cooking verbs
wanna speak real english from your first lesson? sign up for your free lifetime account atenglishclass101.com. hi, everybody! and welcome back to englishclass101.com’syoutube channel. my name is alisha, and today i'm going togive a short explanation of the difference between “look,†“watch,†and “see.†so let's get started! okay, the first verb that i want to talk aboutis “look.†we use “look†when we simply want to explainthat we are moving our eyes to something,
just moving the eyes is to “look†at something. there's no expectation that the item or theobject we are looking at is going to change. there's no expectation that some change isgoing to happen, we're simply moving our eyes to something. finally, when you use “look†and an objectfollows the verb, you need to follow “look†with “at.†so for example, “look at that.†“look at me.†“look at that.â€
“look at her.†“look at him.†all of these use “at†because an objectfollows the verb “look.†so “look at that thing.†when you use an expression like “look overthere,†there's no object there, so only when there's an object after the word “lookâ€you need to use “at†to connect the two. okay, so remember, “look†is used whenyou're simply moving your eyes to something. okay, let's talk then about the verb “watch.†so we use “watch†when we want to focusour attention on something.
so focusing your attention can be on somethinghappening in front of you, like a performance, it can be movie, tv, but the nuance with “watchâ€is you are watching something that is changing or moving, something is going to happen, there'san expectation of change or movement, evolution in some way, we use “watch†in those cases. focused attention on something that is changingor something that is moving is when we use “watch.†and finally, “see,†the verb “seeâ€is used when we just notice something, we have to notice something, maybe a person hascome into the room and we “see†that person, we noticed something but we're not necessarilyfocusing.
so maybe we “see†it, our eyes catch it,but we don't focus on that thing, that is when we use “see.†so to recap, we use “look†just to moveour eyes to something. we use “watch†for focused attention onsomething that is moving or something that is changing. and we use “see†when we just notice somethingbut we don't necessarily focus on it. okay, so this is the basic use of these threeverbs, but there are a couple of exceptions. so here, i have special cases, especiallyfor performances, so for example, movies, tv shows, concerts, sporting events, and soon, these have slightly different rules.
we will only use “watch†or "see" forthese cases, please do not use “look†in these cases, please use “watch†or"see.†if you're having trouble deciding when touse “watch†or “see,†a good rule, or a good guideline, is if it's somethingoutside the house, something outside your home, your apartment, use the verb "see.†if you're at home doing something at home,like watching a movie, for example, use the verb “watch.†so for example, over here, you would see amovie in a movie theater; see a baseball game; watch a dvd at home, or watch the awards showat home.
so these are at home actions, and these areoutside the home action. so we use "see" and “watch†in these cases. okay, but let's try to choose the correctverb in these example sentences that i've prepared. so first one,tonight i'm going to ______ game of thrones. game of thrones is a popular tv show, so weshould use “watch†because we learned that “watch†is used for things outside,oh, i'm sorry, because we learned that “watch†is used for actions at home, things we doat home, it's more natural to use “watch.†i'm going to watch game of thrones.
okay, the next sentence,i want to ______ that new movie. new movie probably means going to a movietheater, so we should use the verb “see.†i want to see that new movie, is the correctverb here. ______ up ahead, traffic is terrible. so up ahead means in front of you, in frontof the car, in this case, it's car, it's traffic related, so up ahead, in this case, the speakeris asking the listener to move his or her eyes in front of them to go up ahead withtheir eyes, so you can use the verb “look.†look up ahead, traffic is terrible. so move your eyes up ahead, it's a command.
okay, next one,last night i stayed in and ______ a football game. so stayed in means stayed home, i stayed athome, we use the expression “stayed in†so i stayed in and “watch,†this is anat home action. past tense, i watched a football game lastnight. ok, next one,i can't wait to ______ my favorite band next week. so again, this is a performance outside thehouse, my favorite band, so we'll use “see†i can't wait to “see†my favorite bandnext week.
ok, next sentence. when i ______ into the forest, i ______ adeer. okay, there are two verbs in this sentence,we're going to use “looked,†so when i moved my eyes into the forest, i moved mydirection, my eyes moved in the direction of the forest, and i ______ a deer. so we noticed something, i saw a deer. i saw a deer. a deer entered my eyes, is a weird way tosay it but that's the nuance here. i happened to notice, i wasn't focusing buti saw this in my eye, i saw a deer.
okay, let's look at a really difficult one. i ______ up from my book and ______ you. you were ______ a video on your phone. okay, so similar here, i ______ up, i “lookedâ€up, i moved my eyes up from my book, so i was reading, i moved my eyes up from my book. and ______ you, so here i noticed, i saw,past tense, i saw you; then here you were ______ a video on your phone. a video on your phone, so maybe we need touse the verb “watch†because the person has focused their attention on their phoneon the video.
you were watching, past progressive tense,you were watching a video on your phone. so here in this situation we have all threeverbs. finally, let's use it in a question. when did you last ______ your roommate? so when did you last notice your roommate? we would use the verb “see,†when didyou last “see†your roommate, when was the last time you saw your roommate, you noticedyour roommate. so these are some great examples of sentenceswhere it might be difficult to guess should i use “look,†should i use “see,â€should i use “watch,†but keep these rules
in mind; so remember when you move your eyesto something use “look,†don't forget to use “at†when an object follows theverb, too. when you want to focus your attention or talkabout something that's changing and moving, use “watch,†like movies and tv shows. when you want to just talk about noticingsomething but not focusing your attention, use “see.†so this is a basic introduction to the differencesbetween “look,†“see,†and “watch.†i hope it was useful for you, if you like,you can try to leave a comment with one of these verbs in your sentence, or if you haveany questions please let us know as well.
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