MISS or LOSE or MISSING? - Differences and Collocations | English Grammar Lesson

hello everyone and welcome back to english with Lucy today I've got another grammar slash vocabulary lesson for you it's all about the difference between to miss and to lose and also to be missing which can be very confusing before we get started I would just like to thank the sponsor of today's video it is a talkie I talkie is an online language learning platform they have this huge database of all of the teachers you can imagine for almost every single language Under the Sun I tried out myself to learn a little bit of Indonesian that video will be coming up that will be exciting I was blown away by the quality and I was blown away by the prices you can learn it anywhere anytime any day of the week they've given me a special offer to pass on to you guys you can get $10 worth of I talked he credits for free when you sign up and make your first $10 purchase so it's like a buy one get one free on lessons all you have to do to claim this offer is click on the link in the description box right let's get started with the lesson know in your language you might have separate words for two myths and to lose however in lots of languages across the globe to miss and to lose are the same word which makes it incredibly confusing for those who are trying to learn English there are so many words in the English language that are like this there are makin do miss and lose earn and win so many words where we have two or three or four words for this but in other languages there's just one word but I'm going to clarify exactly when you should use miss when you should use lose and when you can use to be missing as well so I'm going to start by going through all of the situations in which you should use miss and then I'm going to give you some extra little collocations and miscellaneous phrases as well and then I'll go through all of the situations in which you would use to lose and of course some extra collocations and phrases using lose finally we'll go through to be missing and compare it to lose because sometimes it can be used in a really really similar way so yes this lesson should be very clear it should help you if you do have any questions put it down in the comments below and I would love to hear about what you use for Miss and lose in your languages as well so please put that in the comments section do you have just one word or do you have separate words let's get started with the lesson so there are three situations in which you would use miss the first one is to miss an event or an opportunity this means you might arrive too late to attend an event or opportunity or you might just not attend the event or opportunity so it can mean to arrive too late or to just totally not attend so you could miss a class or a lesson you could miss a deadline you could miss an appointment or a meeting you could miss a party or you could miss a sports match or a show or concert you could arrive too late to watch that sports match or you could just totally not attend the sports match so if someone asks me did you watch the football last night I could say no I missed it so it could mean that I got home too late to watch it on TV or I just didn't watch it oh I didn't watch it but I had intended to watch it and bear that sports match one in your mind because we're going to talk about it a little bit later on it can also refer to not hearing or not seeing something as well so if I missed the game I didn't see the game or if I missed what you were saying I didn't hear what you were saying the next situation in which we use miss is for transport and this means to arrive too late for transport I used to work a lot with Spanish students who were learning English in London and they would arrive late to my lessons and say sorry I lost the bus and it should be miss because Miss is used when you arrive too late for transport so you could miss a bus a flight a plane you could miss a train for example the final situation is to miss somebody or something and this means to feel sad when someone or something isn't near you anymore or you don't do something anymore so you could miss your friends you could miss your family you could miss the way things used to be you could miss a dress that you don't have anymore you could miss going to the cinema with your grandma for example now a couple more collocations with miss you could miss the point if I say to you you've totally missed the point it means you haven't understood the point of this conversation or the reason why we're doing this you can miss a target which means literally a bull's eye target you can either hit the target or you can miss it if you miss a target or an objective it means you don't achieve what you were hoping to achieve you can miss your chance and this means that you lose out on you don't take the opportunity for something and to miss your chance it relates to what we were saying about opportunities and events if you miss your chance to enter a competition for example you have missed the opportunity to enter that competition right let's move on to lose one thing I just want to remind you before we get started on lose is spelling when I used to mark students exam papers they would lose out on marks because they would spell to lose with two O's now listen to this lose loose loose means something is not tight it's an adjective lose is the verb that we're going to be talking about today so be wary of the pronunciation and be very wary of this spelling lose not loose okay we've got slightly more situations with lose we've got five and the first one is to lose something which means to not be able to find think you could lose your keys you could lose your credit card you could lose your wallet oh I really hope that doesn't happen to me the next meaning for lose is to have less of something it doesn't mean you can't find it it just means you have less of it so you could lose weight you are carrying less weight if I am losing weight I am reducing the amount of weight that I have we talked about this in the video I did on appearances and we spoke about losing your hair and going bald and this means that gradually you have less and less hair you could also lose interest in something or somebody there are lots of examples for this one now the third situation in which you can use to lose is when you don't have something that you did have before actually I guess you can lose a person as well so when you don't have something or someone that you did have before so this means to not have something or someone that you did have before so you can lose money you can lose a job you can lose a partner you can lose hope before you didn't have these things you did have them though you have lost them now the fourth meaning of to lose is to not win so you can lose a game you can lose a sports match you can lose a competition it means you haven't won them but you remember I said keep sports much in your head because it's very important to use the correct verb if I say I missed the game and I lost the game they mean two very different things I missed the game that means I didn't arrive on time to see the game or I just completely did not see the game if I say I lost the game it means I did not win the game so it's important to distinguish between miss and lose especially in that context the final situation in which we can use to lose is when a family member or somebody close to you passes away or dies to lose somebody is nice and respectful way of saying that somebody near to you has died so if I say Jenny lost her mum last year it means Jenny's mum passed away last year now let's look at a couple more collocations using lose you can lose track of time which means that you don't realize how much time has passed or is passing I failed my exam because I lost track of time and I didn't realize that I didn't have enough time left to answer the final question you can also lose consciousness which means you become unconscious you can lose your head or lose your temper which means that you get very very angry if you'd like to see more ways on how to say that you are angry or annoyed in English you can check out the video up here you can also lose the plot or lose your mind as well which means that you've gone crazy have you lost your mind are you crazy I've completely lost the plot I'm just being so silly you can lose sleep over something which means you worry about something if I say don't lose sleep over it it means don't worry about it you can lose heart which means you lose enthusiasm and you can lose your voice which means you when you get a cold and you can't speak anymore is be like this you've lost your voice so we've covered to lose and to miss but what about to be missing because this one can be used in a similar way as to lose to be missing is all about expectation and what you expect or what is expected there are three ways in which we can use it the first one they're all very similar the first one if something is missing for example my keys are missing it doesn't mean that I've lost my keys it means that my keys are not where I expected to find them so I look at my handbag where I expect to find my keys they're missing they're not there but there are many possibilities they might be lost they might be stolen somebody might have moved them all I know is that not where I expected them to be so to be missing is all about expectation the next situation refers to people if somebody is missing from a meeting or a dinner party or a get-together or some sort of event it means that they are not present when they are expected to be present we expected them to be at the meeting but they're not there they are missing the third meaning however is a bit more serious if somebody is missing not from an event or meeting it just missing . their whereabouts their location is unknown and people are trying to find them this can also be called to be reported as missing or to go missing as well so that's more serious it's on the news you might see a 12 year old girl has been missing for four days for example right who's been watching English with Lucy since the very beginning when I started my channel I used to make videos with little quizzes at the end and I thought it would be really nice to do one today so I've set up a quiz there are 10 questions you can put your answers in the comments if you like one could you repeat that I what you said could you repeat that I what you said number two he got in Soho London he got in Soho London 3 my friend lives in Australia and I heard a lot my friend lives in Australia and I heard a lot for he the bus to work he the bus to work number five she all her money on Bitcoin she all her money on Bitcoin number six she's been reported as in the news she's been reported as in the news number seven I dropped my computer and all my data I dropped my computer and all my data eight my credit card is from my wallet my credit card is from my wallet number nine why were you from the meeting why were you from the meeting number ten I my temper when she said she wasn't coming I my temper when she said she wasn't coming right guys put your answers in the comments below I'll see if I can correct some of you and feel free to correct each other as well that's it for today's lesson I hope you found it useful and I hope you enjoyed it you guys have requested more grammar lessons so that's what I've been focusing on making this week but remember you can put any recommendations in the comments I read as many comments as I can so hopefully I'll see those don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media I've got my facebook my Instagram and my Twitter and I will see you soon for another lesson [Music] you [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 15min 36sec (936 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 29 2018