collocation · informal
play the guitar
UK/pleɪ ðə ɡɪˈtɑː/US/pleɪ ðə ɡɪˈtɑr/play the gui·TAR
Band 4-5speakingtask2
Use a guitar to make music; be able to perform songs on the guitar.
Examples
“He can play the guitar and sing at the same time.”
“I learned to play the guitar when I was a teenager.”
“She plays the guitar in a small band at weekends.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although I'm busy, I try to practise and still play the guitar at least twice a week to keep my skills up.”
Collocations
- play the guitar in a band
- learn to play the guitar
Word family
guitar nguitarist nplay v
Common mistakes
do guitar→play the guitar
play guitar (in all formal contexts)→play the guitar
Say it for a higher band
5do guitar→6play guitar→7+play the guitar
Synonyms
play an instrument
Easily confused
play the piano
“She can play the piano beautifully.”
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