PUT OFF: Four Meanings Through Examples

A short teaching video exploring four uses of PUT OFF through images and example sentences: physical separation, postponement, giving someone the runaround, and aversion.

The video uses the idea of separation as a conceptual aid to connect these meanings, rather than presenting them as unrelated translations.

Suggested classroom activity:
• Pause at each example and ask learners to explain its meaning.
• Compare the situations and discuss the connections.
• Ask learners to write their own sentences using PUT OFF.

The examples and headings are in English; the closing message is in Spanish: “OFF = SEPARACIÓN”.

Created by Carmelo Pérez Rull, author of Bring It On – Volumen II.