noun · neutral
train
/treɪn/TRAIN
Band 4-5speakingtask1
a long vehicle that travels along tracks and carries people or goods
Examples
“I prefer to travel by train for short distances.”
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Band 8 sentence
“I took the overnight train to save time and arrived refreshed the next morning.”
Collocations
- take a train
- train station
- catch a train
Word family
trains noun (plural)trainable adjective (different meaning)
Common mistakes
I go to school by train every day.→I go to school by train every day.
There is many train to the city.→There are many trains to the city.
Say it for a higher band
5bus→6coach→7+train
Synonyms
railway
Easily confused
rail
“The rail network connects all major cities.”
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