collocation · informal
look after
UK/lʊk ˈɑːftə(r)/US/lʊk ˈæftər/LOOK after
Band 4-5speakingtask2
to take care of someone or something
Examples
“Can you look after my dog this weekend?”
“She looks after her elderly parents every day.”
“I need someone to look after the kids while I'm at work.”
Band 8 sentence
“Her schedule is so busy that she hires someone part-time to look after her children.”
Collocations
- look after someone
- look after something
Word family
look verbafter preposition/particle
Common mistakes
look for my sister→look after my sister
look after to the child→look after the child
Say it for a higher band
5take care of→6look after→7+look after
Synonyms
take care of
Easily confused
take care of
“Can you take care of my plants while I'm away?”
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