Learn how to use the verb "Miss"
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| This is the verb to miss which can just mean to fail to hit something |
| But watch until the end and learn four other ways to use it |
| Hey everybody, welcome back to know your verbs. My name is Alisha. And in this episode, we're going to talk about the verb miss |
| Let's get started |
| First let's talk about the basic definition of the verb to miss |
| to miss means to fail to hit or |
| To reach here are some examples |
| Sorry, I missed your call |
| The sales team missed their target for the month |
| Okay, now let's take a look at the conjugations for this verb |
| present tense miss |
| misses past tense |
| missed |
| past participle |
| missed |
| progressive missing |
| Now let's talk about some additional meanings for this verb |
| the first additional meaning for miss is to feel the absence of someone or |
| Something here are some examples. I |
| Miss my family |
| We missed you at the party last weekend |
| Okay |
| In both of these example sentences |
| We see the word miss the verb miss being used to express that we notice when something is not |
| There and we want it to be there so we can use this when we talk about people and when we talk about things |
| So when we miss a person it means we notice that someone is not there and we want them to be there |
| So in the first example sentence I miss my family it means I notice my family is not near me right now |
| And I wish they were there in the second example sentence. It's a past tense situation |
| We missed you at the party last weekend means we noticed that you weren't at the party last weekend |
| And we were sad we wanted you to be at the party |
| We noticed that you weren't there and we wish that you could have joined us |
| So to miss someone is generally a nice thing if someone says they miss you |
| It means they wish that they could see you the second additional meaning for this verb is to fail to attend |
| Here are some examples |
| You've been missing work a lot lately. Are you okay? My friend miss school yesterday and today |
| Okay |
| So these example sentences use the verb miss in the sense of not attending something |
| So we use this sense of miss a lot when we're talking about going to work going to school |
| Participating in some kind of regular activity. This could be a hobby group anything that has a regular schedule |
| We expect someone to be there and they're not there |
| So this relates to attendance a lot in the first example sentence. It's a work situation |
| You've been missing work a lot lately. This means you haven't been attending work regularly lately |
| So you've had lots of days off or maybe lots of sick days. Are you okay? |
| So we might see it used in this way to ask if someone is okay in the second example sentence |
| We see kind of a report my friend missed school yesterday and today means my friend did not attend school |
| Yesterday and today so both of those sentences mean the same thing |
| My friend missed school and my friend did not attend school |
| But missed is just a shorter more efficient way to say it so we can use miss in this sense to talk about |
| Attendance in regularly scheduled activities. Okay. The next additional meaning is to leave out or to omit |
| Here are some examples |
| I've been so busy today that I completely missed lunch |
| The news article was missing some important details |
| Okay |
| These sentences use the word miss to mean that something was left out or something was omitted in the first example sentence |
| We talked about missing a meal. Someone is so busy that they completely missed lunch |
| So that means they completely left out lunch or they omitted lunch from their schedule that day |
| So it's like there's something that we expect to be there |
| But we remove it for some reason in this case because the person was busy |
| So we use this a lot when we talk about skipping meals because we're busy or we just forget or maybe even just we're not |
| Feeling well that day in the second example sentence. It's about |
| Information that is omitted. So in this sentence, we have the news article was missing some important information |
| Which means the person that is speaking expects there to be some more information some important information in the article |
| But that information is not in the article |
| It was omitted or left out or maybe the writer didn't know the important information |
| But the speaker wants to express there's something that should be here, but it's not here |
| It was missing the information is missing so we can use to miss in this sense, too |
| To talk about something that is not there that we expect to be there whether it's on purpose or not is a different story |
| Great. So with these additional meanings in mind now, let's take a look at a variation for this verb |
| Okay |
| The variation I want to introduce for this verb is to miss out on to miss out on means to lose a good opportunity |
| Here are some examples |
| Sorry, we missed out on your summer party this year I |
| Made a mistake with my job application and missed out on a good job opportunity |
| Okay, so these sentences use the expression to miss out on we use this set expression |
| When we have a chance to do something that seems like it's a really good opportunity |
| That could be a job opportunity like in the second example sentence or just something fun to do like in the first example |
| Sentence with the party so when we don't get to do that thing either because our schedule doesn't match or we make a mistake |
| With a deadline like in the second example sentence |
| We can express that feeling with the expression to miss out on so we always have that preposition on at the end to miss out |
| on |
| Opportunity is the pattern that you can use to express that feeling of regret that you lost a good opportunity |
| For something special for your career or for something special for entertainment or similar |
| So this is a really good one to know a very very common expression, too |
| Okay, great now, let's review what we learned in this lesson |
| I'll introduce two sample sentences that are both correct |
| But that have different meanings of the verb choose the example sentence that expresses the appropriate meaning I |
| Miss my parents |
| My boss missed our morning meeting |
| Which sentence uses the to fail to attend meaning of miss |
| You |
| The answer is the second example sentence my boss missed the morning meeting this use of miss |
| Refers to a meeting situation in which someone did not attend |
| So good hint words that you can use with this version of miss or with this meaning of miss are words that are related to |
| Scheduled activities like meetings work activities school activities and so on. Those are all related to attendance |
| So that's a big hint that this use of miss relates to attending or not attending in this case great |
| So with this in mind, let's move on to the second review question. Oh |
| No, we missed out on the discount ticket sale |
| I missed three calls while I was in a meeting |
| Which sentence uses the to lose a good opportunity meaning of miss |
| The answer is the first example sentence, oh no, we missed out on the discount ticket sale |
| So this sentence expresses that we lost a good opportunity. We missed our chance to have the discounted tickets |
| We missed our chance to buy the discounted tickets |
| So a big hint that this is the correct example sentence here is that oh no at the beginning |
| So we're expressing some kind of regret |
| So we often express that sort of sadness or regret or disappointment because we lost a good opportunity, right? |
| So that's a big hint that this use of miss is expressing some kind of sadness over a missed opportunity |
| Okay, let's move on to the next review question |
| I've been missing my kids so much lately. I |
| I feel sick. I think I'm gonna have to miss work tomorrow |
| Which sentence uses the to feel the absence of someone meaning of miss |
| The answer is the first sentence I've been missing my kids so much lately |
| So this expresses that we wish someone were there we noticed that someone is gone and we wish that it were different |
| We wish that we could meet that person |
| So when we talk about people when we talk about our family members our partners our friends and so on we often use this |
| Miss to mean that we want to see that person |
| So this is a really really common and really nice one to know to express how you feel with the people that are most |
| Important to you. Okay, great. Let's move on to the last review question. I |
| I got up late and missed breakfast |
| We miss you so much |
| Which sentence uses the to leave out or omit meaning of miss |
| The answer is the first example sentence I got up late and missed breakfast |
| This sentence expresses that something that is regularly part of the schedule in this case |
| Breakfast was omitted in this case because the person was too busy. They got up late. They didn't have time for breakfast |
| So they left breakfast out of their schedule |
| So this use of miss is very common when we're talking about meals that we have to skip because we're too busy or we don't |
| Have time. So this is a great one to know to talk about those busy days that you have in your life |
| Great that is the end of the review section and the end of this episode of know your verbs |
| I hope that you got lots of new information about how to use the verb miss |
| Of course if you have any questions or comments or if you want to practice making some example sentences with this verb |
| Please feel free to do so in the comment section of this video |
| Thanks very much for watching this episode of know your verbs and I will see you again next time. Bye! |
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