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Lesson 06 / Study
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Look up words, take notes, and complete small tasks in class or the office.
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A randomly assigned, fixed male or female synthetic voice for each phrase or sentence · Slow playback at 0.7× preserves pitch.
I do not know this word. I will look it up.
I do not know this word. I will look it up.
You can look up the address online.
You can look up the address online.
Look up information in books or online. With pronouns: “look it up”.
Please write down the meeting time.
Please write down the meeting time.
That is a good idea. Write it down.
That is a good idea. Write it down.
“Write down” emphasizes recording information to remember or preserve.
Please fill in this form before the lesson.
Please fill in this form before the lesson.
Fill in your name and email address here.
Fill in your name and email address here.
“Fill in” is to fill in a blank space or form. “Fill out a form” is also commonly used.
Cambridge Dictionary · fill in
We must hand in our homework on Monday.
We must hand in our homework on Monday.
Have you handed in the report yet?
Have you handed in the report yet?
Submitting assignments or documents to the person in charge; Don't just give anything to anyone.
Cambridge Dictionary · hand in
Let us go over the notes before the test.
Let us go over the notes before the test.
Can you go over my email before I send it?
Can you go over my email before I send it?
Do not separate phrases: use “go over it”. That means review carefully.
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 82, 140, 44, 61, 56. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Read the picture descriptions for more context. Similar expressions are accepted when they fit the particular scene.
Linh opened the dictionary on the table to look up an unknown word.
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Linh was on the phone while writing information in the notebook.
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Linh uses a pen to fill in the boxes of a form.
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Linh gave her completed work to Minh.
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Linh went through her notes and checked each item with a pencil.
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Read the conversation and find the expressions you have learned.
Have you filled in the application form?
Have you filled in the application form?
Almost. I need to look up the course code.
Almost. I need to look up the course code.
Write it down, then hand the form in before lunch.
Write it down, then hand the form in before lunch.
“Fill in” concerns completing information; “hand in” concerns submitting it. A completed form may still need to be handed in.
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The answers below are models. Other answers can also work if they preserve the facts, meaning and structure requested in the task.
An applicant has a blank form and a deadline. The office cannot accept a form that is still at home.
Name the action needed before submission.
She needs to fill in the form.
The form is blank, so it needs filling in; completing it does not submit it to the office.
Correct: Please hand in it at reception.
Please hand it in at reception.
“It” replaces the form and goes between “hand” and “in”; “at reception” names the submission point.
Write a reminder containing both steps.
Fill in the form, then hand it in before closing time.
“Then” puts completion before submission; “before closing time” states when the office must receive it.
The usage comparisons are checked against the Cambridge Dictionary entries linked beside the compared expressions. The additional conversations and exercises are written for this course.
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