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by English learners. Perhaps you have some
of these issues as well, and we're going to00:00:11
find out in a minute. So, today, you'll have
a chance to understand clearly the meaning00:00:16
of these six pairs of verbs, some of which
are actually opposites, so you really need00:00:24
to know the difference and make sure you're
not using the wrong one, and some of them00:00:28
are similar. They're close, but they have
different meanings. So, let's understand exactly00:00:34
what they are because they also happen to
be very commonly used words, everyday words.00:00:40
All right? So, you really want to make sure
that you're using them correctly. So, let's00:00:45
get started.00:00:46
All right. So, I have six sentences on the
board with the verbs that we're looking at00:00:53
today. So, let's read it, and you tell me
which is the right verb to be using in that00:01:00
context. All right?00:01:02
Number one. Do we say, "Please bring this
over there." or do we say, "Please take this00:01:15
over there." Which one is correct? Do you
know? Are you sure? Okay? So, if you like,00:01:28
you can stop the video and, you know, look
at all of them, write them down somewhere,00:01:31
and then join me,
or let's just do it together. All right?00:01:35
So, in this case, the correct verb to be using
is, "Please take this over there." Okay? Why?00:01:48
What's the difference between "bring" and
"take"? Well, there are many ways to understand00:01:54
some of these verbs, okay? Like, this one
and also another one. I'm going to give you00:02:00
in this lesson the most basic explanation so
that you will know, you know, at that level,00:02:08
at a basic level, not make any serious mistakes
at all, and get the basic idea. Now, some00:02:14
of them can be used in a little more advanced
way. Don't worry about that. First, master00:02:19
these basic usages and
the basic meaning. All right?00:02:23
So here, you can think of it like this. Bring
this over here, or take this there. Okay?00:02:33
Bring it here, take it there. All right? So,
in this case, we had the word "there", so00:02:41
we need to say, "Please take this", "Please
take this away from me", not towards me, away00:02:48
from me, "Please take this over there." All
right? If it was here, then it would have00:02:55
been, "Please bring this over here." Okay?
So that's the most fundamental basic way in00:03:02
which you can learn that one, but remember,
you may be... You may hear it being used in00:03:07
slightly different
ways as well. Okay.00:03:10
Number two, "Did you hear that sound?" or
"Did you listen that sound?" Which one is00:03:20
correct? So, here, we should say, "Did you
hear that sound?" Okay? Not "listen". Why?00:03:35
Well, these two, "bring" and "take", were
opposites. Okay? Here, they're similar, but00:03:43
there is a difference. When we hear something,
it just means that some auditory information00:03:50
is coming in through our ears. Okay? We're
taking in information through our ears. We00:03:57
can hear it. Okay? We're not trying to, it's
just we can hear. For example, you can hear00:04:04
the birds, or you can hear a siren, a fire
alarm, things like that. You hear them, you're00:04:09
not trying to, you just hear them. Okay? So
that's the word "hear". "Listen" means paying00:04:17
attention to what you hear, so it's different.
So, for example, "Please, can you be quiet?00:04:24
I'm just trying to listen to the news." Okay?
Listen to the news, you listen when someone00:04:30
is speaking because you're paying attention
to the sound that is being produced. Okay?00:04:36
So, "hear" is just taking in the sound, "listening"
is paying attention to that sound. Alright,00:04:43
next. Do we say, "Please remember me to call
John" or "Please remind me to call John"?00:04:57
These are also similar. What's the right word
that we need here? Which one do we need? We00:05:06
need, "Please remind me to call John." Okay?
So, what's the difference here? So, here,00:05:18
the difference is when you remember, to remember
just means to not forget. Okay? So, "I need00:05:25
to remember to do something", "You need to
remember to do something", "I need to remember",00:05:31
"I need to not forget", "You need to not forget".
Okay? But when you remind, you tell someone00:05:39
else or you help someone else not to forget.
That's the difference. So, if I'm afraid that00:05:47
I cannot remember, I might not remember something
by myself, I might ask you, "Hey, could you00:05:53
please remind me", you tell me not to forget,
"to call John". Okay? That's the difference00:06:00
there. So, remind someone else, and usually
the person remembers by themselves. Okay?00:06:08
That's it. Now, I just want to go back for
one second to number two. There was another00:06:14
reason why "listen" was not correct here.
Because if we said, "Did you listen?" we have00:06:20
to say "listen to". Okay? If you're paying
attention, you need to say, "Listen to the00:06:26
music", "Listen to the news". But with here,
we don't need to use any preposition. Alright?00:06:33
So, remember that point. Let's go to number
four. Do we say, "Could you borrow me your00:06:39
book?" or "Could you lend me your book?" Which
is the right answer there? Okay? So, the correct00:06:49
one is, "Could you lend me your book?" So,
what's the difference between "borrow" and00:06:57
"lend"? Very commonly used words, right? We
need them kind of very often. So, the difference00:07:03
is this. Let's put it this way. So, let's
suppose I go to the library, I borrow a book,00:07:11
means I take something temporarily from the
library, and the library lends me the book.00:07:19
The library gives me something temporarily.
Okay? So, someone lends something, someone00:07:25
gives something temporarily, and another person
takes something temporarily or borrows something.00:07:32
Alright? For example, also, we could think
of a bank, right? The bank lends money, gives00:07:40
money temporarily, the customer borrows money
temporarily. Okay? So, think of those examples,00:07:48
like a library, a bank, and you will remember
this word, but it can also be like someone00:07:53
says, "Hey, can I borrow your pen?" Right?
Or your book. Or, so if the person says, "Can00:07:59
I borrow your book?" you say, "What are you
doing? You are lending that." Alright? Good.00:08:05
Next. So, these are actually also... These
are opposites, here. Right? So, you want to00:08:10
make sure that you don't mix them up
because the meaning is completely different.00:08:15
Number five. Do we say, "When are you coming
here?" or "When are you going here?" What00:08:26
do you think? So, the correct answer, in this
case, is "coming". Okay? This is another one00:08:35
of those pairs of words which has a basic
meaning and then a more complex, advanced,00:08:42
nuanced meaning. I'm giving you the basic
meaning now. The basic meaning is you would00:08:48
say to somebody, "Come here" or "Go there".
Okay? Come here, go there. So, in this case,00:08:59
it's here, right? So, "When are you coming
here?" Or you would have to say, "When are00:09:05
you going there?" Okay? At the basic level,
again. So, that's something that you can use00:09:11
to remember. And again, this has
slightly opposite meanings, so be careful.00:09:17
Next. Do we say, "I spent a lot of money on
my car because I love cars." Or does this00:09:28
person say, "I wasted a lot of money on my car
because I love cars." Which word is correct?00:09:39
"Spent" or "wasted". And what's the difference?
Okay? In this case, the correct answer is00:09:49
"spent", not "wasted". Okay? So, these are
sort of shades of meaning, so they're kind00:09:55
of similar. So, what is the difference? Well,
we spend money... To spend money or time or00:10:02
resources just means to use it. So, the feeling
is more neutral or positive. Okay? The person00:10:10
is not unhappy about it. They just spent money.
Okay? Let's say. In this case, the person00:10:16
is actually happy about it because he says
or she says, "I spent a lot of money on my00:10:22
car because I love cars." So, they're happy;
they're not unhappy about anything. But if00:10:28
somebody said, "I wasted", "to waste" means
to use too much money or too much time or00:10:38
too many resources. Or let's say that you
bought something and then it broke the next00:10:43
day. All right? Because it's useless; it was
really bad quality. Then you would say, "I00:10:48
wasted my money because that product was no
good." All right? But in this... And that's00:10:54
a negative feeling. When we say, "We wasted
our time. I went there, but it was no use.00:10:59
I didn't get my work done. I wasted my time."
Okay? Or, "I wasted my money or any other00:11:05
resources." So, "wasted" definitely has a
negative meaning, and "spend" is a neutral00:11:11
or a positive meaning. All right? So, those
are the words for now, and then we're going00:11:18
to practice a little bit
so you can master them.00:11:22
By the way, if you want to make these kind of
very important small corrections to improve00:11:27
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you can make,
like we did here. All right?00:12:08
Number one, what do we say? Could you ____
me to call home? Which of these is correct?00:12:21
Could you remind me? Okay? Remember, to remind
means to tell... Help someone else not to00:12:34
forget. To remember means not to forget. Okay?
So, could you remind me to call home? All00:12:42
right? Good.00:12:44
Number two, the university ____ textbooks.
Think about it. The university lends textbooks.00:13:01
Who borrows the textbooks? The students, right?
The students borrow textbooks, and the university00:13:08
lends textbooks. The university gives temporarily.
The students borrow, take temporarily. All00:13:15
right? Excellent.00:13:17
Number three, I'm _____ to the news. What's that?
I'm listening to the news. Right? Listening,00:13:38
paying attention, not just hearing, not just
bringing in information through your ears,00:13:43
but actually paying attention to that. That's
where they're saying, "Shh, I'm listening.00:13:49
I'm listening to the news." Also,
listening to, remember? Good.00:13:54
Number four, could you ____ this file to the
HR department? Could you take, right? Could00:14:09
you take this file to the HR department? HR,
Human Resources Department. So, you're asking00:14:17
the person to take it there, not bring it
here, but take it there. Take it somewhere00:14:23
else. Take it away. Okay? So,
that's the correct answer there.00:14:30
Number five, _____ here. I want to show you
something. _____ here. I want to show you00:14:40
something. So, what do you say? Not _____.
Which verb do we use? We say, "Hey, come here.00:14:52
Come here. I want to show you something. Look
at this beautiful butterfly, or flower, or00:14:57
whatever." Okay? So, "Come here." Because
otherwise it would be what? "Go there." Those00:15:06
are the basic explanations of those two words.
Remember, there are other ways in which you00:15:11
might see this word and this one, four and
five, being used, but learn the basics so00:15:20
that you won't get
those mixed up. All right?00:15:23
Next, number six, don't _____ your money on
that movie. It's really bad. Don't - what's00:15:36
more likely to be used here? Don't waste your
money. Right? Don't waste your money because00:15:44
if you spend your money, it's like it's useless.
It's - there's no point. You won't get any00:15:49
joy or happiness or anything from watching
that movie, so it's like your money has gone00:15:55
down the drain. It's wasted. All right? You
didn't just spend it. If you spend, sometimes00:16:00
you're very happy that you spent money on
something, but when you waste something, then00:16:05
you're not happy because it was useless, or
it was bad, or it broke, or something went00:16:11
wrong. All right? So, here you've reviewed
just 12 of the most common mistakes that happen00:16:18
with verbs, and as I said, if you enjoyed
this kind of exercise, which is very useful00:16:23
because you really don't want to make these
kind of basic level mistakes. You want to00:16:28
know clearly what very common verbs are being
used and how to use them. So, please check00:16:35
out my course, Correct Your English Errors,
in 10 minutes a day, and you will be able00:16:39
to make what I call in this course small changes
for big results. All right? Thanks very much00:16:45
for watching. Bye for now.Description:
Bring or Take? Come or Go? Remember or Remind? Watch and learn the difference between 12 basic verbs, used in everyday English. Use them correctly while speaking or writing, at work or school, in presentations or the IELTS. Understand the meanings of hear/listen, borrow/lend, spend/waste, and more. To improve your English easily, take my course, Correct Your English Errors in 10 Minutes a Day: https://10.bexenglish.com/courses/Correct-Your-English-Errors In this lesson: 00:00 – 12 Confusing Verbs in English – 00:53 "bring" or "take"? 03:10 "hear" or "listen"? 04:42 "remember" or "remind"? 06:36 "borrow" or "lend"? 08:15 "coming" or "going"? 09:17 "spent" or "wasted"? 12:08 – Test Yourself! –
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