DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "SEE, LOOK AND WATCH" !!

Maybe, you'll be thinking why I write about that, it's simple; If you are studying a new language, it is important to discover everything about that. And that's what I do.

I will describe the difference between  the verbs "See, look and look", because I think it is a very common problem in some people. Sometimes, when we are talking about something and someone hears that in the conversation there are some verbs,  "See, look and look" we ask ourselves what they are talking about, because we usually confuse those terms. We don't have the correct definition about it, but with this post I hope you understand the difference that I could find. 

Look.

I spent two hours looking at paintings.
looked at my watch to check the time.
Don’t look at John! He doesn’t like it.

In these examples, we say look because paintings, your watch and John are not moving. We do not use look when we talk about observing moving objects.

Watch

watched TV all evening.
I like watching the children play.
watch the sunrise every morning.

In these examples, all the objects are moving. A TV set doesn’t move, of course, but the images on the screen do. We use watch when we look at a moving object carefully, to observe it.

See

I didn’t see you at the party last night.
saw a car crash this morning. It was horrible.
I can’t see you. It’s too dark.

We usually use see when something comes into our sight or view by chance. We were not looking for it.

Here, I leave this link. You can enter and practice with some exercises. 

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