phrasal verb · informal
carry on with
UK/ˈkæri ɒn wɪð/US/ˈkæri ɑn wɪð/CAR·ry ON with
speakingtask2
to continue doing something
Examples
“Despite the interruption, she carried on with her presentation.”
“If you carry on with studying like this, you'll improve fast.”
“Carry on with the experiment while I check the equipment.”
Band 8 sentence
“Even when the projector failed, the lecturer carried on with her lecture, using diagrams on the board instead.”
Collocations
- carry on with work
- carry on with studies
- carry on despite
Word family
carried on verb (past)carrying on verb / gerund
Common mistakes
continue on→carry on with / continue
Say it for a higher band
5continue→6keep going→7+carry on with
Synonyms
continue
Easily confused
continue
“She continued her talk after a short break.”
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