verb · neutral
buy
/baɪ/BUY
Band 5-6speakingtask1task2
obtain something by paying money for it
Examples
“I bought a new pair of shoes yesterday.”
“Do you buy groceries online?”
“She has bought a used car.”
Band 8 sentence
“I tend to buy sustainably produced goods whenever possible to reduce my environmental impact.”
Collocations
- buy online
- buy a ticket
- buy into (an idea)
Word family
buy basebuys 3rd singularbought past simple / past participlebuying gerund / -ing
Common mistakes
buyed→bought
have boughted→have bought
Say it for a higher band
5get→6purchase→7+buy
Synonyms
purchase
get
Easily confused
get
“I need to get a new phone because mine is broken.”
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