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What's the difference between see and look and watch?



 
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What's the difference between see and look and watch? #1 (permalink) Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:38 am   What's the difference between see and look and watch?
 

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ESL/EFL Test #831 "Look, See and Watch (2)", question 1

Wife: What are you doing?
Husband: I'm ......... at some vacation pamphlets. I think we should plan a trip to Bora Bora.

(a) watching
(b) looking
(c) see
(d) seeing

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #831 "Look, See and Watch (2)", answer 1

Wife: What are you doing?
Husband: I'm looking at some vacation pamphlets. I think we should plan a trip to Bora Bora.

Correct answer: (b) looking

Your answer was: incorrect
Wife: What are you doing?
Husband: I'm watching at some vacation pamphlets. I think we should plan a trip to Bora Bora.
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What's the difference between see and look and watch? #2 (permalink) Tue Apr 20, 2010 22:02 pm   What's the difference between see and look and watch?
 

look: to pay attention to something; it seems
see: to understand; to see a visual image with your eyes
watch: to look at something for a period of time; to monitor
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