collocation · informal
watch a movie
UK/wɒtʃ ə ˈmuːvi/US/wɑːtʃ ə ˈmuːvi/WATCH·a·MOO·vie
Band 4-5speakingtask2
to view a film for entertainment, either at home or in a cinema
Examples
“We watched a movie last night on Netflix.”
“Do you want to watch a movie this weekend?”
“She likes to watch movies with subtitles.”
Band 8 sentence
“I prefer to watch a movie at home where I can pause it and discuss scenes with my friends.”
Collocations
- watch a movie on Netflix
- watch a movie with friends
Word family
watch verbwatcher nounmovie noun
Common mistakes
watch movie→watch a movie
see a movie at home→watch a movie at home
Say it for a higher band
5see a movie→6watch movie→7+watch a movie
Synonyms
see a movie
Easily confused
see a movie
“We went to see a movie at the new cinema downtown.”
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