verb · neutral
bring
/brɪŋ/BRING
Band 5-6speakingtask2
carry or take something/someone to a place or person (often toward the speaker)
Examples
“Please bring your ID when you come to the interview.”
“He brought his umbrella because it looked like rain.”
“She has brought up an interesting point.”
Band 8 sentence
“If you can bring all the relevant documents to the interview, that would expedite the process.”
Collocations
- bring something to someone
- bring up (a topic)
- bring back memories
Word family
bring basebrings 3rd singularbrought past simple / past participlebringing gerund / -ing
Common mistakes
bringed→brought
take the book to me→bring the book to me
Say it for a higher band
5take→6carry→7+bring
Synonyms
carry
take
Easily confused
take
“Don't forget to take your passport when you leave for the airport.”
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