Confusing Words in English: LISTEN or HEAR?

1st One. Yay

Trollergamer

You were really lucky Troller! It’s not that easy to be the first one here.

But how about your score? Was it good enough?

Have a great day! See you around.

Regino

. . . as for the lesson . . . interesting tips to use these two verbs correctly.

In Spanish both verbs mean the same “escuchar”; this is the source of most mistakes. That is why it is important to know how they are used by English native speakers.

I do not know how to thank you Gill; it was a superb video-lesson!

Regino

Mind if I butt in this little chat? In Russian we have two verbs (for active and passive way of listening), with the same core, so yet again it feels like one word. So that pair english words is a little really confusing %)

Kubanez

Thanks for the spanish side.
In portuguese we have two verbs about hearing. One is “ouvir” and the other is “Escutar”. We use both verbs to mean hear or listen… daily, we don’t differentiate themselves.

ps.: All of you feel free to correct my english cause I want learn as much as possible.

emalgumlugar

10/10. I love this

Trollergamer

i get it

jesitax

hi nice to meet u :)

Delwyn

Hi Delwyn

Ha bu muymus

hi Delwin how are
you

jesitax

thank you very much, it’s very clearly.

tigrenochek

Thanks Gill!!!
Nice and useful lesson ;)

knopfler86

I’d like starting the day after listening a short and interesting lesson. Thanks you nice and quiet teacher.

beernaard

my word making skill and spilling skill is too poor so how can improve can anyone help me in this regard.please?

Rehman Ullah

Hello Gill .
Thank you for this lesson .
May we say ” I have heard from my sister ” getting some news about her by another person ? Unless we might say ” I have heard about my sister ”
Thank you Gill
Bye

tsamp

Hi tsamp — if you say “I have heard from my sister” it means your sister has contacted you directly, eg by phone, email or letter. If you receive news/information about your sister, it’s from a different source/person, and not directly from your sister herself. I hope this helps :-) All the best with your English studies! Gill

Gill

thank you ,

it had been good question.

KARTAL

Thank’s Ms Gill, really i was confused between the 2 words that helpful me

lyasstaha

very clear sound.. i really understand what you says. by the way …. you alike janet yallen

inhul2

Thanks Gill, this lesson is great..

marcos alexandre

Great Video, I got 100 % in second attempt but don’t master in these two verbs.

Muhammad Abbas

Thank you very much.Great lesson!

Vivimi

Hello Gill! Thank you for the nice lesson again. It is very useful. I always listen to your tips!

Eduardo França

Thanks. It is always worth listening to your great lessons.

proverbial horse

Madam Gill
A very nice video!
Got 9 marks.
But I am confused about sentence no 4.I put ‘listen’ but it was ‘hear’.

Sunny07

Thank you Gill that was amazing!i did the quiz after the lesson even if,I didn’t pass with 100% but i got 90% !thank you once again for the lesson

Alainchaka

i got 8 correct out of 10.
very nine lesson. thanks teacher.

Gamar2016

A clear and brief lesson! Some times I have asked to myself what could be their use of both, strangely i think i could guess by the context. Thanks a lot! it is always a pleasure watch your videos!
Be well!

JGeorge

Thnk u.. for
very clear easy explanation

DJ-Dharm-Jarwani

I got 9/10 :)
Thank you, Gill. Your lessons are very clear and helpful.

Paulus16

Thank you Gill, you are a great teacher!

kendyosiro

Thanks Gill for the lesson.
Is it possible to have a lesson about the word “stuff” ?

LDK

Thank you Gill for this new lesson!

Marylou

Thank you Gill

mariangelhr93

Thanks a lot, Gill. You are a great teacher. I am improving my English with your video lessons. Take care!

Júlio César L Sousa

Thanks a lot Gill. really helpful

sekti92id

thank you very much Gill

talhazien

You got 10 correct out of 10.
thank you very much Gill

AkramYanis

it is confused me always especially when i speak

abr.199

I’ve got 10/10.Hurray!
I’m sometimes confused about this problem,but today you help me. Thank you very much,Gill.

phamquynhanh

Thank you.

pen2009

I got 9 correct out of 10.
Que 8 was tricky, and I got it wrong.

Jacquelinechong

awesome ! Teacher . Thank you, for teaching such a wonderful topic so that i could not able to avoid and i started listing to your class very carefully.

rameshwar rao p

Thank you for your help……………….

Richard

Thank-you very much. Nice lesson.

byte

It’s helpful

amino2t

gooooood
10/10

Barca86

thank you all the time

sadam abdulahi

thnx alot i like this vid

asrar88

I love it

sarah-ahmed

It make me more understanding .Thank you.

pavanut2

This is great way to learning EN . I will definitely follow the website :)

Thx

sojudinaser

Very useful this video, thanks

Abad26

Thanks very much for this video Gill. All your videos are quite interesting and useful for us. They help us increase our level and comprehension.
Thanks again and keep going with the lessons.

yoruiz

10 of 10 <<<< a new information for me

mahdi aleid

A paper published online last year in behavioral and brain sciences by Jose’ L.
Duarte and his colleague attempts to organize …………..
1.the debate existed in the relevant research

2.the research and existing and relevant to debate

3.the debate existing and the research being relevant

4.the existing research relevant to this debate
??? Hello please explain about this grammar. Thanks

alexbianse

9of10. Thank you. it’s very usefull leson

abramchukov

Very nice teacher i got 8 of 10 correctly!

Jian Nan

2 mistakes but easy make sense to me after thinking of it for 1 sec

Moneim.Nemo

Thank u so much it was very nice lesson and i understood. at all . 100%

Abdishakur Abdi

Thank you Gill

Benightedness

9/10 thanks for useful lesson :v

DG.ltv

I love it 10/10 ??

LuaMontgomery

Thanks! It’s great!

Tatagiba

Thank you Gill! Very well explained. :)

Frances2

Hi Gill! Thank you for clearing up the difference between those verbs. Sometimes I get confused figuring out whether to use listen or hear, but now it is easier for me to understand when to use them.

Aleachi

Thank you very much! It was quite clear and well explained!

Tatagiba

Thanks you so much!!! I got it !!!

PabloPineda8

I got it too!

borndv

great , i really got a benefit

drshams

THANKS FOR YOUR LESSON

DINHNGUYENNT

iam new member

ghiyas91

Thank you i get 90 is very inerested

houdahicham

thank’s….

indramulyana

very good ! I think I will try more practice. thank you .

candice Huang

Thanks so much

medolog

Thank you is very clear

Felix Bobadilla

thank you is clear and have good sound…

Felix Bobadilla

I got 9/10 question

phamthitoan123

I’ve got 10 correct out of 10. Thank you so much. Great lesson!

nunu

Bad!! But very happy to have understood placements! Thanks a lot!

Nevio

Thanks Gill!!!
9/10 great

zagor63

10 of 10, thanks Gill

renesalgado

Hello gill
I want to ask about ican learn English with that or not and help me how if I can’t with that but I understand that

Maya hamdy

thak u so much, it is very useful to me

osmmmmm

Thank you so much )

baranoval

Thank you I really need english.

1991Ana@

It was useful to repeat.Thanks.

achubak79

Thank you so much teacher for your great lesson.

Soursdey heng

8/10. Thanks to Gill

fotocromia

Hello Gill!
Thank you. It was always dilemma for me. First time i understood differences between LISTEN and HEAR.
Be lucky☺!

Tatiana Pugach

Hello Gill ! Nice to meet you. This was my first lesson and is great, very explicative. I’ll continue watching your courses because I think are very usefull. Thanks for the lesson !

DenisFlorin

Gill! This is my first time on engVid. I loved it!
Great lesson, easy to learn. Congratulation and have a nice week

Sergio Ramos

Thanks Gill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aline Matos

Thanks a lot for this lesson.

It is very clear.

We should liston to your teaching more often.

Philon

thank you teacher

aahs12

Hello Gill! thank you so much! your lesson is very well and usefull. I really love it. I will enjoy your lessons next time. Thanks you so much again.

Dailinh

Yeahhh… I got 10 correct out of 10.
:D

Irwan Alamsyah

Great lesson, thanks!

Roxana81

I got something new. Thanks for this lesson Mam.

Dawasang Rumba

Hi Gill,
It is interesting.
Thank you.

methods-eng

I understand English, but not very well, then thank you very much for this lesson.

diniz

video ? what video are you all talking about ?

thirst for knowledge

back to learn englsh for life…

lighthouse7

This class take out dbouts, thank you for your help :D.

vihubladu

Excellent class! thank you very much.

Emmanuel Aquino

Hi,
This is the first lesson for me here,thank you so much!Iloved it!

Felep

Hello Gill, thank you so much :))

getnans03

GREAT.. !
I CAN HEAR MYSELF NOW

GUSCLUES

I’ve got
10 out of 10 thank u dear teacher

abdullah subhani

Thanks Gill I have many to learn

romeliobarros@yahoo

thx.Gill

Ha bu muymus

it’s nice , i had learnt the difference of hear and listen,but after so long time passed , i almost forget the difference, and in the ordinary communication, i also didn’t pay much attention to identify this, well it’s lucky that i learn the knowledge again ,tks gill .

baofeng235

yes. 9/10

igoMelo

Very good

Terrysam

My English is very bad. This is the biggest problem. Spelling does not make me. And everything that comes to me. If you have such a hard word. If it is, we could not pronounce. If you help me, then you will pity you very very great. and i have Skype,wechat,whatsapp,Hello talk. this is my Skype id ( z.ashi2 )

Arik1

10/10…woowww.

LucasBonanno

Thank you Gill. I get 10/10.

dodik

Thanks Gill for the lesson
i get 9/10

bakkar bakkar

I’ve got 10/10 nice to see you guys :D

IsaacLao

Thank you very much Gill!

Nushu

Very good lesson!

mazerosky

I could understand the difference between both better, It was very helpful.

Thank you very much Gill.
Regards.

sergio antonio martinez

Thankyou Gill. Great lesson.

adyvictura

Thanks teacher for sharing this wondeful class a bit easy but anyhow interesting. I got 9 out of ten bye bye

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JGeorge

Thanks…i’d like to add u….

Devid Zibon

its apleasure listening to you

Ebeid

hai maru

akkulathilaka

Maru!

engVid Moderator

hahaha.

phamquynhanh

that is great, lovely…

claudio carvalho da cruz

It was an useful class. I have tried to listen to the teachers so careful, because I’d like to learn English as soon as possible.

carlosengforever

7/10 not so bad, but I’ll study more.

nandolb

Its good to learn here.

Dev verma

i got 10/10

guru24

great teachers

sivo sivo

Thank you Gill

Samir Samih

obregado

lucascf

Thank you, Jill)it was very helpful and at the same time everything was easy to understand. You are a great teacher, you remind me my favourite teacher (when I was little and went to school I adored my Maths teacher, and surprisingly, you have much in common:voice, manners, tact, tempo. I listen to you and my childhood memories are again wih me, fresh and bright)I hope, it’s polite, it’s not offensive to make such a comparison. Thanks for your work and great lessons!

Tatiana

Thanks! I’m always listening to you, Gill!

Very good examples to understand the meaning and the use of these two terms.

Fabio Cicerre

Greatest teacher ever! I love your classes.

carolina catalao

Yeeay I got all the point. Thanks gill you really help us to comparing those verb by the way I do love your British accent gill

nadyaginanti

It was really useful. Thank u so much!

busranurcebi

Thank you Gill for sharing us your knowledge until you explained that differences between the two verbs it is fully clear for me

I will be expecting more of your marvelous videos!!!

Eduazul84

thanks Gill! :)

sucitila

Thank you Gill

Mohsen Tatoo

Thank you Gill. I have question. Why we choice hear, Have you ________ from your friend recently?
hear not listen.
Also here.
Did you _____ that baby crying?
Why choice hear not listen

Michael maher

there are active and passive difference

Fianna-law

Thank u fianna :)

Michael maher

Many thanks really useful.

brc75

Many thanks, teacher!

ankhue

thank you Gill

Omar Jassam

I get it

Toi Muon

thanks Mam.

Emadomda

Gill it was incredibly class! Thank you

sonia fonteina

You are amazing ..thanks gill

torakami

Hello Gill and thank you for useful lesson.I got 9 of 10.

Olga

i should many hear again. thanks Gill

Muhammad Harianto

thanks Gill

Muhammad Harianto

Oh, I am correct 8 in 10,

Wachirapong Makawong

thank you teacher Gill, from now i am not confusing about two verbs any more

jelly.quater15

Thanx ma’am u made it easy to understand

Gsh1232

Thank you So Much !!!

Pedro Henrique Vasconcelos de Souza

I got 10/10.

sjit796

Thank you Gill!!

Hannah Arcanjo

Thank you. I live your sound it help me to understand.

phussali

I like your voice. It ‘s clear.

phussali

thanks , 9/10

doctormohamed

Its very class and quiz!

Laerte

This is my first day on the site. hi to all

Andrei Yelenski

It’s very useful!

Terrysam

Gill, you’ re great. Excellent teacher !

Lili5

thankyou teacher, i got 10 :)

anisnure

Thanks, 9/10)

ZEEZ88

Thanks Gill! Great lesson!

Yriy

You are a good teacher . Thanks a lot

kosho165

Its very importent to know the difference between to hear and to listen. Thank you Gill!

Iwka

really useful lesson, thank you Gill!

I wish you longevity)

Elvira - Irene

It’s a good test, Thanks a lot .

emonkk

needs some more examples…..

Ansari

Thank you

jamalli454

10/10 Thank you so much Gill.It’s very useful

Dollarbhorn

thank you

Farida Laarif

Gill i’m so fond of you. Like the way you speak and move, your Sweet smiles and kindness. Why dont you come in Italy To meet your fans. I’d like To shake your Hand. Love You so much.

Antonellacaserta

10 out of 10 , thank you.

ersaaditya

Your lesson is so helpful and I love it !!! I want to show you that I got mark 10 :v It means that you successfully make your students understand about your teaching. Do you feel happy ?

EllisMin

I got 70%
Only 3 false
Idont know when I use it and for

Hamza19889

great lesson, thanks Gill

duarte rogerio

Thanks
9/19

ilyes12

very useful. thank you.

Soei

thanks is good lesson i like and i understood the different listen and hear

Abdirahman2017

So, Could one say: “I heard what he said but I wasn’t listening to him, therefore I can’t tell exactly what he said.” Right?

emalgumlugar

Hello Jpnbino
You can say
I heard him say something but I wasn’t listening so , I can’t tell…….

tsamp

did you hear that? r u listening to me?
Is that right Gill?
thanx if u will answer xxxxxxx

noor123

peice of cake that was an easy test I have taken just now

saeedAhdarf

I got 8/10, so bad!

darekkimo

hehehe… Very interesting… 10/10…

Ycnel

Thank you.

Neho

Good teaching ^^

kyunghoonkim

Thanks Gill, Great lesson!!!

Jose Lazzo

Hi, Gill. The second example about “hear” makes me confused. I think “I can’t hear you” is the active form, why don’t you use “listen” ?

blinklv

“People hearing without listening, people talking without speaking” — the song <>, describing people just “bla bla bla” without thier hearts today.

yandong

Thanks a lot. Gill.
I’m enjoying English with you.

Jincapa

Thanks. You’re a darling!!!

JeRamos

Listening is the best way to learn english…

Vhaldo

So nice and clear explanation!
Thank so much and Im enjoying your English Class.

CACM

Thanks a lot Gill, it’s a fruitful lesson as usual.

hassouna

Thanks a lot Gill, it’s good lesson as usual.

hassouna

Thank you!!
It was really helpful!

berkely11

Thank you, Gill, for your lesson.

lezerskaya

I really like it

Noorhane 13

got 10/10, Thanks a lot for the wonderful lesson and your style of teaching,

sridharnarayanan

i am enjoying all the english lessons from this website, thanks to every teacher ,

sridharnarayanan

Another good lesson, your way of explaining is very simple to follow, thank you

Lohengrin

I got 9/10!! Good lesson!!

robi75

thanks！

shihai182

Thankyou so much.

jigsam

10/10! I’ve listen to what you’ve said carefully :)

Alessandro75

You got 10 correct out of 10.

it have been good.

KARTAL

Hello, thank you for this lecture. I need someone to talk with him and improve our language. this is my skype Fawaz jubori .

Fawaz aljubori

thank you very much

haybe

can you explain to me the difference between accept and except please

haybe

Now it’s all clear to me. Thanks, Gill.

raul46

It is a very nice way of learning

Hazzele

If I say
“I don’t want to listen about that”
Is that correct?

angry

9/10
helpful lesson for me.
Thanks and I wish you success and healthy!

Serik

8/10 THANKS

FATKA BVA

I got 10/10 Thanks ma’am for your kind lesson.

Haaiqa

8/10. Thank you so much!

Fabio Nojoza

10/10 thank you

Benjimhe

Thanks for your time

Maryam2019

Another nice video. Thanks again!

manosm1

THANK YOU MISS GILL!

Ritaarabafelice

Very ?

Simarpanesar

I can hear you

AndrewGaizu

I got 09/10.Thanks Gill

soygabrielchacon

I love your lessons Gill.

Rhi Rhi

thank you ! it’s useful,nice!

caitongyanan

I must improve. the test is very good

Kebeck

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