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Grammar Mistakes – GROW or GROW UP?
The plant grows or grows up? I grew in Toronto or I grew up in Toronto? Is there a difference between grow and grow up? This lesson will explain what these words mean in English and when we use them, so you won’t make this common mistake again.
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Thank you Emma. Very useful lesson.
Thank you Emma, this was an excellent presentation.
your so nice… :)
thanks a lot ma’am emma you are a great teacher
Thank you Emma.
thanks for the lesson emma,it is very useful
thanks to you my english grows lile an plant
thanks, I understood so I´ll have to practice.
Thanks Emma …. It was kinda Ez but interesting lesson to me.
your students strength has really grown !! :P
Hi Teacher Emma, I am an english student from Brazil, could you teach us about these subject ( Centimeter, Meter, Liter, Mile, Inch, Foot, Kilometer) is it different from Brazil? please I wll be glad kisses.
I have grown up in my town, all my life. I know most of the people, that’s good. I guess. thank u Emma don’t grew your hair too much.
What town are you from Efrain? I’m trying to decide between growing my hair long again or cutting it short. What do you guys think?
I’m from Uriangato,Mex. in my point of view u look better with short hair. thanks again 4 the free lesson Emma.
no no no no don’t do it please :) you look so pretty now ;)
My first lesson *-*
Thank you very much Emma!
yah, He’s right,.. your so nice teacher emma.. I want to expand my English.. im on philippine. thank you! :)
Hi Emma,
Doesn’t matter too much, you are wonderful.
Daniel
n_n! long hair Emma!
Thank you for the lesson,
just kidding, a mistake was made by me. here’s the right one, Emma don’t grow your hair too much. cya.
Thanks for your lesson. By the way your dress is so nice;-)
Thank you Sinan!
Thanks For useful Lesson.
Hi Emma
All the time when I logged in for quize, I got blank test question field. Only the tap “next” appears. Please advise me what should I do to stay away such this problem?
It’s a flaw in someversions of Internet Explorer, it lacks the player thing that plays the exercise bits – tru Google Chrome or Safari, they work here on my pc
Thanks for your advice.
Please try again. The quiz was not working in Internet Explorer 9 for a little while, but it should now be fixed!
Thanks a lot, Emma!
It’s possibly to use this pharasal verb in the Canadian English figuratively, isn’t it.
For instance, ‘A giant car plant grew up here during five last years.’ I mean: from a zero to the state when cars are fabricated in large amount in five yers.
This is a possible way to use grow up, although it isn’t so common. In this case, grow up would mean to come into existence.
Hi
First of all thanks for this lesson. very good differentiate, it will never forget me.
many thanks
could you explain the determiners and quantifiers in next times ?
your Lesson is fantastic like your sweet smile ..
Hi Emma
It is very interesting lesson. everyone has to get this opportunity through this website.
This lesson will remain in my memory.
I’m glad you like our website Hassan. I hope you guys keep tuning in for new videos.
Hi Emma thanks so much for your efforts to teaching us.
Please, if possible I need the transcript of your explanation to be published with each lesson as a pdf file it will be more enhancing for our English learning.
Thank you Emma. it was Very useful lesson.
Thank you Emma for good lesson.
I have plan to come to toronto for study and make practice my English with native speakers.
Could you advice me what is the best method to study in school or find some tutor?
Thank you again.
I haven’t known about that so far.
Ta.
Hi Emma. What’s up? Thanks so much for this useful lesson. Now, I know how to say that I grew up in beautiful Fortaleza.Thanks on more time and you are very cute as always. Kisses
Thanks all of the teachers for so useful and free lessons.
Hi dear teacher ! By the way , i am quiet sure that your audience has grown for the past few months :) Thank you for th
Great example Bilel!
9/10 thanks teacher
Well done!
Thank you so much Emma!
Thank you very much, very useful lesson
O O S
tks Emma!
Nice lesson Ms. Emma :)
Hi Emma,
Is it incorrect to say ‘Children grow so quickly’?
children grow up so quickly!
Hi Duleepa,
Thank you for your question. In general, Fatima is right. We say children grow up too quickly which means that they mature and become adults too soon.
However, we may say children grow too quickly if we want to express that they’re physically growing too quickly, perhaps even outgrowing their clothing. They are not becoming adult-like or mature, rather they are physically becoming larger.
Dear Teacher, Emma,
thank you so much for your lesson, plse read my comment concerning your expression (outgrowing from clothes, it is a real joke, In my country, that Kurdistan (North of Iraq) my people and even I, often say that the clothes have been small-sized for the children, instead of saying that the children have outgrown from their clothes,
Hi Emma.
Thanks for you class
very usefull lesson , but i have a doubt, when you give an example.
i grew up in New York . grew up with objet is not correct, i have dout with this sentence
I’m glad you asked this question Heman.
An object and a preposition are two different things. In the sentence “I grew up in New York”, grew up is followed by the preposition “in”. It is grammatically correct to follow grew up with a preposition. For example, we could also say “I grew up on a farm”. In this case, our preposition is “on”.
If my sentence is “I grew up my plant”, the object is my plant. There is no preposition after grew up. This sentence is grammatically incorrect because we don’t use grow up with an object.
Hernan, I recommend to read something about Sentence Patterns, there may be an Object or an Adverbial after verbs, these two are different, object is the receiver of the effect of the verb, but an adverbial, in contrast to object, modifies the verb. take me notes if Emma said OK
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Good lesson, thank you Emma
thank you Emma!!!
Tanx Emma…..
If I had grown up in New York, I wouldn’t have taken this exam.
Thank you!
Neither would I for sure
Good example!
Thank you very much.I am from China.
Dear Emma,
Hi..thanks alot for your explanations! Its lovely!
I
thanks you! it’s useful. please give more lesson,
Thank a lot. it was very useful.
Thank you Emma, my English knowledge has grown bigger with your lesson. :)
I love seeing students use the grammar points from the lesson correctly! :)
Nice lecture.We learned and enjoyed a lot.
Thanks Emma
thank u Emma.
My vocabulary is growing with Envgvid lessons
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Thank you.
Thank you…Emma
You’re a great teacher, Emma! I love your lessons. Thank you!
thank u very much about the lesson. u helped me grow my knowledge a lot
You guys have helped me to grow as a teacher! Thank you all!
Outstanding teaching, Emma! It’s only your personality that can match it) You’re one of the best here for sure.
This particular lesson was really helpful. Now there’s much less confusion for me with grow/grow up.
As I remember one of the students suggested in the comments to one of your earlier videos doing a lesson explaining the differences between THAN and THEN. I think that’ll be great too. Hope you’ll do it sometime.
Always a pleasure being in your class.
You know my sister who is Canadian confuses “than” and “then” all the time. I think many native English speakers do. If there isn’t a video on this already, I’ll try to cover it! Thanks for the suggestion!
Hí, Emma , thanks for her classes !!!
Please , I need your help about the preposition (THE )
explain me , please if I can use the for THE ARMY OR THE NAVY
Thanks for your attention , bye bye
Hi Emma,
Lovely name :). Our site has some videos on articles. Try watching the following:
http://www.engvid.com/a-an-the-articles-in-english/
We can say an army or the army and a navy or the navy. It depends on if you are talking about an army generally (use an) or a specific army (use the). I think you will find the link above will help you with your question.
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There’s another meaning for GROW UP:
If you say “grow up” to someone, you are telling the person to stop behaving like a child!
Your right! It is pretty insulting to say this to an adult.
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good lesson from good teacher
million thanks to you and keep going
that make my english language grow. ;)
thank you Ema,the lesson is very good take care.
thank you emma your lessons are very nice like you
tks Emma
Thank you so much!!
Thankyou teacher EMMA…for this important lesson.
!!!!
oyea good lesson thanks emma
Thanks a million, Emma.
good one, Emma. I have one question not related with this topic but in the following sentence:
have you got something for a headache? in this sentence as we see used have & 2nd form of verb …….this bring little confusion for me
This sentence is grammatically correct. In the US, you would more likely hear, “Do you have anything for a headache?”. In the UK, it is common to say “Have you got anything for a headache?”
Here is a link to a longer explanation if you’re interested:
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/have-got-grammar.aspx
Hi, Emma, i love the way you teach , i access your class everyday, i wish to have a teacher like you at my english course.
Thanks Emma!
I can’t thank you enough Emma…
it so marvellous leeson .
THANKS EMMA
I LIKE YOUR TEACHING
Hi Emma!
I can not grow my nails
Good example of grow. My nails grow so slow!
Thanks
This is somethihg from philosophy!
thanks my teacher
Hey Emma, this is very interesting. I found it difficult to make sentences like I grew a beard. It’s difficult because usually the subject is the “doer”, but in this case the beard grew by itself on my face!! Thank you.
i would like to thank you alot for this useful lesson and i have a small question
when i use grow up with animals or plant…..is it correct??
for example :
my cat has grown up
In “My passion for teaching ______________ everyday.”
Why the correct is “grows up”? The subject is “passion”, isn’t? It’s not a person, a child –> adult, right?
The correct answer is
grows, Gina. I’ve checked the quiz, and that is the one that is marked correct there also.Thank u very Much Teacher ……. :) :)
great :)
little bit useful for me :]
Emma hi,
A very useful lesson thank you, but I have a question about a quiz question though.
My son is getting very tall. He ______________ five inches this year.
Well, if I’m not mistaken (according to the lessons about the past perfect tense on engvid), since the action happens in the present (this year) and started in the past, we suppose to use the present perfect tense in that case. So the sentence should look something like: My son is getting very tall. He has grown five inches this year.
Please advise which one is correct. :)
Thx.
AB
I like drink beer and I can see that my stomach has grown a lot.
Very good lesson Ema.
thank you Emma,
god bless you :)
Thank Emma, was a very good time for learn.
thank you
Awesome
Hi emma , would you make us a lesson about might and may ??
thank you
Nice lesson! Thank you!!
I’ve got 7. Oh my English so for me.
Thank you
Thanks for the lesson.
thank you . interesting class
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My sister precious recommend you this Alaof to continue to be a cause for Atminank in good condition, and the best that your clothing is best for
I was a guard at this
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Very useful lesson. Thanks Emma.
Is this right English?? if i tell to somebody..
“Please go inside the cabin”
Please reply i m waiting..
It was a very nice lesson
Great lesson .Thanks Emma ..
Thanks for the lesson.
Many thanks dear teacher. I am great to study online with you. And please send me any exercise that you have.
thank u v much
Thank you Emma for good lesson
Nice lecture.
Thanks Emma
i got 10 correct out of 10.
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Tnx Emma Ur Very Intallgent Techer
Thank you EMMA. I am very much interested in ur teaching style and eager to see the next course.
I got 1o out of 1o thank you Emma
thanks Emma for this nice lesson and i hope you grow your hair again.
Hi Teacher Emma, I am an english student from algeria
you remember me
i took this lesson with my teacher chahrazad 5 years ago
she was great
thank you emma about lesson and memory.
thank you very much
Hi Teacher Emma
I can not grow my mustache
or I can say my mustache grow slowly
Thank you of your extremely nice teaching
Hi Emma
Its are very interesting lessons. everyone has to get this opportunity through this website.
This lessons will remain in my memory.
This is a humanitarian gesture to help others to learn a foreign language
thank you very much emma and engvid
It’s really good video! Thanks Emma
Good night teacher. I took this sentence from a story: “My little Elephant grew up very happily”. Is it correct for animals as It is for people?. You’re really pretty beautiful, thanks very much.
Hi Emma. I want to thank for all your lessons.They’ve helped a lot. I’m curious, but why did you cut your hair?
Hi Emma, thanks for your wonderful lesson. Menge From Ethiopia.
Hi Emma, “grow up’ only used in the children became a adult, means its process, right !!
I never understand that difference, thanks a lot.
hi emma i have understood this lesson and i got 10 of 10 degree in the test ..tanks very much
Hi Emma good lesson but i still got 50% :(
Thnx)
u r lecture are very knowledgeable u r realy A great teacher i want to learn English from u as a student of English if u like then plz reply me madam ok God bless u
where to use can and could can u help me
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Hi Emma hr r u ? i got much from this lesson . thanks a lot . i’m from pakistan . i’m undergraduate student of industrial engineering . from which country do u belong ?
Thank you. its very useful for my English lesson
thank you very much for the lesson
Hi Emma Iam very weak in geramer thanks for help yuo
THANX
thank you so much!
HI EMMA.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LESSONS.IT’S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME BECAUSE I’M FROM ALGERIA SO MY LANGUAGE IS ARABIC BUT I ALWAYS TRY TO LEARN ENGLISH IN GOOD WAY AND WITH TEACHERS LIKE YOU.THANKS AGAIN
thanks again for your lessons
i m very thankful to u because i m learning those things what i have never learnt from other places i m proud of u all and now i follow same thing in my language centre
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Hello
Is it my hair have grown long or my hair has grown long ?
hi
miss emma,how r u . and thanx 4 u r lesson
You’re very helpful Emma thank you very much
hi Emma,
my first time seeing you.i really love your english teaching.your explain and deliver explanations really excellent!
Usefull, thank you :)
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Thank you Emma
If I grown up in USA , certainly my English will be very clear .. Hugs from Brazil…
Thank you so much!
I grow up in Palestine .
thanks so much Emma you are good teacher
the Emma it’s really helpful lesson now i can see the different between both of grow up and grow
HI Emme, I have always doubt these two words. but
you says that a sentence the line up has grown. I think that more people is coming this line.so can i siger the line -up grows up. please explain me.
i really learned a lot form this video
my hair has grown longer or long. which is correct. please explain.
my quiz 100 :)
Thanks dear teacher
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10 correct out of 10
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Every time I visit this site my English grows more and more
i am very greatful for you teacher’s
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Well done and thank you.
I got 9 out of 10
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hi Emma
first at all, i really apreciate your lessons
and i’d like to know if this sentence is right or wrong, here it goes ” the populatation is growing up fast”
thanks
regards
teacher: u have overgrown my expection from the lessons.
julio: i think it’s “growing” because the populations isn’t people, the meaning of that word is a thing, so we don’t use “grow up”.
thanx mam please tell me why use grew i can not under stand and i got 9/10
My son is getting very tall. He _______________ five inches this year
I got 100
Thank you very much Emma, I’ve got no doubts now :D
Thanks Emma you are very good teacher
Hi Emma! Thanks for your lesson! I have a question
around the sentence below extracted from “Hotel California – Eagles”
“…My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim…”. For the grow verb theres no object, however it has adjective “heavy” for the “head”. It means that head became heavy and… . What do you have to talk about? It’s just idiomatic expression or grammatical?
thanks
thanx mam
Hi Emma!
Ur teaching method is awesomer.Ur words directly enter into the brain and heart.God bless U!
Hi Emma, when I was watching this vedio, a question came to my mind. Here is the query, can I say “My cat grew up in my father’s house.” ?
Tnks a ton mam……….u r just doing a fantabulous work……i eagerly watch up your videos ….keep up the good work.
No one can deny you are very good
Hello,
Thanks Emma for youre efforts.
I ask you kindly to make a video on “into” and “onto” prepositions!
they make me confused when I write.
Thanks in advance :)
I LOVE YOU EMMA SO MUCH !
I LOVE YOU EMMA SO DEARLY !
I GROW LOVING MISS EMMA , OMG!!
:D
Hi Emma
Are brought up and raised similar to grew up ??
wonderful lesson, thanks a million
This’s fantastic video teaching!
Thanks Emma!
Thank you very much my professor for this wonderful lesson. You know Emma my english speaking and writing skills was grew grace to the interesting course.
10/10!!! Thank you Emma!! A perfect lesson!!!
Regards!!
Very enlightening lesson.Thanks Emma.
Hi! Emma,
Can we see hall of our exercise results in a file ?
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90/100, just a stupid mistake in question 7.
Thank you Emma.
thanks Emma
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10 correct out of 10 – Thomas from Poland thx
you are great teacher thank you Emma
I love your lessons! You’re the best!
Hello,Emma I’m frome Iran.I found this website newly.Now I’m student at 3level.Sorry my writing is not good.You are very good teacher and of cours beautiful.Your lessons are useful for me.thanks
Thank you, Emma. I am a portuguese speaker and your videos have helped me a lot. I’m trying to “grow” my english abillities and I believe that with your classes I’ll achieve my goal. I would ask you one thing: in the last sentence the use of the word “that” is correct? I have doubt about this. Thank you one more time.
Спасибо Эмма, идея ясна! меня расстраивает то, что я понимая текстовый вариант, но на слух узнаю отдельные слова.
Thank you Emma, the concept is clear! I’m being upset that I understand the text version but in hearing recognize seldom words.
Hello,
It was a nice English class!
hi Mrs Emma i am yogi from indonesia thank you for this video :)
this will help me a lot.
tnx.
Thank you, Emma
thaaaaaaaaaaaanx iam anew student in ur class
Thanks a lot teacher Emma.
oh..I have got 9 correct that mean I understand this lesson.Iam anew student in your class thank you my teacher Emma
I got full mark.thanks great EMMA.
thanx Emma
Thank you very much Emma, my english understanding, listening, writing and speaking is growing with your lessons. I love you!
I’m sure your audience will still grow Emma ! Very useful lesson.
which of these is correct?
“I grew up on a farm”. or
“I grew up in a farm”.
Thank you Emma!