look
part of speech
verb (look, looks, looked, looking); noun (a look)
meaning for a pupil
1) To look is to turn your eyes to see something: look at the board. tree →
2) To look is to seem: You look happy. tree →
3) To look for something is to try to find it. tree →
4) To look after someone is to take care of them. tree →
5) A look is the act of looking: take a look. tree →
sense in the lessons
pointing to the cue word («Look at the word «lost»: it tells us to subtract»); in class «look at the board», «look carefully»; in safety «look both ways», «stop, look and listen»; in everyday life «look for», «look after», «look out!» (be careful), «look forward to»
examples
- Not quite. Look at the word «lost»: it tells us to subtract. tree →
- Look at the word «each». tree →
- Look at the picture and count the birds. tree →
- Look both ways before you cross. tree →
- You look tired today. tree →
- I'm looking for my keys. tree →
- Can you look after my hamster? tree →
- Look out! A car is coming. tree →
- Take a look at this shell. tree →
- He stooped to look at it. tree →
note
The teacher points at the deciding word. Trap: one word can mislead; read the whole sentence. We «look at» something; «see» is what reaches your eyes; «watch» is looking for a while at something that moves.
In the corpora
- Lenders make borrowing look easy: "Cash in minutes!", "Buy now, pay later!".
- Hard times are also when scammers strike, with messages that look urgent and real.
- An estate agent helps sell houses, and viewings are when people who might buy come to look round.
- One coat of paint often looks patchy, so a second coat is painted on once the first is dry.
- "Your room looks like a bomb's hit it" is an exaggeration meaning the room is very messy.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «look» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.