collocation · formal
screen a film
/skriːn ə ˈfɪlm/screen a FILM
Band 5-6task2speaking
to show a film to an audience, often at a festival or special event
Examples
“The festival will screen the film on Saturday evening.”
“They screened the documentary for students last week.”
“The cinema screened classic films during the month.”
Band 8 sentence
“The university will screen a film followed by a panel discussion with the director.”
Collocations
- film screening
- screen a documentary
Word family
screen verbscreening nounscreenwriter noun
Common mistakes
play a film (for festival)→screen a film
turn on the film→screen a film
Say it for a higher band
5play a film→6show a film→7+screen a film
Synonyms
show a film
Easily confused
show a film
“The cinema will show a film every night this week.”
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