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Easy English

look and see

These are easy words. But, when do you say LOOK and when do you say SEE?

Look at the ball!
👁️ ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ ⚽

I see the ball.
⚽ ➡️➡️➡️ 👁️

“Look” means you WANT to do this, or you MUST do this.
🤔🤔🤔 I want a car. I will look for a car.

“See” means “OH! Wow! I see it!” 😮
If I see a nice car, I will buy it.

Please look through this window.
What do you see? I see clouds ☁️☁️☁️. I do not see the sun.

The man, woman, and baby are looking at the sky.
Maybe they see the sun. 🌞
Maybe they see a bird. 🕊️

What is the cat 🐱 looking at?
If it sees a mouse 🐭, it will be happy.

I saw my friend yesterday. I was not looking for him, but I was happy I saw him.

Look at this picture.
What do you see? Tell me in a comment!

Image by William Ely Hill (1887–1962)(„Puck“, 6. Nov 1915) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Past	Present	Future
looked	I look you look he looks she looks it looks we look they look you look	will look
saw ⚠️ not "seed"	I see you see he sees she sees it sees we see they see you see	will see

Easy English

through (and nope and yep!)

Yesterday, we leaned “threw“. Today, it is “through“.

Do you say the “gh”? 🤔

Nope! It sounds like “threw” and “thru“.

Did you know that “nope” means “no”? 😮
Yep! It does! 😀

You walk through a doorway.

This road goes through a tree!

The needle is going through a hole.

You look through a window.
Air can come in through an open window.

It is hard to see through this window!

Easy English

throw and threw

Throw sounds like the letter O, like “thro”. Do not say it like “now”.

The man throws a water balloon.
He is throwing a water balloon.
What is he throwing it at?

Yesterday, he threw one at me.😠
Should I throw one at him? 🤔

This is a trash can.
We throw trash into the trash can. 🚮
Do you have some trash? Throw it away!

After a foul in basketball, there is a free throw.

Do you know what we call this?

We say “throw up”! Really!
I hope you don’t throw up.

Past	Present	Future
threw ⚠️ not "throwed"	I throw you throw he throws she throws it throws we throw they throw you throw	will throw

Easy English

by, buy, and bye

Jon wants a car. He has money. Will Jon by, buy, or bye a car?

👴🏼Hello.

👨🏻Hello. My name is Jon. I want a car. 🚗

👴🏼Hello Jon! Do you have money? 💰

👨🏻Yes. I would like to buy a car.

👴🏼Many people buy cars here!

👨🏻My friend bought a car here yesterday. <<< past. Say it like “bot”

👴🏼Which car did he buy?

👨🏻He bought a Subaru.

👴🏼Aha! Yes! Very good car! Would you like to buy a Subaru?

👨🏻Hmmm. Do you have a good Subaru?

👴🏼Yes, by the road.

👨🏻Where?

👴🏼Look! There! –> by the road.

👨🏻Next to the road?

👴🏼Yes. By the road. Next to the road. It is the same thing. 🙄

👨🏻Hmmm. It is yellow. I want to buy a red car.

👴🏼If the price is lower, would you buy it?

👨🏻No. I will go now. Bye!

👴🏼Jon, please do not leave! I have a red Toyota!

👨🏻Oh? Where?

👴🏼The red Toyota is by the shop.

👨🏻Good! I like it. I will buy it!

👴🏼OK. 💰 < – > 🚗

👨🏻Thank you. Good bye!

👴🏼Bye!

Past	Present	Future
bought ⚠️ not "buyed"	I buy you buy he buys she buys it buys we buy they buy you buy	will buy

Easy English

Colors

11 new words? Do not worry! I found a good lesson for you.

Look at this web page: click here

You will see pictures of the colors 🌈, and buttons 🔈. You can hear the words black, white, gray, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and brown.

Easy English

but

The word “but” can help you make long sentences.

You can say:

I ate dinner. 😋
I am still hungry. 😞

But it is better to make one long sentence.

>>> I ate dinner, but I am still hungry.

It is sunny. ☀️
It is is cold. ❄️

>>> It is sunny, but it is cold.

BUT means the second part is different.

I would write more, but I have to go to sleep now.

Easy English

talk and tell

Can we talk now? I will tell you a story with these two words.

Oh! Do not say the L when you say “talk“. Say it like “tok”. 🙄

Jamal is sick, so he goes to the doctor.

👨‍⚕️ Hello Jamal. How are you?

🤒 mmm mmm mmm mmm.

👨‍⚕️ What?

🤒 mmm mmm MMM MMM!

👨‍⚕️ Can you talk?

🤒 👎

👨‍⚕️ Please drink this. 🍵 Now try to talk.

🤒 Wow! 👍 I can talk now!

👨‍⚕️ Good. Please tell me if you are OK now.

🤒 Yes, I feel good.

👨‍⚕️ OK. Please tell your mother Hello for me.

🤒 OK, I will tell her. Oh! She told me to tell you something.

👨‍⚕️ What?

🤒 She needs more medicine. 💊💊

👨‍⚕️ Oh yes, we talked about that. I will talk to her tomorrow. Please tell her that, OK?

🤒 Yes, I will tell her.

👨‍⚕️ And tell your father that I am happy he is not sick.

🤒 Yes, I will tell him. Can I tell you something?

👨‍⚕️ Yes, what?

😀 I am happy I can talk again. Thank you, Doctor!

Past	Present	Future
talked	I talk you talk he talks she talks it talks we talk they talk you talk	will talk
told ⚠️ not "telled"	I tell you tell he tells she tells it tells we tell they tell you tell	will tell