See vs. Watch vs. Look: Practice!

Choose the correct verb (see, watch, or look) for each sentence.

(Remember: We see something static, unmoving. We also see the things around us, perhaps without paying much attention to them. We look at something in order to pay more attention to its appearance. We watch something when we want to know what happens (so therefore we generally watch something that is moving or that requires our attention). We use look when we want to direct someone's attention to something.)

1. Do you ___ that picture on the wall? It is a picture of my great-grandmother.
2. Tania can't ___ blood or she faints.
3. When you are done ___ the game, would you please help me in the kitchen?
4. Can you ___ my children tonight while I am at the meeting?
5. I need someone to ___ my computer. It isn't working.
6. ___ ! That little boy is going to fall out of the tree.
7. I don't ___ the difference between these two pictures. Are you sure they aren't the same?
8. ___ that man on the corner. He's acting suspicious.
9. Have you ___ The Lord of the Rings? It's a classic.
10. I want to learn how to make fanesca. Can I ___ you make it?
11. Don't ___ me! My hair's a mess!
12. I have this feeling someone is ___ me. It is really creepy.

Answers:

1. see
2. see
3. watching
4. watch
5. look at
   
6. Look
7. see
8. Watch
9. seen
10. watch
11. look at
12. watching