collocation · neutral
take the bus
/teɪk ðə bʌs/TAKE the BUS
Band 4-5speakingtask2
To travel using a bus.
Examples
“I usually take the bus to school every morning.”
“She prefers to take the bus rather than drive.”
“We can take the bus from central station to the museum.”
Band 8 sentence
“I usually take the bus to university because it’s cheaper and I can read on the way.”
Collocations
- take the bus to work
- catch the bus
Word family
take (v.) verbbus (n.) noun
Common mistakes
take bus→take the bus
take a bus always→always take the bus / take a bus
Say it for a higher band
5take bus→6ride the bus→7+take the bus
Synonyms
ride the bus
Easily confused
catch the bus
“If we leave now we can catch the bus at 8 o'clock.”
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