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Lesson 48 / Nature
5 phrases · 12 minutes · Look, listen and try.
Look at the transformation of butterflies, sun and light around you.
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A caterpillar turns into a butterfly.
A caterpillar turns into a butterfly.
We watched the ice turn into water.
We watched the ice turn into water.
After “into” is what appears after the change. Can be used for natural or man-made transformations.
We watched the sun come up over the hills.
We watched the sun come up over the hills.
The moon came up while we were sitting in the garden.
The moon came up while we were sitting in the garden.
The meaning in the lesson is the rising sun or moon; other than an issue raised.
The little lamps light up our garden at night.
The little lamps light up our garden at night.
The moon lit up the path.
The moon lit up the path.
Here, it's about making a place brighter. The past tense is usually “lit”; Do not use the meaning of smoking in this lesson.
Cambridge Dictionary · light up
The garden lights went out at nine.
The garden lights went out at nine.
The lamp went out when its battery ran out.
The lamp went out when its battery ran out.
The lamp or fire is the subject and extinguishes itself; If you want to say who turned off the light, use "turn off". Past tense “went”.
These flowers give off a lovely smell.
These flowers give off a lovely smell.
The little lamp gives off a warm light.
The little lamp gives off a warm light.
Used for odors, light, heat or emitted gases. With the smell of flowers is the meaning in the illustration; past tense “gave”.
Cambridge Dictionary · give off
The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 133, 27, 79, 56, 54. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Hạ observes the stages of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly in a corner of the garden.
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Hạ and Minh watched the sunrise from the garden.
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Hạ looks at the string of small lights that light up the corner of the garden when it's dark.
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Hạ and Minh observed that the garden lights were turned off when the appointment time ended.
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Hạ smelled the fragrance emanating from the flowers in the garden.
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The lanterns light up the garden path.
The lanterns light up the garden path.
These flowers give off a lovely smell too.
These flowers give off a lovely smell too.
Let us go inside before the last light goes out.
Let us go inside before the last light goes out.
“Light up” concerns becoming or making bright; “give off” concerns emitting light, heat, smell, or gas. Identify what is being emitted.
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At dusk, lamps brighten a path. Nearby herbs release a strong smell; later one lamp stops shining.
Describe what the lamps do to the path.
The lamps light up the path.
The lamps make the path brighter, so they “light up the path”; the path receives the light.
Complete: These herbs give ___ a strong smell.
off
The herbs emit a smell, so use “give off a strong smell”; “off” completes the expression for emission.
Report the lamp problem using go out.
One of the lamps has gone out near the gate.
For a lamp, “has gone out” means stopped shining; the gate identifies the lamp rather than a person leaving.
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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