Learning English

What happens to Moby Dick?

How do you think the story ends??

A) Moby Dick kills most of the men on the ship and escapes
B) The men catch and kill Moby Dick and throw him to the bottom of the ocean
C) The men get fed up with the search and so kill the captain of the ship
D) Something else

To do

Watch the video and find out which option is correct. And listen out for four more uses of see.

รับชมวิดีโอพร้อมทำแบบฝีกหัด

To do

So, the correct answer was A) Moby Dick kills most of the men on the ship - everyone except Ishmael - and escapes. So, a happy ending for the whale!

Now lets practise the different uses of see. Have a go at this quiz.

Over to you

We asked you to tell us a story using as many of the phrases with see as possible:

• see 
• you see 
• see how 
• wait and see 
• see sense 
• see red 
• see eye to eye 

Your stories

Deepthi, India

In class, I am used to stare at the board but not listening to the lecture. I couldn't see how other students are awake throughout the class. Recently, I wrote an exam and the professor called me the next day and asked me he didn't see what I was doing during the class. From his face, I can say he saw red and I can clearly see that I couldn't make him understand why I performed so badly with any false reason. Somehow, I managed to take evasive action and eluded the professor after that.
Just before the exam, I discussed with my friend but we didn't see eye to eye on any given exercise problem. You see, my friend is good at this subject but she couldn't make me see sense and clear my doubts. 
I can see that I would get less marks. I am waiting to see my grade over this weekend. This is not the first time, I saw low grades on my answer scripts.

BBC Learning English says:
Good work Deepthi. You have managed to correctly use a wide range of see vocabulary. We are sorry to hear about your grades! Clearly, your English scores will be higher. One thing to be careful of is the choice of tense. Usually stories are told in the past, so make sure that you have no present verbs - unless its for a narrative effect. Good job.

End of Session 4

That's all for this time. We hope you enjoyed the story of Moby Dick. In Session 5, Tim's in the Pronunciation Workshop, looking at how fluent speakers of English pronounce the word been in natural speech - don't miss it!