The difference between See, Look, and Watch

Here is a summary of the video, explaining the simple difference between look, see and watch in English...

SEE

See is an involuntary action. You wake up in the morning you open your eyes and you see. What do you see? The ceiling, your bedroom... you just see! It's involuntary! You don't make an effort to see.

Examples: 

1. When I speak to my parents on Skype they usually spend 1 minute saying "Can you see me? Can you see me? I can see you! Can you see me?"

2. In my old apartment in Spain I could see the ocean from my bedroom window. I opened the curtains in the morning and I could see the ocean. Beautiful!

LOOK

Look requires more effort. You make the effort to look at something. So if you want to see something you look at something. And note, we use look at when we're looking at something for a short period of time.
 

Examples: 

1. Hey! Come and look at this!

2. Oh look! A dog with 3 legs!

So, it's a short period of time... We look, and we continue with life!

WATCH

Watch is similar to Look at but it's for a much longer period of time. We watch it because it's interesting, it's moving or it's changing. 
 

Examples: 

1. We watch a movie.

2. We watch a football game.

3. We watch the television.