The differences between start, begin- watch, see-speak, talk-listen, hear

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi, good morning from Egypt. i’d like to know the differences between these verbs: start,begin- talk,speak-listen,hear-watch,see. thanks, Hatem

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Hi Hatem,

All these questions have been asked before, on this forum.
Click the below links to view our teachers’ explanations.

Listen and hear
When do you use look, watch, see and gaze?
Speak/talk

Also you can read Alan’s great ESL stories on difficult pairs, here:

english-test.net/articles/24/index.html
english-test.net/stories/85/index.html
english-test.net/stories/86/index.html
english-test.net/stories/83/index.html

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