Hello! My name is Chris. I'm an English teacher. I make free lessons on YouTube
and this is the channel is called Learn British English Free. I publish the
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It's about grammar today - a bit of vocabulary - verbs and phrasal verbs
"look for" and "search" or "search for" something. I want to explain the
differences between these two things because I often hear them getting
confused. I've written some examples in the notes
below on YouTube; above on Facebook. Please have a look if you need to. Look
for and search for are the subjects for this lesson. I wanted to start with look
for as it is more natural; more common in my opinion. The situation is that I've
lost my car keys I might say "I can't find my car keys; let's look for them."
Then we always need for with look. In this situation, when it's a phrasal verb,
we're looking for something - please don't forget for - look for. I see a friend
of mine like this, I ask them "What are you looking for?" again: "What are you
looking for?" - we must use "for". A different way - this is not the verb or phrasal verb
- use it as a noun: I can't find my car keys; okay, let's have a look - this is
a noun we don't need "for" because it's a noun but it's different - it's not a verb
or a phrasal verb. What about "search for" - this is
common as well but a bit more formal and we can use it in more formal
circumstances; for example - with the police. "The police are urgently searching
for the suspect." "The police are urgently searching for
the suspect." In this way we are using it with for but we don't always need for
with search. "The police were searching the area last night." And
there's a noun - "The police conducted a thorough search of the property." Look for
and search for - we could use look for as a substitute - it's a bit less formal: "The
police are urgently looking for the suspect."
It still works, it's fine, however there is this small difference. That's the way
that we can use these verbs differently. Look for - more natural - I recommend using
it as your number one. Search for in particular situations but remember with
search we don't always have to use "for" depending on the context. Thank you for
watching. That concludes this video. I've tried to
explain look for and search or search for with some examples. I haven't
explained everything, I know, but I hope that some important differences are
clear now. You can please write feedback in the comments - ask me questions; tell me is
it good or bad? Anything like that; you're welcome to. My name is Chris this is a
lesson by me for Learn British English Free on YouTube and the British English
Page on Facebook and my website is www.learnbritishenglish.co.uk/
Thank you once more for your time. I have more lessons to come soon. I'll see you then.
Bye bye.