collocation · informal
turn on the TV
UK/tɜːn ɒn ðə ˌtiːˈviː/US/tɜːrn ɑːn ðə ˌtiːˈviː/TURN·on·the·TV
Band 4-5speakingtask1
to switch the television set on so that it works
Examples
“I usually turn on the TV for the news in the morning.”
“Can you turn on the TV? I want to watch the game.”
“She turned on the TV and the show began.”
Band 8 sentence
“Before dinner I normally turn on the TV to catch the evening news while I cook.”
Collocations
- turn on the TV to watch the news
- turn off the TV before bed
Word family
turn on phrasal verbturn off phrasal verbTV noun
Common mistakes
turn the TV on→turn on the TV
switch the TV→turn on the TV
Say it for a higher band
5switch TV on→6turn the TV on→7+turn on the TV
Synonyms
switch on the TV
Easily confused
switch on the TV
“He switched on the TV to catch the late-night programme.”
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