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hi everybody my name is Alisha welcome
back to know your verbs in this episode
we're going to talk about the verb show
let's begin
let's talk about the basic definition of
show so the basic definition of show is
to cause or to allow something to be
seen so to cause something to be seen or
to let something be seen so this is kind
of the basic use of this verb let's look
at the conjugations then present tense
show shows past tense showed past
participle tense shown progressive tense
showing
now let's talk about some additional
meanings of the verb show meaning one is
to reveal through your behavior or
through your nature so your nature means
just the way you are to reveal something
examples of this of revealing something
through behavior her kindness shows her
good heart
so her actions her kind actions shows
his evidence of reveals her good heart
another example they showed themselves
to be pure evil
hmm they revealed themselves through
something they did to meet people
the second additional meaning for this
lesson is like to give as is appropriate
so like to give something usually like
this is not a an object we don't use
this to mean like giving someone an
object but rather giving someone a like
a conceptual thing so let's look at some
examples of this show no mercy show no
mercy so this means give someone else
no mercy so mercy is like kindness like
don't give in to someone else
no mercy so it means be tough be tough
show no mercy so maybe to like a fighter
like in the fight show no mercy to your
enemy so show no mercy means give them
no kindness in other words show no mercy
another one show some respect
show some respect so meaning give
someone else your respect show someone
that you respect them show some respect
so that means give people respect it's
appropriate that's as is appropriate so
you might hear this like if you're
speaking to a person higher up than you
show some respect to your boss show some
respect to your grandfather
maybe meaning 3 meaning 3 a very common
meaning is to teach or to instruct to
teach or to instruct this is a very
common one that I hear lots of people
make mistakes with they use the verb
teach but in English it's better to use
show let's look at some examples can you
show me how to
this can you show me how to do this in
this way show actually means teach in
other words can you teach me how to do
this but it's more common that we say
show instead of teach another example my
coworker showed me how to use the new
software so my coworker showed me how
means my coworker taught me how to use
the new software finally meaning for for
this lesson is to exhibit to exhibit
something like artistic work hmmm
examples I'm showing some pieces at an
art gallery this weekend
so I'm showing means we're using it in
the progressive tense I'm showing I plan
to show some things at an art gallery
this weekend okay second example
sentence have you ever shown your work
have you ever shown your work means have
you ever exhibited your work like in a
gallery somewhere have you ever shown
your work so shared your work in like a
professional setting now let's move on
to some variations of the verb show to
show up is the first variation there are
actually two meanings I want to talk
about in this lesson to show up one
means to arrive to arrive somewhere so
some example sentences of show up he
hasn't shown up to work today meaning he
has not yet to come to words he hasn't
shown up to work today another one they
never show up on time so they never
arrive on time the second meaning of
show up is to make someone else look bad
or to make someone feel embarrassed to
show someone up to show someone up
examples of this I think you showed up
the boss in that meeting so to show up
means you made the boss look bad or
maybe you embarrassed the boss you
showed up the boss or you showed the
boss up both are okay to use another
example of this quit trying to show me
up quit trying to show me up so in other
words quit trying to do something better
than me and
make me look bad so show up has two
meanings the second variation is to show
your cards or to show one's cards to
show your cards or to show one's cards
has two meanings one of which is the
same as the basic meaning we introduced
at the beginning of this lesson like to
show someone else the cards you are
holding if you're playing a card game so
like if you have a 2 and a 4 and a 6 or
whatever you show you cause your cards
to be seen by someone else
however there's another meaning of show
your cards to show your cards means to
reveal your plan for something so let's
look at some examples of this he showed
his cards when he quit the company so in
other words his plan was revealed he
revealed his plan when he quit the
company he decided to stop working there
his plan was revealed through his
actions another example we shouldn't
show our cards too soon our competitors
might jump on the opportunity so we
shouldn't show our cards too soon
meaning we shouldn't reveal our plan too
soon because our competitors might jump
or might take the opportunity so those
are a few meanings of the verb show
quite different from just allowing
something to be seen there are many
different uses of the verb show if you
have any questions or you know some
other meanings please show them to your
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