Learn the English Phrases 'to sit in on' and 'to sit out'

Read along to practice your English and to learn the English phrases TO SIT IN ON and TO SIT OUT

In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to sit in on. It's a nice phrasal verb with two prepositions at the end, which makes it a little confusing. This means to go to something like a class to observe rather than take it. At work, sometimes the principal needs to check if I'm teaching properly and so the principal will sit in on one of my classes. When you visit a school and you're thinking about going there, you might sit in on one of the classes to see if you like it. Maybe your town has a meeting and it's open to the public. And if you want, you can go sit in on the meeting. So it means you go to something to observe it. It doesn't mean you're going to participate or ask questions. You basically are just going to sit and watch and listen. You're going to sit in on whatever's happening.

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The other phrase I wanted to teach you today is to sit out. This means to not do something. Sometimes a player on a team will be injured and they will sit out for a game or two. Sometimes it's a minor injury and if they just sit out for a game or two, it will get better. So it simply means to not do something. In fact, if you're part of something where you can volunteer whether you want to do it or not, sometimes you can say, oh, I'll just sit this one out. That means you're not going to do it.

So to review to sit in on something means to go to something like a meeting or a class. Just to listen and watch and to not participate. And to sit out means to simply not participate in something. It's not fun when you're on a team and you're hurt and you have to sit out for a game or two. You just sit on the bench and watch everyone else play.

But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video. This is from MRfisheri. Wow, Bob got contacts to get a plane flying above for a video. Puntastic! And my response. Yep, it cost quite a bit. So that's in reference to my last lesson where a plane flew over and I made a pun about puns while a plane flew over. And some of you not necessarily questioned whether a plane actually flew over, but suggested maybe that it was just some sound effects. But it wasn't. A plane actually did fly over. I promise you in the future, any time a plane flies over during a lesson, I will spin the camera around and show the plane to you. Even if it's a tiny dot in the sky.

Well, what am I doing today? Well, I am walking to the drugstore to get more of these. It's the second week of school, and as usual, I'm using my voice too much. Actually, that's not necessarily true. I think I'm speaking too loudly so I don't have a sore throat. And this does happen at the beginning of every school year. I just feel like it's strained a little bit. So I like to buy throat lozenges to just kind of soothe my throat while I'm teaching, and at the end of the day. So I'm on my way to this drugstore up here. Not the dollar store. They don't have very good throat lozenges. I'm on my way to this drugstore to buy a few, and interestingly enough, they're not very cheap anymore.

I feel like maybe my school should buy them for me, but then they might question how much talking I do on my YouTube channel as well and whether I should be resting my voice. But anyway, it's just one of the things that happens when you're a teacher. You talk a lot. You talk like, I don't yell, but I talk just a little more loudly than I normally would talk when I'm teaching my classes. You say a lot of things like, hey, could I have your attention, please? And all those other teacher things. And sometimes you just have to say them a bit loudly.

Anyways, thanks for watching. I'll see you in a couple days with another short English lesson. This one is a few seconds shorter than normal, but just trying to save my voice. Bye.

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[nghivotan]

I always sit out gossip, it make no sense and waste time. Hope your throat problem gets well soon. Thank you for your lesson Bob ❤❤❤

[Denis_Shakhmatov]

Thanks a lot for the lesson, Bob! Take care of your voice and don't upset the principal of your school, please. Because finding a person who could sit in for Bob the Canadian is like squaring the circle (mission impossible)

[AmericanEnglishBrent]

2:04 I am glad somebody finally called you out on your “plane flying over” hoaxes. I also had my suspicions. I thought you were using plane sound effects in many of your English lessons to boost views. 😀

[GianlucaMariaLecchi]

❤ thanks for your precious efforts Bob.
Take care and prevent your voice
We can' t stand your beeing sitting out for some time.
😂we can' t wait to hear your lessons

[KonstantinEgorovSpb]

By the end of a school day my voice gets so strained that even lozenges hardly help, I sometimes can't shoot the breeze with my friends😎 A blessing in disguise:this little frog-in-the-throat gives your ramblings a unique charm, Bob😉Big thanks, Bob! Take care of your professional tools👅👄and enjoy the Indian summer🌈

[vitorv]

When my voice is not that good, I used to try some _Valda_ pastilles. I think it was created in France. On your another Channel, you already have the !link thing. Now you need to create a !sip thing to remember you to take a sip of water. Thank you, Bob.

[Aerosmith]

It is a strange thing: when I bought a cream against fungi, it worked for a while. Years later I had the same problem but then it did not work. I went to the cheapest drugstore to buy a cream there and it worked! My body got accustomed to the active agent in the first cream but the second one was unfamiliar. Thank you for the phrases!

[unsalhakanuysal]

Hi teacher Bob! 🖐️😎
I would love to sit in on your class one day. It doesn't seem possible. But would it be possible for you to teach us a subject you teach at school on your YouTube channel as if you were teaching it in class? 🤔🍁🦉
Thanks a lot for this unique lesson! Have a great day! Bye 👋 😊 🌹 💐 ♥️

[yuryyury]

Hi., Bob. When was this video shot? How many degrees C was it outside?

[Know-that]

I hope your principal doesn't sit in on your Friday and Saturday lessons here too, Bob 😘. (And gives you his feedback afterwards.) But maybe he is one of your subscribers or even a knows 👨‍🏫. While I'm at it, I sometimes wonder if your students, especially those who are new to your school, know you from YouTube and ask you about it. Are there any of them who also watch your videos here? I could imagine that some of them are secretly proud to have such a famous teacher. (I would definitely be proud ❤️.) Thanks for the new lesson, Bob. Take care and rest your voice as much as it's possible for you. Have a lovely day. 😴🍯🌿

[paulgraf]

Hi, Bob! Maybe it's better just to sit out your sore throat? :) Can I say that?

[erykko]

So when can I sit in your house on and listen to native speakers? :)

[MohamedKhaled-qedn]

I’ve a question 4 u, I’m not sure I understand why did u have 2 learn French even though u r an English citizen I mean ur language is the most popular in the world and 2 be honest I envy u for that😂 so why did u even bother learning that language and master it?!

[franciscopontesvelasco]

I read and heard sit out many times not sit in on

[tii]

I'm going to die, I need help please