collocation · informal
watch movies
UK/wɒtʃ ˈmuːviːz/US/wɑːtʃ ˈmuːviz/WATCH MOV·ies
Band 4-5speaking
to view films for entertainment
Examples
“We like to watch movies together on Friday nights.”
“Watching movies helps me relax after a busy day.”
“Do you prefer to watch movies at the cinema or at home?”
Band 8 sentence
“I usually watch movies in the original language with subtitles because it helps my listening and pronunciation.”
Collocations
- watch a movie at the cinema
- watch a movie online/at home
Word family
watch verbmovie nounwatching noun/gerund
Common mistakes
see movies all the time→watch movies all the time
look at movies→watch movies
Say it for a higher band
5see movies→6watch films→7+watch movies
Synonyms
see a film
Easily confused
see a film
“We went to see a film at the new cinema last night.”
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