phrasal verb · neutral
go green
UK/ɡəʊ ˈɡriːn/US/ɡoʊ ˈɡriːn/go GREEN
speakingtask2
to adopt environmentally friendly practices
Examples
“Many households are trying to go green by reducing plastic use.”
“The company decided to go green and install solar panels.”
“Schools can go green by encouraging recycling and saving energy.”
Band 8 sentence
“To mitigate climate change, governments should incentivise industries to go green rather than subsidise fossil fuels.”
Collocations
- go green initiative
- go green by reducing waste
Word family
green adjenvironmentally friendly adj
Common mistakes
make green→go green
be green→go green
Say it for a higher band
5be eco-friendly→6recycle more→7+go green
Synonyms
be eco-friendly
adopt sustainable practices
Easily confused
be eco-friendly
“This product is eco-friendly.”
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