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Hear Listen

1. The document discusses the differences between the words "hear" and "listen (to)". Hear means sounds come to one's ears, while listen (to) emphasizes paying attention and concentrating on sounds. 2. Listen (to) refers to ongoing experiences like listening to music, while hear can refer to complete experiences like hearing a whole song or broadcast. 3. Hear is generally not used in progressive forms, instead using "can hear" to refer to hearing something at the present moment. 4. "Listen" is used without a direct object, while "listen to" takes a direct object to indicate what is being listened to.

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Hear Listen

1. The document discusses the differences between the words "hear" and "listen (to)". Hear means sounds come to one's ears, while listen (to) emphasizes paying attention and concentrating on sounds. 2. Listen (to) refers to ongoing experiences like listening to music, while hear can refer to complete experiences like hearing a whole song or broadcast. 3. Hear is generally not used in progressive forms, instead using "can hear" to refer to hearing something at the present moment. 4. "Listen" is used without a direct object, while "listen to" takes a direct object to indicate what is being listened to.

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Agnaldo.

Hear and listen (to)


1. Hear: meaning.
Hear is the word used to say that something comes to our ears
Suddenly, I heard a strange noise. (not suddenly, I listened to a strange noise)
Can you hear me?
2. Listen (to): meaning
Listen (to) is used to talk about paying attention to sounds that are going on, in
progress. It emphasises the idea of concentrating, trying to hear as well as possible.
You can hear something without wanting to, but you can only listen to something
deliberately. Compare:
I heard them talking in the next room, but i didnt really listen to what they were
saying.
Listen carefully, please. Could you speak a bit louder? I cant hear you very well.
I didnt hear the phone because I was listening to the radio.
3. Complete experiences: hear
Note that listen (to) is mostly used to talk about experiences that are going on, in
progress. To talk about experiencing the whole performance, speech, piece of music,
broadcast etc. we generally use hear. Compare:
When She arrived, I was listening to a cd of Jorge Ben.
(NOT...... I was hearing.)
I once heard Agnaldo sing Wonderwall by Oasis.
( NOT.......I once listened to Agnaldo sing)
I wish I had more time to listen to the radio. (NOT...... to hear the radio)
Did you hear/listen to the news yesterday?
4. Hear not used in progressive forms
Hear is not usually used in progressive forms. To say that one hears something at the
moment of speaking, can hear is often used.
I can hear somebody coming. ( NOT....... I am hearing)

5. Listen and Listen to


Where there is no object, listen is used without to. Compare;
Listen ! ( Not..... Listen to!)
Listen to me! ( not..... listen me!)

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