glance a quick
look but I watch it I’m fixated on it so
one of my favorite things to do is to
sit in a coffee shop window and do
people watching and I watch the people
go by because they’re moving I don’t
just look at them because that would
just be a brief shorter glance and maybe
they wouldn’t be moving I watch and I
see what they’re doing
however to talk about films sports
matches or concerts we can also use see
so I saw Beyonce last year or I went to
see Chelsea play against Arsenal
I watched the football match but I went
to see a specific game however with the
television we always watch the
television see we use more when we go
out with the intention of watching
something car is complicated isn’t it
don’t worry we’re going to compare them
all okay what’s my favorite film I think
my favorite film is the Shawshank
Redemption
comment below what’s your favorite film
I’m always looking for good film
recommendations so if I say last night I
saw the Shawshank Redemption and last
night I watched the Shawshank Redemption
do they mean different things or do they
mean the same thing they mean different
things if I say I watched it it means I
was at home watching it if I say I saw
it it means I went out and I went to the
cinema and I saw it there I watched the
film outside of my home I traveled with
the intention of seeing it okay another
one I watched a man digging a hole I saw
a man digging a hole what did
here it’s not about music or film or
public performances so the difference is
quite stark it’s quite a strong
difference if I watched the man digging
the hole it means I sat there and I
observed the hole or a large part of the
process if I saw him digging the hole it
means that I may be walked down the
street and I noticed that there was a
man digging a hole right that’s it for
today’s lesson your homework is to write
three sentences using look watch and see
correctly and I want you to try and make
them as funny as possible I want you to
try and make me laugh because I love
reading your comments and the funny ones
the really funny ones will get a little
love heart from me when I see them ah
don’t forget to connect with me on all
of my social media I’ve got my facebook
my Instagram and my Twitter and I’ve
also got a pa box now which means you
can send me letters and cards I’ve
received a couple of really really
lovely ones and I’m replying to them so
I’m really excited for the people who
have written to me to get a response and
that fits today I will see you soon for
another lesson
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