verb phrase · informal
watch a documentary
UK/wɒtʃ ə ˌdɒkjʊˈmɛntəri/US/wɑːtʃ ə ˌdɑːk.jəˈmɛn.tɛri/WATCH a DOC·u·MEN·ta·ry
Band 6-7speakingtask2
to view a non-fiction film that explores real topics or events
Examples
“I often watch a documentary to learn about history.”
“We watched a documentary last night about climate change.”
“Students were asked to watch a documentary and write a summary.”
Band 8 sentence
“For my presentation, I watched a documentary on renewable energy and referenced several key statistics.”
Collocations
- watch a documentary about
- feature in a documentary
Word family
documentary noundocument verb / noun
Common mistakes
see documentary→watch a documentary
watch documentary→watch a documentary
Say it for a higher band
5see a documentary→6watch documentary→7+watch a documentary
Synonyms
see a documentary
Easily confused
watch a doc
“I watched a doc about the ocean last night.”
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