{"id":4650,"date":"2011-07-13T01:01:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T01:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=4650"},"modified":"2018-10-30T13:47:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T18:47:33","slug":"common-errors-in-english-listen-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-listen-hear\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Errors in English: Listen \/ Hear"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Don\u2019t say:<\/span> \u201cI listened a great new song on the radio.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Say:<\/span> \u201cI heard a great new on the radio.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>There are two differences between <strong>listen<\/strong> and <strong>hear:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen<\/strong> is often a prolonged action, but <strong>hear<\/strong> is just one moment in time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While I was <strong>listening<\/strong> to the news, I <strong>heard<\/strong> that there was a plane crash outside the city.<br \/>\n(\u201clistening to news\u201d = continuous action, \u201cheard that\u201d = one specific moment)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Listen<\/strong> is often intentional, but <strong>hear<\/strong> is often unintentional.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After I <strong>heard<\/strong> a loud noise downstairs, I <strong>listened<\/strong> carefully to see if a robber had entered\u00a0the house.<br \/>\n(\u201cheard a loud noise\u201d = without trying; \u201clistened carefully\u201d = trying)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Listen<\/strong> is always followed by<strong> to.\u00a0<\/strong>Don&#8217;t use &#8220;to&#8221; after\u00a0<strong>hear.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019m <strong>listening to<\/strong> a podcast.<\/li>\n<li>I can\u2019t <strong>hear<\/strong> the TV. Turn the volume up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"alert\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Clear up your doubts about confusing words&#8230; and use English more confidently!<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.espressoenglish.net\/600-confusing-english-words-explained-e-book\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/600-confusing-words-226x300.png\" alt=\"600+ Confusing English Words Explained\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/600-confusing-words-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/600-confusing-words-772x1024.png 772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><a class=\"elementor-button rounded large blue\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.espressoenglish.net\/600-confusing-english-words-explained-e-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to learn more about this e-book<\/strong><\/a><\/center><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t say: \u201cI listened a great new song on the radio.\u201d Say: \u201cI heard a great new on the radio.\u201d There are two differences between listen and hear: Listen is often a prolonged action, but hear is just one moment in time: While I was listening to the news, I heard that there was a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-confusing-words-2","category-grammar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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