collocation · neutral
freshly prepared
UK/ˈfrɛʃli prɪˈpɛəd/US/ˈfrɛʃli prɪˈpɛrd/FRESH·ly pre·PARED
Band 5-6speakingtask2
made recently, just before being served
Examples
“Customers prefer freshly prepared meals to reheated ones.”
“The bakery sells freshly prepared pastries each morning.”
“She likes to eat freshly prepared food rather than instant meals.”
Band 8 sentence
“Urban consumers increasingly prefer freshly prepared food, even if it costs a little more, because of perceived quality and health benefits.”
Collocations
- freshly prepared meals
- freshly prepared pastries
Word family
fresh adjectivefreshly adverbprepare verbprepared adjective/participle
Common mistakes
fresh prepared→freshly prepared
freshly prepare→freshly prepared
Say it for a higher band
5fresh made→6made fresh→7+freshly prepared
Synonyms
made fresh
Easily confused
fresh
“The fish was absolutely fresh when it arrived at the market.”
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