Everyday English
push yourself
make yourself try harder
To make yourself work harder or do more than feels easy or comfortable.
Hear it in real life
Was the race difficult?
Yes, but I pushed myself to keep running.
I try to push myself to speak English even when I feel nervous.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I need to push myself doing more.
Say: I need to push myself to do more.
After “push myself,” use “to” before the base verb when naming the action you are challenging yourself to take.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
push yourself to do something; push yourself harder
Your turn: say it out loud
I try to push myself to speak English even when I feel nervous.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
push yourself
make yourself try harder
“I try to push myself to speak English even when I feel nervous.”
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