How to Use "Listen" with Example Sentences


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Study Vocabulary Words listen (v): to hear; to pay attention to

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Listen to the Lesson | Listen with pause

Used with adverbs:

"She listens attentively to the teacher."
(attentively, carefully, closely, intently, half-heartedly, passively, actively)

"He was hardly listening to his wife."
(hardly, barely, calmly, patiently, quietly, silently, anxiously)

"Everyone listened respectfully to his words."
(respectfully, politely, eagerly)

Used with verbs:

"You need to listen to her."
(need to, should, have to)

"Nobody will listen to the teacher."
(will, would)

"We are prepared to listen to his argument."
(be + prepared to, be + willing to)

"She refused to listen to my explanation."
(refused to, declined to, neglected to)

Used with prepositions:

"We listened anxiously for the news."
(for, to)

"I was listening to the radio."
(to)


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