noun · informal
sidewalk
UK/ˈsaɪdwɔːk/US/ˈsaɪdwɑːk/SIDE·walk
Band 6-7speakingtask1
a paved path along the side of a road for people to walk on
Examples
“Children should be careful when crossing from the sidewalk to the road.”
“There are wide sidewalks on both sides of the avenue.”
“In many U.S. cities cyclists are banned from riding on the sidewalk.”
Band 8 sentence
“To make streets more pedestrian-friendly, the council widened the sidewalks and added benches and lighting.”
Collocations
- cracked sidewalk
- wide sidewalks
- step onto the sidewalk
Word family
sidewalk nounsidewalked verb (rare)
Common mistakes
on the pavement (when speaking US context)→on the sidewalk
in the sidewalk→on the sidewalk
Say it for a higher band
5road→6pavement→7+sidewalk
Synonyms
pavement
Easily confused
pavement
“In London people walk on the pavement.”
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