Confused Words - LIVE & LIVE

Hello everyone out there in the world of the internet.

My name is Ronnie and today I'm going to teach you two words in English that have the exact

same spelling.

Exactly the same.

Look at this.

L-I-V-E.

L-I-V-E.

So, you're wondering, "Hmm, why did you write two words the same on the board?"

The reason is, the pronunciation of these words are different.

Why can't they just make different spelling?

I don't know.

If we refer to this word, we're going to call this a verb because it is.

A verb is an action word, okay?

So, when we pronounce the verb of this word, we say, "Live, live."

So this word is, "Live."

When we say this word, I'm going to put lots of L's here to remind us that we must drag

out the beginning and say, "Live."

Please try, "Live."

Now, we can change this word into many of the forms of the verb.

Does anyone know what the past of "live" is?

The past of "live," simple past, is "L-I-V-E."

This is a simple "ed" verb, so we're going to go, "Live, lived," and the past participle

is also "lived."

So we have, "Live, lived, lived."

Pronunciation in the past is, "Lived."

You must really hit the "D" when you say this in the past.

So we have, "Live" and "lived," okay?

Now, this word, it looks like the same word, but when we say it as an adjective, we actually

change the pronunciation of the word.

Does anyone know what an adjective is?

Adjective is a word that describes a noun.

A noun is a person, a place, or a thing.

So an adjective is going to tell us about the person, about the place, or the thing.

The most common way that we use this word in English is if we're talking about music

or musicians.

"I love going to see live music."

The pronunciation of this word is "live."

So you can think of this as "live," you have the "v" at the end, okay?

If you're excited and you want to go see a live band, you can think of it like that.

So this word is "live," okay?

So we have, for example, "live music," who knows where is the noun in this phrase?

The noun is "music," N-O-U-N.

So before the noun, we have the adjective of "live."

So we can have "live music" or "a live band," okay?

Let's just review this.

If we use this as a verb, we're going to say "live" or "lived" in the past.

If we use this as an adjective, it will come before the noun, and we will say "live."

I hope that helps you, and I hope it clears it up for you.

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