noun · neutral
lane
/leɪn/LANE
Band 4-5speakingtask2
a narrow part of a road for one line of vehicles
Examples
“Please keep in your lane when driving on the highway.”
“There is a bike lane beside the main road.”
“The left lane is closed for repairs.”
Band 8 sentence
“To improve safety, the city installed dedicated cycle lanes along the busiest corridors.”
Collocations
- cycle lane
- left/right lane
- change lane
Word family
lanes noun (plural)single-lane adjective
Common mistakes
I moved to the left line.→I moved to the left lane.
There is a bike lane on the road but people ride in it.→There is a bike lane on the road but people ride on it.
Say it for a higher band
5line→6track→7+lane
Synonyms
track
Easily confused
track
“The train runs on a single track through the valley.”
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