Health

monitor

check regularly

To watch or check something regularly so that you know how it is changing or developing.

B2 common speech & writing

Hear it in real life

How do you keep track of your spending?

I monitor my bank account every few days.

Play the conversation

I monitor my step count so I can stay active during the week.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I monitor on my daily step count.

Say: I monitor my daily step count.

“Monitor” takes the thing being checked directly and does not need “on.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

monitor something; monitor how or whether something changes

Your turn: say it out loud

I monitor my step count so I can stay active during the week.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

monitor

check regularly

“I monitor my step count so I can stay active during the week.”

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