verb phrase · informal
play a song
UK/pleɪ ə sɒŋ/US/pleɪ ə sɔːŋ/play a SONG
Band 4-5speaking
to start or perform a piece of music
Examples
“Could you play a song that everyone knows?”
“He played a song on his guitar for the class.”
“I like to play a song when I'm studying to relax.”
Band 8 sentence
“To create a relaxed atmosphere, the host played a song with a mellow tempo between presentations.”
Collocations
- play a favourite song
- play music
Word family
play verbplayer nounplayback noun
Common mistakes
play song→play a song
play the song yesterday→played the song yesterday
Say it for a higher band
5put on a song→6play music→7+play a song
Synonyms
put on a song
Easily confused
sing a song
“She decided to sing a song at the school event.”
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