choose, chose, choice or choosy?  Which is correct English?
Channel: Real English Fluency Now with Trisha and Hope
Date: 2017-10-27

In today's English lesson you will learn how to correctly use the words choose, chose, choice and choosy!  

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*** English Lesson Notes / transcript:  ***

In today’s English lesson you will learn how to use the words choose and chose.
Let’s get started!
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Hello Real Fluency Friends! I’m Trisha and I’m here to teach 
you Real English used in Real Life so you can reach Real Fluency! Now!  

And today you will learn how to use the words choose and chose.
What’s the difference between them? Choose is an irregular verb
and chose is the past tense form.  

choose 
verb
- to decide that a certain person or thing
is the one that you want
- pick

Sample Sentences:

Did you choose a book yet?
I like to have many options to choose from.
He chooses to work really long hours.


Related:
choose sides
- for a group of people to divide into different groups.

pick and choose
You can't always pick and choose what you want.  

beggars can't be choosers
- people who want or need something must be 
satisfied with whatever they get even if it is not 
what they really want.

choosy
He's successful and can be as choosy as he wants.  

Choosy moms choose jif.

Old commercial:
Choosy Mothers Choose Jif   (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LOT78zhA5w

Choosy moms choose jif.  (1993)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBbzNp25OHo

1996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsQO4tviPDk
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chose
verb - past tense

Sample Sentences:

He chose to become fluent in English so now he is taking my English course to make it happen.

She chose to stay home because she was tired.

They chose to travel by train rather than drive.

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Related:

choice
- the act of choosing

Chosen – the chosen one

  Sample Sentence:

She had a choice to make, and she chose
to be successful so now she is working really hard.  
If you had to choose, which choice would you make?
You give me no choice, I will have to choose
what you chose if we want to dress the same.  

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            Short quiz to test yourself 
      - try to answer in the comments!

Fill in the blanks with either choose, chose or 
choosy or choice:

1) You have a _____ to make - either go or stay home.  

2) If you _______ to eat unhealthy food, you will not be healthy much longer.

3) I am very ______ and would rather be alone than to settle for someone I can't really love.  

4) He _____  to work instead of spending more time with his kids.   

I'll give the answers in the description!

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Answers: 1) choice  2) choose  3) choosy  4) chose