verb phrase · neutral
make a phone call
UK/meɪk ə fəʊn kɔːl/US/meɪk ə foʊn kɔːl/make a PHONE·call
Band 4-5speakingtask1
to call someone on the telephone
Examples
“I have to make a phone call to the landlord this morning.”
“She made a phone call to confirm the reservation.”
“Can you make a phone call and ask about the time?”
Band 8 sentence
“When I realised the appointment time had changed, I immediately made a phone call to the clinic.”
Collocations
- make a quick phone call
- make a phone call to someone
Word family
phone nouncall verbmake calls verb
Common mistakes
make phone call→make a phone call
do a phone call→make a phone call
Say it for a higher band
5phone someone→6make phone call→7+make a phone call
Synonyms
give someone a call
Easily confused
call someone
“I'll call you after the meeting.”
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