 Here, listen to and sound. What is the best answer? Number one. In his free time, Jared, music. Here's, sounds, listens, listens to, listens to, to, sorry, I can't, you. Please speak up. Here, sound, listen, listen to, here, three, his voice, great, everyone loved the song. Heard, sounded, listened, listened to, sounded, for, carefully, this is very important. Here, sound, listen, listen to, listen, five, Sheila always, when her friends have problems. Here's, sounds, listens, listens to, listens. What's the difference? Here refers to general perception. There's noise coming into your ears. Listen to refers to focused perception, paying attention to a specific thing. Sound refers to how something is perceived by you or people. For example, the man hears beautiful tones. The man is listening to a particular song. The music sounds beautiful to the man. Note, we don't often use these words here and sound in progressive tenses. Listen versus listen to. Listen to identifies the object you are focusing your attention on. Listen doesn't mention but often implies the object of your attention. For example, the woman on the left could say, go ahead, I'm listening to you or to your story. To learn more about this topic, see video at link or check out our websites for more English learning resources eslgold.com and freeenglishstudy.com