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be forced to + V

Band 6-7task2speakingtask1

To be made to do something because of pressure or necessity.

Examples

“Residents were forced to evacuate after the landslide.”

“Small businesses were forced to close during the lockdown.”

“He was forced to resign following the scandal.”

Band 8 sentence

“Due to severe funding cuts, several cultural institutions were forced to reduce their programmes drastically.”

Collocations

  • be forced to evacuate
  • be forced to close

Common mistakes

He was forced for leave the job.→He was forced to leave the job.

They forced to close the shop.→They were forced to close the shop.

Say it for a higher band

5must→6had to→7+be forced to

Synonyms

be compelled to

Easily confused

be forced to vs be forced into + V-ing

“Many villagers were forced into abandoning their farms.”

Related words

had been + past participlebe + past participleto have been + past participlebe used to + Vbe + past participle + by + agentnoun + past participle (reduced relative clause)be seen as + noun / adjectivehave/has been + past participle

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