WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.360 Hi. I'm Rebecca from engVid. Today, we'll look at 12 verbs which are often confused 2 00:00:06.360 --> 00:00:11.039 by English learners. Perhaps you have some of these issues as well, and we're going to 3 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:16.559 find out in a minute. So, today, you'll have a chance to understand clearly the meaning 4 00:00:16.560 --> 00:00:24.220 of these six pairs of verbs, some of which are actually opposites, so you really need 5 00:00:24.220 --> 00:00:28.800 to know the difference and make sure you're not using the wrong one, and some of them 6 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:34.340 are similar. They're close, but they have different meanings. So, let's understand exactly 7 00:00:34.340 --> 00:00:40.760 what they are because they also happen to be very commonly used words, everyday words. 8 00:00:40.760 --> 00:00:45.220 All right? So, you really want to make sure that you're using them correctly. So, let's 9 00:00:45.220 --> 00:00:46.220 get started. 10 00:00:46.220 --> 00:00:53.140 All right. So, I have six sentences on the board with the verbs that we're looking at 11 00:00:53.140 --> 00:01:00.460 today. So, let's read it, and you tell me which is the right verb to be using in that 12 00:01:00.460 --> 00:01:02.960 context. All right? 13 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:15.100 Number one. Do we say, "Please bring this over there." or do we say, "Please take this 14 00:01:15.100 --> 00:01:28.160 over there." Which one is correct? Do you know? Are you sure? Okay? So, if you like, 15 00:01:28.160 --> 00:01:31.940 you can stop the video and, you know, look at all of them, write them down somewhere, 16 00:01:31.940 --> 00:01:35.300 and then join me, or let's just do it together. All right? 17 00:01:35.300 --> 00:01:48.339 So, in this case, the correct verb to be using is, "Please take this over there." Okay? Why? 18 00:01:48.340 --> 00:01:54.740 What's the difference between "bring" and "take"? Well, there are many ways to understand 19 00:01:54.740 --> 00:02:00.060 some of these verbs, okay? Like, this one and also another one. I'm going to give you 20 00:02:00.060 --> 00:02:08.700 in this lesson the most basic explanation so that you will know, you know, at that level, 21 00:02:08.700 --> 00:02:14.380 at a basic level, not make any serious mistakes at all, and get the basic idea. Now, some 22 00:02:14.380 --> 00:02:19.860 of them can be used in a little more advanced way. Don't worry about that. First, master 23 00:02:19.860 --> 00:02:23.820 these basic usages and the basic meaning. All right? 24 00:02:23.820 --> 00:02:33.460 So here, you can think of it like this. Bring this over here, or take this there. Okay? 25 00:02:33.460 --> 00:02:41.620 Bring it here, take it there. All right? So, in this case, we had the word "there", so 26 00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:48.260 we need to say, "Please take this", "Please take this away from me", not towards me, away 27 00:02:48.260 --> 00:02:55.100 from me, "Please take this over there." All right? If it was here, then it would have 28 00:02:55.100 --> 00:03:02.980 been, "Please bring this over here." Okay? So that's the most fundamental basic way in 29 00:03:02.980 --> 00:03:07.340 which you can learn that one, but remember, you may be... You may hear it being used in 30 00:03:07.340 --> 00:03:10.740 slightly different ways as well. Okay. 31 00:03:10.740 --> 00:03:20.100 Number two, "Did you hear that sound?" or "Did you listen that sound?" Which one is 32 00:03:20.100 --> 00:03:35.740 correct? So, here, we should say, "Did you hear that sound?" Okay? Not "listen". Why? 33 00:03:35.740 --> 00:03:43.460 Well, these two, "bring" and "take", were opposites. Okay? Here, they're similar, but 34 00:03:43.460 --> 00:03:50.640 there is a difference. When we hear something, it just means that some auditory information 35 00:03:50.640 --> 00:03:57.500 is coming in through our ears. Okay? We're taking in information through our ears. We 36 00:03:57.500 --> 00:04:04.180 can hear it. Okay? We're not trying to, it's just we can hear. For example, you can hear 37 00:04:04.180 --> 00:04:09.780 the birds, or you can hear a siren, a fire alarm, things like that. You hear them, you're 38 00:04:09.780 --> 00:04:17.300 not trying to, you just hear them. Okay? So that's the word "hear". "Listen" means paying 39 00:04:17.300 --> 00:04:24.460 attention to what you hear, so it's different. So, for example, "Please, can you be quiet? 40 00:04:24.460 --> 00:04:30.600 I'm just trying to listen to the news." Okay? Listen to the news, you listen when someone 41 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:36.100 is speaking because you're paying attention to the sound that is being produced. Okay? 42 00:04:36.100 --> 00:04:43.779 So, "hear" is just taking in the sound, "listening" is paying attention to that sound. Alright, 43 00:04:43.779 --> 00:04:57.739 next. Do we say, "Please remember me to call John" or "Please remind me to call John"? 44 00:04:57.740 --> 00:05:06.940 These are also similar. What's the right word that we need here? Which one do we need? We 45 00:05:06.940 --> 00:05:18.059 need, "Please remind me to call John." Okay? So, what's the difference here? So, here, 46 00:05:18.060 --> 00:05:25.860 the difference is when you remember, to remember just means to not forget. Okay? So, "I need 47 00:05:25.860 --> 00:05:31.419 to remember to do something", "You need to remember to do something", "I need to remember", 48 00:05:31.420 --> 00:05:39.900 "I need to not forget", "You need to not forget". Okay? But when you remind, you tell someone 49 00:05:39.900 --> 00:05:47.779 else or you help someone else not to forget. That's the difference. So, if I'm afraid that 50 00:05:47.779 --> 00:05:53.619 I cannot remember, I might not remember something by myself, I might ask you, "Hey, could you 51 00:05:53.620 --> 00:06:00.940 please remind me", you tell me not to forget, "to call John". Okay? That's the difference 52 00:06:00.940 --> 00:06:08.979 there. So, remind someone else, and usually the person remembers by themselves. Okay? 53 00:06:08.980 --> 00:06:14.020 That's it. Now, I just want to go back for one second to number two. There was another 54 00:06:14.020 --> 00:06:20.380 reason why "listen" was not correct here. Because if we said, "Did you listen?" we have 55 00:06:20.380 --> 00:06:26.460 to say "listen to". Okay? If you're paying attention, you need to say, "Listen to the 56 00:06:26.460 --> 00:06:33.100 music", "Listen to the news". But with here, we don't need to use any preposition. Alright? 57 00:06:33.100 --> 00:06:39.540 So, remember that point. Let's go to number four. Do we say, "Could you borrow me your 58 00:06:39.540 --> 00:06:49.980 book?" or "Could you lend me your book?" Which is the right answer there? Okay? So, the correct 59 00:06:49.980 --> 00:06:57.540 one is, "Could you lend me your book?" So, what's the difference between "borrow" and 60 00:06:57.540 --> 00:07:03.700 "lend"? Very commonly used words, right? We need them kind of very often. So, the difference 61 00:07:03.700 --> 00:07:11.300 is this. Let's put it this way. So, let's suppose I go to the library, I borrow a book, 62 00:07:11.300 --> 00:07:19.020 means I take something temporarily from the library, and the library lends me the book. 63 00:07:19.020 --> 00:07:25.340 The library gives me something temporarily. Okay? So, someone lends something, someone 64 00:07:25.340 --> 00:07:32.980 gives something temporarily, and another person takes something temporarily or borrows something. 65 00:07:32.980 --> 00:07:40.820 Alright? For example, also, we could think of a bank, right? The bank lends money, gives 66 00:07:40.820 --> 00:07:48.260 money temporarily, the customer borrows money temporarily. Okay? So, think of those examples, 67 00:07:48.260 --> 00:07:53.420 like a library, a bank, and you will remember this word, but it can also be like someone 68 00:07:53.420 --> 00:07:59.380 says, "Hey, can I borrow your pen?" Right? Or your book. Or, so if the person says, "Can 69 00:07:59.380 --> 00:08:05.700 I borrow your book?" you say, "What are you doing? You are lending that." Alright? Good. 70 00:08:05.700 --> 00:08:10.780 Next. So, these are actually also... These are opposites, here. Right? So, you want to 71 00:08:10.780 --> 00:08:15.620 make sure that you don't mix them up because the meaning is completely different. 72 00:08:15.620 --> 00:08:26.180 Number five. Do we say, "When are you coming here?" or "When are you going here?" What 73 00:08:26.180 --> 00:08:35.080 do you think? So, the correct answer, in this case, is "coming". Okay? This is another one 74 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:42.580 of those pairs of words which has a basic meaning and then a more complex, advanced, 75 00:08:42.580 --> 00:08:48.420 nuanced meaning. I'm giving you the basic meaning now. The basic meaning is you would 76 00:08:48.420 --> 00:08:59.420 say to somebody, "Come here" or "Go there". Okay? Come here, go there. So, in this case, 77 00:08:59.420 --> 00:09:05.140 it's here, right? So, "When are you coming here?" Or you would have to say, "When are 78 00:09:05.140 --> 00:09:11.659 you going there?" Okay? At the basic level, again. So, that's something that you can use 79 00:09:11.660 --> 00:09:17.460 to remember. And again, this has slightly opposite meanings, so be careful. 80 00:09:17.460 --> 00:09:28.960 Next. Do we say, "I spent a lot of money on my car because I love cars." Or does this 81 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:39.380 person say, "I wasted a lot of money on my car because I love cars." Which word is correct? 82 00:09:39.380 --> 00:09:49.059 "Spent" or "wasted". And what's the difference? Okay? In this case, the correct answer is 83 00:09:49.059 --> 00:09:55.559 "spent", not "wasted". Okay? So, these are sort of shades of meaning, so they're kind 84 00:09:55.559 --> 00:10:02.859 of similar. So, what is the difference? Well, we spend money... To spend money or time or 85 00:10:02.860 --> 00:10:10.260 resources just means to use it. So, the feeling is more neutral or positive. Okay? The person 86 00:10:10.260 --> 00:10:16.940 is not unhappy about it. They just spent money. Okay? Let's say. In this case, the person 87 00:10:16.940 --> 00:10:22.380 is actually happy about it because he says or she says, "I spent a lot of money on my 88 00:10:22.380 --> 00:10:28.820 car because I love cars." So, they're happy; they're not unhappy about anything. But if 89 00:10:28.820 --> 00:10:38.020 somebody said, "I wasted", "to waste" means to use too much money or too much time or 90 00:10:38.020 --> 00:10:43.140 too many resources. Or let's say that you bought something and then it broke the next 91 00:10:43.140 --> 00:10:48.940 day. All right? Because it's useless; it was really bad quality. Then you would say, "I 92 00:10:48.940 --> 00:10:54.200 wasted my money because that product was no good." All right? But in this... And that's 93 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:59.420 a negative feeling. When we say, "We wasted our time. I went there, but it was no use. 94 00:10:59.420 --> 00:11:05.620 I didn't get my work done. I wasted my time." Okay? Or, "I wasted my money or any other 95 00:11:05.620 --> 00:11:11.660 resources." So, "wasted" definitely has a negative meaning, and "spend" is a neutral 96 00:11:11.660 --> 00:11:18.860 or a positive meaning. All right? So, those are the words for now, and then we're going 97 00:11:18.860 --> 00:11:22.020 to practice a little bit so you can master them. 98 00:11:22.020 --> 00:11:27.980 By the way, if you want to make these kind of very important small corrections to improve 99 00:11:27.980 --> 00:11:32.660 your English and take it to a higher level, please check out my online course, Correct 100 00:11:32.660 --> 00:11:38.340 Your English Errors in 10 Minutes a Day. There, we don't just do these, but we do... We have 101 00:11:38.340 --> 00:11:45.940 60, where there's more like 120, 150 different errors of this kind, small little changes 102 00:11:45.940 --> 00:11:50.580 that you can make to improve your English and take it to a higher level in terms of 103 00:11:50.580 --> 00:11:55.660 grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and all kinds of other areas. Okay? So, if you're 104 00:11:55.660 --> 00:12:01.300 interested, please check out the course. It's an online program. A lot of people are reporting 105 00:12:01.300 --> 00:12:05.340 to us that they're finding it extremely helpful because they're small little changes that 106 00:12:05.340 --> 00:12:08.700 you can make, like we did here. All right? 107 00:12:08.700 --> 00:12:21.100 Number one, what do we say? Could you ____ me to call home? Which of these is correct? 108 00:12:21.100 --> 00:12:34.219 Could you remind me? Okay? Remember, to remind means to tell... Help someone else not to 109 00:12:34.220 --> 00:12:42.259 forget. To remember means not to forget. Okay? So, could you remind me to call home? All 110 00:12:42.260 --> 00:12:44.020 right? Good. 111 00:12:44.020 --> 00:13:01.099 Number two, the university ____ textbooks. Think about it. The university lends textbooks. 112 00:13:01.100 --> 00:13:08.100 Who borrows the textbooks? The students, right? The students borrow textbooks, and the university 113 00:13:08.100 --> 00:13:15.860 lends textbooks. The university gives temporarily. The students borrow, take temporarily. All 114 00:13:15.860 --> 00:13:17.980 right? Excellent. 115 00:13:17.980 --> 00:13:38.340 Number three, I'm _____ to the news. What's that? I'm listening to the news. Right? Listening, 116 00:13:38.340 --> 00:13:43.620 paying attention, not just hearing, not just bringing in information through your ears, 117 00:13:43.620 --> 00:13:49.020 but actually paying attention to that. That's where they're saying, "Shh, I'm listening. 118 00:13:49.020 --> 00:13:54.980 I'm listening to the news." Also, listening to, remember? Good. 119 00:13:54.980 --> 00:14:09.420 Number four, could you ____ this file to the HR department? Could you take, right? Could 120 00:14:09.420 --> 00:14:17.459 you take this file to the HR department? HR, Human Resources Department. So, you're asking 121 00:14:17.460 --> 00:14:23.900 the person to take it there, not bring it here, but take it there. Take it somewhere 122 00:14:23.900 --> 00:14:30.220 else. Take it away. Okay? So, that's the correct answer there. 123 00:14:30.220 --> 00:14:40.100 Number five, _____ here. I want to show you something. _____ here. I want to show you 124 00:14:40.100 --> 00:14:52.340 something. So, what do you say? Not _____. Which verb do we use? We say, "Hey, come here. 125 00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:57.980 Come here. I want to show you something. Look at this beautiful butterfly, or flower, or 126 00:14:57.980 --> 00:15:06.060 whatever." Okay? So, "Come here." Because otherwise it would be what? "Go there." Those 127 00:15:06.060 --> 00:15:11.820 are the basic explanations of those two words. Remember, there are other ways in which you 128 00:15:11.820 --> 00:15:20.700 might see this word and this one, four and five, being used, but learn the basics so 129 00:15:20.700 --> 00:15:23.940 that you won't get those mixed up. All right? 130 00:15:23.940 --> 00:15:36.700 Next, number six, don't _____ your money on that movie. It's really bad. Don't - what's 131 00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:44.980 more likely to be used here? Don't waste your money. Right? Don't waste your money because 132 00:15:44.980 --> 00:15:49.620 if you spend your money, it's like it's useless. It's - there's no point. You won't get any 133 00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:55.060 joy or happiness or anything from watching that movie, so it's like your money has gone 134 00:15:55.060 --> 00:16:00.579 down the drain. It's wasted. All right? You didn't just spend it. If you spend, sometimes 135 00:16:00.580 --> 00:16:05.500 you're very happy that you spent money on something, but when you waste something, then 136 00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:11.580 you're not happy because it was useless, or it was bad, or it broke, or something went 137 00:16:11.580 --> 00:16:18.060 wrong. All right? So, here you've reviewed just 12 of the most common mistakes that happen 138 00:16:18.060 --> 00:16:23.820 with verbs, and as I said, if you enjoyed this kind of exercise, which is very useful 139 00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:28.180 because you really don't want to make these kind of basic level mistakes. You want to 140 00:16:28.180 --> 00:16:35.140 know clearly what very common verbs are being used and how to use them. So, please check 141 00:16:35.140 --> 00:16:39.620 out my course, Correct Your English Errors, in 10 minutes a day, and you will be able 142 00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:45.860 to make what I call in this course small changes for big results. All right? Thanks very much 143 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:48.180 for watching. Bye for now.