See
see – saw - seen

See (infinitive) What would you like to see in Halifax?

Saw (past) I saw the Bluenose II, the famous sailing ship from Nova Scotia.

Seen (past participle) Going to Vanity Fair’s party after the Oscar’s is a real place to see and be seen .

to see and be seen is an idiom that means you will see important people at that place, and famous or important people will see you and think you’re important because you’re there.

Bluenose II: A famous sailing ship, see picture here.
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/bluenose/index.html

Now You Practise: Put ‘see,’ ‘saw,’ ‘seen,’ or ‘seeing’ into the following quotations

1. “It is only with the heart that one can rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” (infinitive) The Little Prince

2. “A long line of cases shows that it is not merely of some importance, but is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be to be done.” (past participle) Viscount Hewart

3. Think, in your head, now, think of the most…private…secret…intimate thing you have ever done secure in the knowledge of its privacy….Are you thinking of it?...Well, I    ___  you do it! (past) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead act 2

4. “Discovery consists of (participle) what everybody has (past participle) and thinking what nobody has thought.” Albert von Szent-Györgyi

5. “ the happy moron,

He doesn’t give a damn,

I wish I were a moron,

My God! perhaps I am.” (infinitive) Eugenics Review

6. “I have war. I have war on land and sea. I have blood running from the wounded. I have men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have the dead in the mud. I have cities destroyed. I have 200 limping, exhausted men come out of line‑the survivors of a regiment of 1,000 that went forward 48 hours before. I have children starving. I have the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.” (past participle) Franklin D. Roosevelt

7. “You , but you do not observe.” (infinitive) Sherlock Holmes

8. “Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to me?” (infinitive) Peel Me a Grape by J. Weintraub

9. “I have the future and it works.” (past participle) Lincoln Steffens

10. “I dead people.” (infinitive) Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense

Now write an email to your keypal, explain something you want to see and something you have seen. And then ask your keypal to write you telling you what they have seen and want to see.

Example: When I go to Halifax to study English I want to see Citadel Hill.

Last year I saw………..

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