Tina Hello. Jake
Hey, Tina. It's Jake.
Tina Hi, there. How are you?
Jake Fine, thanks. What are you doing at
the moment?
Tina I'm sightseeing! I'm at the Brighton
aquarium with Laura.
Jake Really? What are you looking at?
Tina Oh, there are some sharks here. They're
really cool.
Jake Are you having a good time?
Tina Yeah, it's really interesting. We can meet
later if you want.
Jake OK, great! Give me a call.
Tina Sure. Bye for now.

'Look', 'see' and 'watch' seem very similar, they all talk about different ways of using your eyes. However, there are two very important differences. It depends on how you intend to look or watch and how intense the looking is. When we say 'see' we are normally talking about things we can't avoid – so for example, "I opened the curtains and saw some birds outside." - I didn't intend to see them, it just happened. However, when we use the verb 'look', we're talking about seeing something with an intention. So, "this morning I looked at the newspaper" – I intended to see the newspaper.

What a bad day it was! I talked with my classmate about my new dress. I thought we spoke in a very quiet voice but the teacher heard our talk. She said: “I say, these two girls are talking about clothes but we are having our mathematics lesson! I want, Helen, to speak with your mother! She took my record book and wrote in it: “Please, come over to the school. We must talk about your daughter.” Of course, my mother came to talk with the teacher. She put on her most beautiful dress and she looked so nice in it! When our maths teacher saw her she said to my mother; “Oh, you look so beautiful! What a nice dress you are wearing!” And the two women started talking about clothes. They forgot about my notebook.