and today's word of the day is 復習する

what do you think it means (in English)?

It's quiz time!

Can you guess the most  appropriate word for this space?

The test is next week

and maths is so difficult.

I really need to _________ for the test.

Is the answer

A. hold

B. pop

C. revise

or D. reconsider

I'll give you 10 seconds to think about it.

Time's up!

Did you get the right answer?

Actually the answer is

C. revise

The test is next week

and maths is so difficult.

I really need to revise for the test.

Revise basically means to learn something again

To go over it again

or to repeat what you've learned before

in preparation for some kind of test usually.

Study is also good here

It's also grammatical.

However, study is a little ambiguous.

In other words, I don't know  if you've studied this before

or if you're studying  something for the first time.

So, in this way, revise is  actually the better word to use

and the more natural word  to use in this situation.

The test is next week

and maths is so difficult.

I really need to revise for the test.

Okay, so that's one way we can use revise.

How about in some other grammar?

One of the common ways to use  revise is with the word 'for'

So, revise for something.

For example, I need to revise for my driving test.

I need to revise for my entrance exams.

But actually, we don't have to use 'for'

We can just say, I need to revise.

Sorry, I can't come out tonight. I have to revise.

Sorry, the tests are coming  up. I've really got to revise.

One of the last ways we can use revise

is to revise something.

So, for example, I need to revise maths.

I really need to revise Japanese.

And, of course, we can also  use the past tense versions.

I revised for the test but  I still got a bad score.

So, let's look at the word revise in  some kind of natural conversations.

Hey! Can't wait for this  to be over. Did you revise?

Not really.

Oh! An A. You know, I didn't even revise.

Let's look at the other answers.

Hold is where you keep something in your hand.

So, for example, you can hold a bag

but you cannot hold for the test.

Pop can be used in many different ways

For example, when a bubble pops

kind of breaks or explodes

Another example is when you're on an airplane 

and your ears under the pressure will kind of pop

where it releases the pressure in your ears

you can feel a little pop

The last one D. reconsider means  to think about something again.

So, the grammar here doesn't really work.

We don't reconsider for something.

We tend to reconsider something.

So, for example, I need to  reconsider my marriage...

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