Basic English Lesson: LISTEN or HEAR

Listen or hear Do you know which word to use These verbs may seem the same, but we use them differently in English. In this easy lesson, you ll learn how to use these words correctly. I ll also teach you some of the most common expressions we use with listen and hear so that you get reallife examples of these words in English. After you watch, take the quiz at to make sure you know the difference between listening and hearing. TRANSCRIPT Hi. I m Gill at and today we have a lesson on two verbs: listen and hear, and we re going to look at the ways that you use them, because they re a bit similar; they re both to do with your hearing and listening. When you re using your ears. So, it s a little confusing sometimes for people to know when to use listen and when to use hear, so I ve got a few examples, here, to try to show what context they can be used in. Okay. So, let s have a look first at listen, which is quite an active thing. You re really concentrating when you re listen