Vocabulary Studio - Day 25
Look For (find lost item), Look After (care for family/pet/bag), Look At (observe document/screen), Look Into (workplace investigation)
Look For, Look After, Look At & Look Into
Master 4 essential daily & workplace phrasal verbs: searching for items, caring for people/pets, observing documents/screens, professional workplace investigations ("I'll look into it"), pronoun rules, and single-sentence memory tricks.
One-Line Memory Trick:
Module 1: Core Definitions & Distinctions (Parts 1–4)
Look for vs Find, Look after = Take care of, and Look at vs Look into.
🔍 1. Look For vs Find & ❤️ 2. Look After
👀 3. Look At vs 🕵️ 4. Look Into
Module 2: Pronoun Rule & Past Forms (Parts 6 & 12)
Pronoun AFTER preposition rule, and regular past tense (looked).
⚠️ Part 6: Pronoun Placement Rule
With these phrasal verbs, the pronoun comes AFTER the preposition:
❌ Wrong: "Look it for" | "Look him after" | "Look it at" | "Look it into"
✅ Correct: "Look for it" | "Look after him" | "Look at it" | "Look into it"
🧠 Part 12: Regular Verb Forms
• Look for: looked for $\rightarrow$ looked for
• Look after: looked after $\rightarrow$ looked after
• Look at: looked at $\rightarrow$ looked at
• Look into: looked into $\rightarrow$ looked into
✨ Easy rule: All four verbs use "looked" in the past tense!
Module 3: Real-Life Workplace & Family Dialogues (Parts 7–11, 20)
Office database investigation, shopping, babysitting kids, and lost phone search.
💼 Office Issue
Employee: Problem with database.
Manager: I'll look into it.
Employee: Should I send details?
🛍️ Shopping Shirt
Customer: Looking for black shirt.
Assistant: Look at these shirts.
Customer: I'll try it on.
📱 Lost Phone Search
A: Looking for my phone.
B: Look at table & under sofa.
A: Great! Found it!
⚠️ Parts 13 & 18: Common Phrasal Verb Mistakes Fixed
❌ I'm looking my phone.
✅ I'm looking for my phone.
❌ Please look my baby.
✅ Please look after my baby.
❌ Look this picture.
✅ Look at this picture.
❌ I'll look the problem.
✅ I'll look into the problem.
❌ Look it for.
✅ Look for it.
❌ Look him after.
✅ Look after him.
❌ Look it at.
✅ Look at it.
❌ Look it into.
✅ Look into it.
Phrasal Verbs Quiz (12 Questions)
Test look for, look after, look at & look into.
1. I'm ________ my keys.
2. Can you ________ my dog while I'm away?
3. Please ________ this picture.
4. I'll ________ the problem.
5. What are you ________?
6. She ________ her younger brother.
7. Can you ________ this report?
8. The manager will ________ the complaint.
9. I'm ________ a new job.
10. Please ________ yourself.
11. Let me ________ it.
12. Look ________ this!
🔄 Parts 16 & 17: Hindi → English Phrasal Verb Translation (15 Sentences)
1. मैं अपने फोन को ढूँढ रहा हूँ।
2. क्या तुम मेरे बच्चे की देखभाल कर सकते हो?
3. इस फोटो को देखो।
4. मैं इस समस्या की जाँच करूँगा।
5. तुम क्या ढूँढ रहे हो?
6. वह अपने छोटे भाई की देखभाल करती है।
7. कृपया इस रिपोर्ट को देखिए।
8. मैं इस issue की जाँच करूँगा।
9. मैं एक नई नौकरी ढूँढ रहा हूँ।
10. अपना ख्याल रखना।
11. मुझे इसे जाँचने दो।
12. उसकी शिकायत की जाँच की जा रही है।
13. क्या तुम मेरे bag की देखभाल कर सकते हो?
14. कृपया screen को देखिए।
15. मैं अपनी keys ढूँढ रहा था, और मुझे वे मिल गईं।
Module 7: Speaking Challenge & Achievement Checklist
Lost phone monologue model and complete 13-point achievement checklist.
🎤 Part 19: "I Lost My Phone" Speaking Monologue
"Yesterday, I couldn't find my phone. I was looking for it everywhere. I asked my brother to look for it too. He told me to look at the table. We checked the sofa and bedroom. Finally, I asked my brother to look after my bag while I continued searching. Then I found my phone under the sofa."
🎯 Day 25 Achievement Checklist (Mark as Accomplished)
Interactive Vocabulary Bank & Flashcards
Search and mark individual words as learned.
/ˈkiː tɜːrm/
Definition: Fundamental vocabulary concept required for mastery on Day 25
/ˈækʃn freɪz/
Definition: High-frequency expressive phrase used in daily and professional English
/dɪˈskrɪptɪv/
Definition: Nuanced descriptive expression to elevate conversational depth