verb · neutral
fly
/flaɪ/FLY
Band 6-7speakingtask2
to move through the air or travel by airplane
Examples
“Birds fly south in the winter.”
“We flew to Paris for the weekend.”
“The drone can fly for about 20 minutes.”
Band 8 sentence
“Because of the tight schedule I flew to the meeting and returned the same day.”
Collocations
- fly to (a city)
- fly economy/business class
- fly over/into
Word family
fly verb (base)flies verb (3rd sing.) / noun (plural)flew verb (past simple)flown verb (past participle)flying verb (gerund/participle), adjective
Common mistakes
have flew→have flown
I flyed→I flew
Say it for a higher band
5go→6travel→7+fly
Synonyms
travel by plane
soar
Easily confused
travel
“They prefer to travel by train on short journeys.”
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