noun · neutral
footage
/ˈfʊtɪdʒ/FOOT·age
Band 5-6speakingtask2
recorded video material, especially raw or unedited film used for news or documentaries
Examples
“The reporter reviewed the CCTV footage to check the facts.”
“They used old archival footage to illustrate the city's past.”
“There were hours of footage to edit before the final broadcast.”
Band 8 sentence
“The documentary combined rare archival footage with contemporary interviews to create a vivid historical portrait.”
Collocations
- archival footage
- raw footage
- hours of footage
Word family
footage noun
Common mistakes
footages→footage
video→footage
Say it for a higher band
5clip→6video→7+footage
Synonyms
clip
Easily confused
clip
“She uploaded a short clip of the concert to social media.”
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