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Hi there, I'm just checking my diary for my lessons for today
and, having just come back from a trip to England
I realise how often we use the word - check -
so I thought I'd do a quick 5 minute lesson just to give some
just to give you some phrases with the obvious
and the less obvious uses of the word check
I hope you will like this video
and do look at some of my other videos in the channel
and subscribe for future videos
so I'm going to write up on the board some phrases now
and, bear with me... keep watching until the end of the video
and I will say the phrases
with voice intonation for the pronunciation
and also I'll explain the context if it's not obvious
OK then, I've written up these phrases...I want to say them with my normal voice intonation
and then I'll explain them...they are I think.. mostly fairly obvious
but...I'll explain them anyway
so here's the first one
right if they're not already clear
I'm going to explain them
I'm going to add some captions down there
if you want to turn the captions on
you will see the explanation with subtitles
which I've added
OK then..let's do the first one
now in this context and in many contexts similar to this
you are going to control that something has arrived or
or is present or that something has been done
this is the idea of controlling something to see whether it has been done or something has arrived
so that's very common.....you can say in any sentence
if you're not sure about if something has been done or arrived
I'll check
now this check out is different from number 3 which is the obvious...- check out of a hotel -
this check out is interesting because it's so common when
people are trying to draw your attention to go and look at something
very often it's an advertiser
but it could just be a friend who wants to suggest that you go and look at something
...'go and check out the new film with Brad Pitt...'
its drawing your attention to go and look at something which you may be interested in
I think this is a good one...and you see it everywhere
this is the most obvious one of them all..I think......
you've all been in hotels and when you check out of the hotel
you go and pay at reception and then you leave after your visit or after your stay
now this one is slightly different from check in.....check into
it means that you are going to investigate something
again, it's similar to controlling, but it's more investigate
somebody wants some information...you don't have the answer immediately
so you go and investigate and then you will call them and give them the information
so you're going to check into the matter or check into the situation and then resolve the problem..if it's a problem
so that's a slightly different check into
and regarding this 'check'
now this means, rather than to see if something has arrived,
it means ...to control whether something is as it should be
where someone or you have to check something is as you want it or as it must be
so that's a good one and slightly different from seeing if something has arrived
and .....you all know this one...if you have flown in an airplane
you will have checked in your bags at the check-in desk
before you go through security....and it means precisely that
that you give your bags that you want to send in the hold of the airplane
that is....not take into the cabin, which is called a cabin bag or hand luggage
so this means that you check it in..give your bags to be sent in the hold