verb phrase · neutral
commute to work
UK/kəˈmjuːt tə wɜːk/US/kəˈmjuːt tu wɜrk/co·MMUTE to WORK
Band 4-5speakingtask1
to travel regularly between home and the place where one works
Examples
“commute to work by train”
“a long commute to work”
“I commute to work every weekday.”
Band 8 sentence
“Because of traffic congestion, my daily commute to work now takes nearly twice as long as it did five years ago.”
Collocations
- daily commute
- long commute
Word family
commute (v) verbcommuter (n) nouncommuting (noun) noun
Common mistakes
I commute my work by bus.→I commute to work by bus.
I have a long commutes.→I have a long commute.
Say it for a higher band
5go to work→6travel to work→7+commute to work
Synonyms
travel to work
Easily confused
travel to work
“I usually travel to work by bus when the weather is good.”
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