phrasal verb · neutral
put on
UK/pʊt ɒn/US/pʊt ɑːn/PUT·on
speakingtask1
to wear clothing; to organise an event; to pretend
Examples
“She put on her coat and left.”
“The school put on a concert for parents.”
“He put on a brave face even though he was nervous.”
Band 8 sentence
“For the charity event, the students put on an evening of short plays to raise funds.”
Collocations
- put on a coat
- put on a play/concert
Word family
put on (v) verbputting on (v-ing) verbput on (past/p.p.) verb
Common mistakes
I put on the TV.→I turned on the TV.
They put on a party last night (meaning: they attended).→They had/held a party last night.
Say it for a higher band
5wear→6put on→7+put on
Synonyms
wear
stage (an event)
Easily confused
turn on
“Can you turn on the lights? It's getting dark.”
take off
“Please take off your shoes before entering.”
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