phrasal verb · informal
give something a try
/ɡɪv ˈsʌmθɪŋ ə traɪ/give·SOMETH·ing·a·TRY
speakingtask1
to attempt to do something, to try something out
Examples
“If you have doubts, give it a try and see what happens.”
“I decided to give learning Spanish a try last year.”
“Why don't you give the new app a try?”
Band 8 sentence
“I wasn't confident at first, but I decided to give programming a try and now it's my career.”
Collocations
- give something a try
- give it a try
Word family
try verb/noungive it a try phrase
Common mistakes
give a try→give it a try / give something a try
do a try→give it a try
Say it for a higher band
5try→6have a go→7+give something a try
Synonyms
try
Easily confused
have a go
“Why don't you have a go at solving this problem?”
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