verb · neutral
care
UK/keə(r)/US/ker/CARE
Band 5-6speakingtask2
to be concerned about or look after someone/something; to be careful
Examples
“Please be careful with the glassware.”
“I don't care about fame.”
“She takes care of her younger brother.”
Band 8 sentence
“You should be careful with sources in an essay to avoid unreliable information.”
Collocations
- be careful with/about
- take care of somebody
- show care for somebody
Word family
care verbcare nouncareful adjectivecarefully adverbcarefulness nouncareless adjectivecarelessness noun
Common mistakes
Don't be careless to your books.→Don't be careless with your books.
I am caring about this problem.→I care about this problem.
Say it for a higher band
5watch out→6be careful→7+careful
Synonyms
concern
attentive
Easily confused
careful
“Be careful with the knife; it's very sharp.”
careless
“His careless answer caused the mistake.”
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