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Martin, is that a light bag?
It is light, but I still pack too much.
Welcome to One Word, Three Lives.
Today our word is light.
One spelling, several useful meanings.
First, light can be an adjective meaning notheavy.
This suitcase is light enough to carry upstairs.
The opposite is heavy.
We can also say a light meal when the seal issmall or not rich.
Next, light is a noun.
It can mean the brightness that lets us see.
The light in the hallway is still on.
You can turn on a light or switch off the lights.
In the plural, lights can also mean lamps orsignals.
For example, stop when the traffic lights turnred.
Now, light can be a verb.
It means make something start burning.
Please light the candle before dinner.
The past form is lit.
She lit a small fire to keep warm.
Notice how grammar tells us which meaning we need.
Before a noun, light may describe weight.
After they, light can name the brightness in aroom.
After a person is the subject, light can be anaction.
Lightweight is another useful adjective built fromlight.
A lightweight jacket is light and easy to carry.
As a noun, light appears in phrases such asdaylight and traffic lights.
Light pollution makes the night sky harder to see.
As a verb, light has the past form lit.
He lit the fireplace before the guests arrived.
We can also say that a room is well lit.
Here, lit describes the result of someone turningon or arranging lights.
Listen for the grammar around the word.
In a light suitcase, light describes the suitcase.
In turn on the light, light is a thing.
In light the candle, light is an action.
Let us test the three lives.
The box is easy to lift because it weighs verylittle.
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It is light.
The room is bright because the lamp is on.
There is a light on.
You use a match to start a candle burning.
You light the candle.
Now make your own sentence with one meaning oflight.
In a light bag, light means it is not heavy, itdoes not mean bright.
A light meal is another adjective use, a smallmeal that is easy to eat.
As a noun, the light is on can refer to the lampor the light it gives.
As a verb, light a candle means make it startburning.
Which sentence uses light as a noun?
Turn on the light or light the candle?
Turn on the light uses the noun, light the candleuses the verb.
Which use do you hear in a light jacket?
That is the adjective meaning not heavy.
The episode page has a vocabulary PDF with allthree meanings and translated examples.
Thank you for listening.
See you next time.